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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
I need some expert advice and I'm hoping someone on this group can help me
out. I am having a great deal of trouble with the floss color descriptions in an old Eva Rosenstand Kit. It is Article #13-330, a bellpull with kittens. The kit came from an estate sale and had never been opened or used, and must have been purchased in or directly from Denmark because it has the original green store bag and no color picture of the finished item. It contained the linen, yellowed Danish/English/German instructions and chart, a very rusty needle wrapped in a little paper packet with the Rosenstand spinning wheel on it, a photocopied paper multilingual insert about washing instructions and several bundles of floss, all apparently hand-tied. None of the bundles was numbered and there are no number designations on the chart for the floss colors. I know that there is an “old” Rosenstand number and a “new” number, but this kit must be so old as to have been produced before they started putting numbers on the charts to refer to the colors. Most of the colors were easy to differentiate because the color descriptions were very obvious, but the bundles were of little help to try to decipher what some colors are being referred to because all the browns and grays were tied together. There are such descriptions as DARKEST CHARCOAL GRAY, DARK CHARCOAL GRAY, MEDIUM CHARCOAL GRAY, PALE CHARCOAL GRAY, DULL GRAY, DARK GRAY, PALE GRAY, not to mention DARK BROWN, MEDIUM BROWN, DARK BEIGE BROWN, DARK BROWN BLACK, BEIGE, DARK SANDY BEIGE, etc. Since there is no color picture, I am finding it near impossible to differentiate the colors according to the descriptions. I'm hoping against hope that someone out there in Cyberstitchingland has done this bellpull and might have a list of the named colors with their “old” numbers (or even the new equivalent numbers) and their associated chart symbols for this particular kit. I would love to be able to use the floss that was included, but if there is a DMC color list for this kit, it would be most helpful because I of course want everything to be right. I have stitched many Rosenstand kits over the years as they are my very favorite to stitch because of the clarity of the charts, the artistic designs, and the gorgeous color combinations and blends, but all those kits have had numbers to help the stitcher sort the floss properly. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help you can provide! Leslie Frates Hayward, CA |
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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
Hello--
I don't quite understand your query, but I want to use Usenet to see if anyone can help me with this. I don't do Facebook, Twitter or any other social media. If you have any suggestions as to how I can go about this in a better method, I would be most appreciative. Leslie wrote in message ... On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:09:39 -0700, "Leslie Frates" wrote: I need some expert advice and I'm hoping someone on this group can help me out. I am having a great deal of trouble with the floss color descriptions in an old Eva Rosenstand Kit. It is Article #13-330, a bellpull with kittens. The kit came from an estate sale and had never been opened or used, and must have been purchased in or directly from Denmark because it has the original green store bag and no color picture of the finished item. It contained the linen, yellowed Danish/English/German instructions and chart, a very rusty needle wrapped in a little paper packet with the Rosenstand spinning wheel on it, a photocopied paper multilingual insert about washing instructions and several bundles of floss, all apparently hand-tied. None of the bundles was numbered and there are no number designations on the chart for the floss colors. I know that there is an “old” Rosenstand number and a “new” number, but this kit must be so old as to have been produced before they started putting numbers on the charts to refer to the colors. Most of the colors were easy to differentiate because the color descriptions were very obvious, but the bundles were of little help to try to decipher what some colors are being referred to because all the browns and grays were tied together. There are such descriptions as DARKEST CHARCOAL GRAY, DARK CHARCOAL GRAY, MEDIUM CHARCOAL GRAY, PALE CHARCOAL GRAY, DULL GRAY, DARK GRAY, PALE GRAY, not to mention DARK BROWN, MEDIUM BROWN, DARK BEIGE BROWN, DARK BROWN BLACK, BEIGE, DARK SANDY BEIGE, etc. Since there is no color picture, I am finding it near impossible to differentiate the colors according to the descriptions. I'm hoping against hope that someone out there in Cyberstitchingland has done this bellpull and might have a list of the named colors with their “old” numbers (or even the new equivalent numbers) and their associated chart symbols for this particular kit. I would love to be able to use the floss that was included, but if there is a DMC color list for this kit, it would be most helpful because I of course want everything to be right. I have stitched many Rosenstand kits over the years as they are my very favorite to stitch because of the clarity of the charts, the artistic designs, and the gorgeous color combinations and blends, but all those kits have had numbers to help the stitcher sort the floss properly. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help you can provide! Leslie Frates Hayward, CA Hi Leslie Are you actually using usenet or are you really posting to inspire point ? Just curious. Thanks |
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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
Leslie Frates wrote:
There are such descriptions as DARKEST CHARCOAL GRAY, DARK CHARCOAL GRAY, MEDIUM CHARCOAL GRAY, PALE CHARCOAL GRAY, DULL GRAY, DARK GRAY, PALE GRAY, not to mention DARK BROWN, MEDIUM BROWN, DARK BEIGE BROWN, DARK BROWN BLACK, BEIGE, DARK SANDY BEIGE, etc. On a bright sunny day, take your separated colors outdoors where you can easily see the minor color differences. That should help you place them in dark-to-light color order. Next, look at the chart. If you see half a dozen % but thousands of +, you can assume that % is the one where you have only one strand, and + is the one where you have miles of that color. I find that the combination of those two techniques usually solves the problem. Of course, you could also go to your local shop or Embroiderers Guild meeting and get a consensus on which shades are which. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader/Translator www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 3/6/14 -- peacock from www.aflembroidery.com WIP: Stitchers Days of Christmas http://www.crossstitchjoy.com/catalo...oducts_id=3865 Nativity from "Countdown to Christmas" book, Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek) Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market www.CFSfacts.org -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf COPYRIGHT 2014 -- PERMISSION GIVEN TO POST ON USENET AND GOOGLE GROUPS NEWSREADER ONLY, BUT IF FOUND ON TWITTER OR SEWGIRLS/INSPIREPOINT, IT HAS BEEN REPUBLISHED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION WHICH CONSTITUTES ILLEGAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT |
