Silk Threads

Current supply chain issues makes these threads a 8-12-week lead time

Soie Perlee is used for needlelace to emulate the thicker filament silk used in the 17th century. Tents, dresses, drapes, and other large pieces of needlelace in stumpwork are great candidates for this thread weight. It can also be used for french knot ground cover and areas where a thick thread might add texture.

Each tube is 16 meters

Special order tubes are offered with deadline dates seen on the front page of the website for delivery during the next shipping window.

Current supply chain issues makes these threads a 8-12-week lead time

If you are looking for one tube of the soie ovale in the historic color range, it is a special order and are only delivered during the open period.  If a silk is ordered after the due date, it will be delivered during the next open period.  

They are available in 30 meter tubes for embroidery and wrapping cards

Current supply chain issues makes these threads likely a 8-12-week lead time

Single order tubes (5 meter) of soie paris in the historic color range are special order.  Orders that arrive after the due date will be help until the next open period.  These will be delivered on larger spools.

The Cabinet of Curiosities Historic Colors are a collection of silks matched to 17th century stumpwork. The collection is available in many thread lines through Thistle Threads so matching colors can be found in different thread weights. A highlight of the collection is deep sets of color families, dyed specially for the reproduction of 17th century stumpwork caskets. Here, a thick twisted filament silk called Soie Perlee is offered in matching families to the base collection. 

Soie Perlee is used for needlelace to emulate the thicker filament silk used in the 17th century. Tents, dresses, drapes, and other large pieces of needlelace in stumpwork are great candidates for this thread weight. It can also be used for french knot ground cover and areas where a thick thread might add texture.

Each tube is 16 meters

Red Family - 2646, 945, 235, 741, 343, 160

Green Family - 210, 491, 325, 199, 2533 or 149, F15

Blue Family - 710, 703, 277, 0072, 0714 and cream

Russet Brown Family - 4526, 4525, 634, 4521

Beaver Brown Family - 697, 4536, 4534, 4532

Purple Family - 447, 434, 345

Flame Family - 525, 299, Cream

Grey Tone Family - 2216, 580, 756, 550, 468, 170, 197

The Cabinet of Curiosities Historic Colors are a collection of silks matched to 17th century stumpwork. The collection is available in many thread lines through Thistle Threads so matching colors can be found in different thread weights. A highlight of the collection is deep sets of color families, dyed specially for the reproduction of 17th century stumpwork caskets. Here, a medium weight twisted filament silk called Soie Gobelin is offered in two matching families to the base collection. 

Soie Gobelin is used for needlelace to emulate the medium filament silk used in the 17th century. Flowers, dresses, drapes, leaves, and other large pieces of needlelace in stumpwork are great candidates for this thread weight. This weight is about three times the thickness of a strand of Soie Paris and half that of Soie Perlee. 

At this time, the silks are being made available in their full color families. Each package contains one tube of each color in the range. The flame families also contain a cream tube of soie gobelin. Tents, dresses and drapes often shaded from cream to dark red and this has been added for this reason. 

Each tube contains 50 meters silk.

Green Family - 2126, 2125, 2124, 2532, F15

Blue Family - Cream, 703, 277, 0072, 0714

Red Family - 2646, 945, 2916, 741, 2912, 1011

Flame Family - 616, 615, Cream

Purple Family - 3336, 3314, 3334

Beaver Brown Family - 697, 4536, 4534, 4532

Russet Brown Family - 4526, 4525, 634, 4521

Each spool is 50 meters of a very thin flat silk (floss silk).  This is currently a limited edition thread in the colors of the historic line.  It is useful for thread painting, miniatures, and combining with other floss silks (soie ovale) to make complex threads.

There is a new color - 3814 a golden tan.  

This thread line is being discontinued sadly.  There will be more as soon as I get another shipment

Early in the running of COC, we exhausted the supply of 2211 Soie Paris.  This is a new dying of 2211, renamed as 2212, and expanded from Soie Paris to include Soie Ovale, Soie Perlee and Soie Gobelin.  The color blends perfectly after 199 in both the bright green series (2126 to 199) or the Olive series.  If you are making an antique looking - pale version of a casket, this color is highly desired.  Packed as one of each to expand your historic color sets.

The color names go from dark to light for individual spools

The following colors are now inactive by the manufacturer:  Celestyne, Beaver, Isabella, Sea Water.  That means no stock of silk to produce and no plans to produce.

This is a very fine, tightly twisted filament silk that is extremely useful when couching silk wrapped purls, gold threads, and attaching spangles. The neutral gold color blends in with any metal thread couching and its small size (yet strong) enables it to disappear when using it with silk wrapped purls. I find that I would rather use one thread for all these uses than continually change the thread in my needle. Each spool has 109 yards on it. 

There is gold (either #86 or it's replacement #74) and silver (#28).

*There are 30 of these packages with now 4 colors left (kenya red, light begonia, moss are gone).

This silk covered wire can be used to make delicate stump work items as the edging.  Instead of needing to cover the wire by twisting silk around it or using a buttonhole edge to cover the bare ware, this reduces the work to make stump work flowers and leaves.  

You can also couch it down as a tiny 'gimp'.

It comes in a package of four colors, two meters each - plain gold, crocus, alice blue, and leaf green

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