Keeping track of threads, floss, silks, etc., etc.
SKEINS
DMC 2020 Article 117 (cotton floss)
Eterna Silk (regular and overdyed) – The stash I have are 5 meter skeins. Not enough to do anything serious. It’s a bit slinky to work with.
Empress Silk – a bit like Eterna Silk… slinky to work with but I have a lot of 8 meter skins for doing monochrome pieces.
Gentle Arts Sampler Threads (GAST)
The Dye is Cast – most of these are variegated threads. I don’t choose by number. Just by color.
The Thread Gatherer – Silk & Colors
Weeks Dye Works – Digital Color Chart
SPOOLS
Aurifil Aurifloss – don’t have any of these but have a nice color card for doing conversions on collections. 50wt cotton and 6 strand floss.
FLORIANI – 40 wt. High sheen 100% polyester
ISACORD – 40 wt polyester
MADIERA – 40wt Rayon Machine Embroidery thread
ROBISON ANTON – 40wt Super Strength Rayon
SULKY – Downloadable and actual thread color charts – 40wt Rayon Machine Embroidery, 30wt Cotton, 12wt cotton
CONVERSION REFERENCES
CYBERSTITCHERS – http://www.cyberstitchers.com/stitching_tools/floss_conversion_charts/
YARN TREE – http://yarntree.com/018anchc.htm
Colonial Needle Company, the U.S. supplier of Presencia threads has handy charts for converting several thread brands to Presencia Finca, both for mouline floss and perle cotton.
DMC to Presencia
Anchor to Presencia
Cosmo to Presencia
DMC to Sullivans – http://www.sullivans.net/usa/sullivansfloss/
Color Schemes
SITES OF INTEREST
- DESIGN SEEDS
- STITCH PALETTES – has color and DMC equivilant
GOOGLE SEARCH
Needle Library 