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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
Thank you, Karen, for your reply to my query. I have already attempted to
do this...unfortunately, with but a few exceptions, each color has approximately the same number of strands. (There are six different kittens in the bellpull and each kitten is a different color, so the right color family for each kitten is important.) This is what's making me go crazy. If I had the Rosenstand numbers to match the color descriptions, I could at least find a Rosenstand to DMC conversion chart and try to make heads or tails of the colors. Sure appreciate your taking the time to make the kind suggestion! Leslie "Karen C" wrote in message ... Leslie Frates wrote: There are such descriptions as DARKEST CHARCOAL GRAY, DARK CHARCOAL GRAY, MEDIUM CHARCOAL GRAY, PALE CHARCOAL GRAY, DULL GRAY, DARK GRAY, PALE GRAY, not to mention DARK BROWN, MEDIUM BROWN, DARK BEIGE BROWN, DARK BROWN BLACK, BEIGE, DARK SANDY BEIGE, etc. On a bright sunny day, take your separated colors outdoors where you can easily see the minor color differences. That should help you place them in dark-to-light color order. Next, look at the chart. If you see half a dozen % but thousands of +, you can assume that % is the one where you have only one strand, and + is the one where you have miles of that color. I find that the combination of those two techniques usually solves the problem. Of course, you could also go to your local shop or Embroiderers Guild meeting and get a consensus on which shades are which. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader/Translator www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 3/6/14 -- peacock from www.aflembroidery.com WIP: Stitchers Days of Christmas http://www.crossstitchjoy.com/catalo...oducts_id=3865 Nativity from "Countdown to Christmas" book, Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek) Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market www.CFSfacts.org -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf COPYRIGHT 2014 -- PERMISSION GIVEN TO POST ON USENET AND GOOGLE GROUPS NEWSREADER ONLY, BUT IF FOUND ON TWITTER OR SEWGIRLS/INSPIREPOINT, IT HAS BEEN REPUBLISHED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION WHICH CONSTITUTES ILLEGAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT |
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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
On 12/03/2014 21:13, Leslie Frates wrote:
Thank you, Karen, for your reply to my query. I have already attempted to do this...unfortunately, with but a few exceptions, each color has approximately the same number of strands. (There are six different kittens in the bellpull and each kitten is a different color, so the right color family for each kitten is important.) This is what's making me go crazy. If I had the Rosenstand numbers to match the color descriptions, I could at least find a Rosenstand to DMC conversion chart and try to make heads or tails of the colors. Sure appreciate your taking the time to make the kind suggestion! Leslie Does this help http://www.1stitch.com/eva/page/chart.html Shirley -- Shirley www.allcrafts.org.uk |
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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
On 12/03/2014 21:26, Shirley wrote:
On 12/03/2014 21:13, Leslie Frates wrote: Thank you, Karen, for your reply to my query. I have already attempted to do this...unfortunately, with but a few exceptions, each color has approximately the same number of strands. (There are six different kittens in the bellpull and each kitten is a different color, so the right color family for each kitten is important.) This is what's making me go crazy. If I had the Rosenstand numbers to match the color descriptions, I could at least find a Rosenstand to DMC conversion chart and try to make heads or tails of the colors. Sure appreciate your taking the time to make the kind suggestion! Leslie Does this help http://www.1stitch.com/eva/page/chart.html Shirley Here is another chart http://vestochka-sh.narod.ru/pages/er02.htm -- Shirley www.allcrafts.org.uk |
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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
On 3/12/2014 5:41 PM, Shirley wrote:
On 12/03/2014 21:26, Shirley wrote: On 12/03/2014 21:13, Leslie Frates wrote: Thank you, Karen, for your reply to my query. I have already attempted to do this...unfortunately, with but a few exceptions, each color has approximately the same number of strands. (There are six different kittens in the bellpull and each kitten is a different color, so the right color family for each kitten is important.) This is what's making me go crazy. If I had the Rosenstand numbers to match the color descriptions, I could at least find a Rosenstand to DMC conversion chart and try to make heads or tails of the colors. Sure appreciate your taking the time to make the kind suggestion! Leslie Does this help http://www.1stitch.com/eva/page/chart.html Shirley Here is another chart http://vestochka-sh.narod.ru/pages/er02.htm I wish I could help, but I have never worked one of her designs, Sorry, but I do check daily here and also on FB. Gillian |
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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
Shirley--
These will definitely help. Thank you so very much!!! Leslie "Shirley" wrote in message ... On 12/03/2014 21:26, Shirley wrote: On 12/03/2014 21:13, Leslie Frates wrote: Thank you, Karen, for your reply to my query. I have already attempted to do this...unfortunately, with but a few exceptions, each color has approximately the same number of strands. (There are six different kittens in the bellpull and each kitten is a different color, so the right color family for each kitten is important.) This is what's making me go crazy. If I had the Rosenstand numbers to match the color descriptions, I could at least find a Rosenstand to DMC conversion chart and try to make heads or tails of the colors. Sure appreciate your taking the time to make the kind suggestion! Leslie Does this help http://www.1stitch.com/eva/page/chart.html Shirley Here is another chart http://vestochka-sh.narod.ru/pages/er02.htm -- Shirley www.allcrafts.org.uk |
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Eva Rosenstand Kit - Color Descriptions - Help
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 12:09:39 AM UTC+2, Leslie Frates wrote:
I would advise you to Contact the factory in Denmark, and see if they can help you ? mirjam |
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