Anchor floss

I was just wondering if there is any difference between the Anchor
floss that is sold already wound onto bobbins, and the Anchor sold in
skeins. I usually just use DMC, since it's so easy to get, but I've
come across a couple of patterns that I want to try, and they use
both. Thanks!

Louisa

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I was just wondering if there is any difference between the Anchor
floss that is sold already wound onto bobbins, and the Anchor sold in
skeins. I usually just use DMC, since it's so easy to get, but I've
come across a couple of patterns that I want to try, and they use
both. Thanks!

Louisa
I have no idea what the answer is. I know that at one point an on-line
store in the UK bought DMC thread in bulk, and hand wound bobbins with 8
meters of thread, which they could sell a little cheaper. Of course, DMC
and Anchor thread is MUCH more expensive in Europe compared with North
America.

On 8/6/08 1:15 PM, " wrote:

I was just wondering if there is any difference between the Anchor
floss that is sold already wound onto bobbins, and the Anchor sold in
skeins. I usually just use DMC, since it's so easy to get, but I've
come across a couple of patterns that I want to try, and they use
both. Thanks!

Louisa

I can't say about pre-wound, as I've never seen that. But, I much prefer
the Anchor floss to the DMC. Seems to kink less, has a bit more sheen, IMO,
and they definitely have more shades within color families - if you're doing
work that requires a lot of detailed shading graduation.

Ellice

ellice wrote:
I can't say about pre-wound, as I've never seen that. But, I much prefer
the Anchor floss to the DMC. Seems to kink less, has a bit more sheen, IMO,
and they definitely have more shades within color families - if you're doing
work that requires a lot of detailed shading graduation.

Maureen swears by Anchor and would not touch DMC with a proverbial
barge-pole!
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
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I was just wondering if there is any difference between the Anchor
floss that is sold already wound onto bobbins, and the Anchor sold in
skeins. I usually just use DMC, since it's so easy to get, but I've
come across a couple of patterns that I want to try, and they use
both. Thanks!

Louisa



To the best of my knowledge, the only difference is yardage. IIRC, the
bobbin is 6 yd and the skein is 8 yd.

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On Aug 6, 4:38*pm, ellice wrote:
On 8/6/08 1:15 PM, " wrote:

I was just wondering if there is any difference between the Anchor
floss that is sold already wound onto bobbins, and the Anchor sold in
skeins. I usually just use DMC, since it's so easy to get, but I've
come across a couple of patterns that I want to try, and they use
both. Thanks!

Louisa

I can't say about pre-wound, as I've never seen that. *But, I much prefer
the Anchor floss to the DMC. *Seems to kink less, has a bit more sheen, IMO,
and they definitely have more shades within color families - if you're doing
work that requires a lot of detailed shading graduation.

Ellice

Last summer I was in a Walmart, in Maryland I think, that had started
to carry Anchor., since DMC had been discontinued by the Company.
They were on bobbins, not very many colors I remember, but I have
never seen it since.

Gillian

On Aug 6, 5:38*pm, ellice wrote:
On 8/6/08 1:15 PM, " wrote:

I was just wondering if there is any difference between the Anchor
floss that is sold already wound onto bobbins, and the Anchor sold in
skeins. I usually just use DMC, since it's so easy to get, but I've
come across a couple of patterns that I want to try, and they use
both. Thanks!

Louisa

I can't say about pre-wound, as I've never seen that. *But, I much prefer
the Anchor floss to the DMC. *Seems to kink less, has a bit more sheen, IMO,
and they definitely have more shades within color families - if you're doing
work that requires a lot of detailed shading graduation.

Ellice

It's interesting that you mention the variety of shades, Ellice. I get
one of the British cross stitch magazines, and I can tell which
designs use Anchor versus DMC just by how they look on the cover. Some
of the Anchor shades seem to be richer, somehow.

Louisa

On Aug 6, 11:03*pm, wrote:
On Aug 6, 4:38*pm, ellice wrote:



On 8/6/08 1:15 PM, " wrote:

I was just wondering if there is any difference between the Anchor
floss that is sold already wound onto bobbins, and the Anchor sold in
skeins. I usually just use DMC, since it's so easy to get, but I've
come across a couple of patterns that I want to try, and they use
both. Thanks!

Louisa

I can't say about pre-wound, as I've never seen that. *But, I much prefer
the Anchor floss to the DMC. *Seems to kink less, has a bit more sheen, IMO,
and they definitely have more shades within color families - if you're doing
work that requires a lot of detailed shading graduation.

Ellice

Last summer I was in a Walmart, in Maryland I think, that had started
to carry Anchor., since DMC had been discontinued by the Company.
They were on bobbins, not very many colors I remember, but *I have
never seen it since.

Gillian

Wal-Mart here in Canada has always carried Anchor and it's always been
the pre-wound floss, and not necessarily very much available. I don't
tend to shop at Wal-Mart much, but it seems to me that the craft
sections are steadily shrinking here, too.

Louisa

On Aug 6, 9:01*pm, Karen C in California wrote:
wrote:
I was just wondering if there is any difference between the Anchor
floss that is sold already wound onto bobbins, and the Anchor sold in
skeins. I usually just use DMC, since it's so easy to get, but I've
come across a couple of patterns that I want to try, and they use
both. Thanks!

Louisa

To the best of my knowledge, the only difference is yardage. *IIRC, the
bobbin is 6 yd and the skein is 8 yd.

--
Karen C - California
Editor/Proofreaderwww.IntlProofingConsortium.com

Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit

WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to
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I wondered why the price for the bobbins seemed so reasonable. That
would certainly explain it!

Louisa

On 8/6/08 6:45 PM, "Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)"
wrote:

ellice wrote:
I can't say about pre-wound, as I've never seen that. But, I much prefer
the Anchor floss to the DMC. Seems to kink less, has a bit more sheen, IMO,
and they definitely have more shades within color families - if you're doing
work that requires a lot of detailed shading graduation.

Maureen swears by Anchor and would not touch DMC with a proverbial
barge-pole!

LOL - every time I stitch something with DMC I'm reminded. Having recently
done a piece for an "intro to linen" class and wanting to kit it exactly as
the designer - with DMC - my feelings were reinforced. I occasionally
think that it's in my head, just some unfounded bias - but after doing this
piece, I felt better - that it was actually a difference I could feel/see.
Oh, well. OTOH, I find myself using silk more and more.

Ellice