Hello dear friends. First off, Thank you so much for the kind comments on my last post, truly appreciate each word!
New month, new WIP. After finishing the Santas, it got me thinking that I should be stitching a Thanksgiving piece before starting another Christmas pattern. So I got this out:
Just a few colors needed. This is my first time working with Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works. I started the chart with Rum Raisin. I was off to a good start:
New month, new WIP. After finishing the Santas, it got me thinking that I should be stitching a Thanksgiving piece before starting another Christmas pattern. So I got this out:
We Thank Thee
by Silver Creek Samplers
14ct Natural Aida
Until this happened. I'm already running out of floss for the letters, and I'm just on the first line:( The thread kept getting cut, I tried being delicate (no pulling tightly) but still it shreds. I don't know if I got a bad batch. At that price I don't think it's worth getting more of it (at least 4 more skeins needed). So I looked up the conversion to DMC. No way is it close to 632 or 898! This will be another bitter pill to swallow.
Thanks for visiting. Happy Stitching!
I have been reading your blog for a while in a 'quiet' manner :D I am commenting now as I have been using both brands for a long while. Overdyed and hand dyed threads - in my experience - are much more fragile than 'normal ones; I am not sure why, I suspect it is the chemical reactions they go through. Yes, they wear out much easier too. To be honest I do not like WDW that much as they tend to be even more fragile than either GAST or Colorworks... And they tend to get knotty more than the other two kinds too. If I use them I take extra care of conditioning them (I happen to use Thread Heaven), using brand new needles, I never use needle threader with them and I cut them shorter than my usual DMC threads. And even this way I do get to trouble with them time to time. However this much of break and worn seems to be unusual to me... I am not sure what others think.
ReplyDeleteGreat start Gominam. I really dislike overdyed floss. I have used those brands and had the same problem. Plus they are pricey. I like good old DMC.
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Great Start.
ReplyDeleteI've never had that happen before! Is your fabric really rough? It's looking beautiful anyway.
ReplyDeleteHow annoying! That would really put me off a project! I tend to stick to DMC whenever possible; easy to get hold of and good quality:) Hope you can find your way past this hurdle:)
ReplyDeleteOh dear! And such a great start too. And a fabulous project. Love it!
ReplyDeleteHow frustrating. I must confess I haven't used them a lot but when I have I haven't had any issues like that.
ReplyDeleteI do love the font the sampler is written in, it will be great fun once you get your thread sorted out! I'd just match by eye rather than use a conversion chart. If you like the colours, that is.
I've never worked with that thread before but I've had that happen with a few different dmc colors. It's so frustrating good luck with the rest!
ReplyDeleteMy experiences with overdyed floss are not as bad as yours. But it might have been a bad batch indeed. The reason why I rarely use overdyed threads nowadays is that they rarely ever look like the colours on the picture. And they are somewhat pricey. So I often stay with my DMCs.
ReplyDeleteOh no. It's a beautiful design. I hope you can find the fix for the thread issue soon.
ReplyDeleteHope if you get some new thread from the same manufacturer it is better quality! Maybe you can just lay it across some DMC colors and find one that matches close enough for you to us? I tend to substitute DMC for everything becuase the over-dyed ones are so costly!
ReplyDeleteOh dear! I don't use these type of threads often, but never have encountered such trouble.
ReplyDeletePerhaps your fabric is a bit too hard. You could always try thread heaven...
You could rip it all out and restitch it using DMC. Then it would all match.
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