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** Note December 30, 2024***
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We do not have a real-time inventory system nor do we have plans to ever implement one. The threads listed here are those that we typically carry in the shop or special order regularly. Adding a thread to your shopping cart does not imply we have it in stock. Please check with us if knowing that before you order is critical. We are a brick and mortar shop and our hours are posted at the bottom of the page.

While we have photos of many of the threads we carry which you may use as a general reference, we do not recommend making a color choice based solely on the photos. Dyelots change over time, sometimes by a substantial amount and photos are not updated with any regularity. Monitors will also display color differently. If you are trying to match a color, we suggest giving us a reference like DMC, Anchor or Needlepoint Inc. to match to. Then we can see what we have in current dyelots that might work for you.

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If you need a thread we don't stock either call us to see if we can special order it, or add a note to the Special Instructions when you checkout. For threads marked Special Order if we don't have them in stock we can order them. For threads marked Special Order Only we do not stock them at all, and order them as needed. We also carry Color Cards for a number of threads (there are none for hand-dyed threads). You'll find them on our Color Card page.
Vendor	Thread/Ribbon
Access Commodities Now with photos!	Accentuate (Madeira Supertwist) Bijoux (Madeira Jewel Black Core/White Core aka Lacquered Jewels) Gilt Sylke Twist Trebizond Londonderry Linen Thread Ensembles de Soie Collections of lovely silk and metallic threads Silk Tressage - Flat and Soutache Braids
Anchor Marlitt, Metallic Perle, their overdyed floss and the Perle Cottons are Discontinued.	Floss Anchor USA is no longer selling Anchor floss so we are unable to obtain more in the US. DMC Europe purchased Anchor Europe so you might try shops in Europe for any colors you need that we are unable to get. We are unfortunately unable to order from DMC Europe for the shop so as we run out, we won't get more.
Appleton	Crewel Wool & Tapestry Wool
Au Ver à Soie® You can view photos of most of our Au Ver à Soie® threads! AuVer à Soie®  has 2 color systems. The main thread has the most colors and the other threads will use the same numbers but there won't be as many colors available in those lines. The numbers are totally different between the two color systems and do not map between them. Soie d'Alger - includes Soie de Paris, Soie Gobelins, Soie Ovale, Silk Trame & Soie Chenille Soie 100/3 - includes Soie Perlee and Soie Surfine You can find stitched samples of the silk threads here:	Soie d' Alger Soie 100/3 Soie de Paris Soie Chenille (Special order only) Soie Gobelins Soie Perlee Soie Ovale Soie Surfine Silk Trame Silk Flesh Tone Collections Fine d'Aubusson Wool Metallic Braids (4, 8, 12, 16 & 32) Metallic Braid sets: #4 - set of 5 Fluorescents #8 - set of 6 shaded colors #12 - set of Holiday colors Sets of silks for Hands Across the Sea Samplers . If you are interested in purchasing a full set of some of the AVAS threads we offer the following discounted sets. Numbers of colors change as AVAS adds or removes colors from the active list so this is an estimate of the number of colors. Soie d'Alger - set of 632 colors @ 15% discount Soie 100/3 - set of 347 colors @ 15% discount Soie de Paris - set of 122 colors @ 15% discount Soie Gobelins - set of 105 colors @ 15% discount Soie Surfine - set of 221 colors @ 15% discount Fine d'Aubusson Wool - set of 130 colors @ 15% discount
Brown Paper Packages	Silk & Ivory and Trio Stardust (Silk & Ivory with a metallic twist)
Caron Collection	Watercolours Wildflowers (Special Order) Wildflowers - Solid (Special Order) Waterlilies Impressions - Solid Impressions - Overdyed (Special Order Only) Soie Cristale Snow
Classic Colourworks (previously known as Crescent Colours)	Floss Belle Soie  Hand-dyed silk floss
Dinky-Dyes	Dinky-Dyes Silk Floss Dinky-Dyes Silk Ribbon Dinky-Dyes Silk Perle (Silk perle in 3 different weights) Dinky-Dyes Jumbuck (50% silk/50% wool - Special Order)
DMC Rayon floss is completely gone now.	Floss Coloris Eco Vita ** new 2024 - Organic natural dyed crewel wool Etoile Floss Diamant DMC has discontinued this thread and we purchased all that one of our suppliers still had. Some colors are gone. Variations Floss & Perle #5 Satin Floss Floche *** This is made by DMC Exclusively for Fleur de Paris, our distributor in Los Angeles. If you hear rumors that DMC is no longer making it, don't be dismayed - it is, but only for FDP. Light Effects (Metallic Floss) Perle Cotton - list of size 3, 5, 8 & 12 Perle #5 in balls Metallic Perle #5 Metallic Embroidery Thread (Fil Metallise) Cutwork (Coton a Broder - we carry a few colors) Infusions - Memory Thread * DMC is no longer making this thread and we have almost none in stock. And our suppliers can no longer get it. Please contact us via e-mail if you're looking for a specific color. But check the wichelt.com website first as if they don't list it, it's gone.
Fleur de Paris	Bella Lusso®  100% Merino Wool Anahaera Wool - 100% New Zealand Wool See ThreadworX below for a hand-dyed version and Rainbow Gallery's new Glisten for a version twisted with a filament.
Fujix Ltd. (Japan)	Soie et - 3-ply variegated silk threads
Gentle Art, The	Sampler Threads We will be reordering these threads beginning January 2025. We have a limited supply in stock but if you are not in a hurry, you can order any of the colors and we hope to get them in late January.
Gloriana Gloriana orders are taking 4-6 months if they have the thread dyed when they ship our order. Be sure to allow a several month lead time for your projects. We have stitched up samples of the 12-strand silk floss, Florimell, Luminescense & Tudor silks on a variety of cross-stitch fabric counts so you can see what they look like. You will find them here.	Silk Floss 12 strand silk Florimell Au ver á Soie® hand-dyed Soie d'Alger Luminescence Au ver á Soie® hand-dyed Soie 100/3 Tudor Silk thinner 12 strand for 45 and above count linen Silk Ribbon 4mm, 7mm & 13mm Vintage Silk Ribbon - Lacquered Gold for Willing Hands Virgin Queen's Stitching Wallet For the present time we are not accepting orders for these threads: Duchess Silk Lorikeet Pashmina Princess Perle/Princess Perle Petite Silk Chenille is discontinued and no longer available. For a list of available colors in all but the Lorikeet threads we have a PDF you can print.
Goldwork Threads We get thread for Goldwork from Access Commodities & Kreinik (we still have inventory of their older gold work threads before they sold the business to RG). If you don't see something listed here you are looking for, please contact us.	Passing Threads, Gold Wire & Silver Wire, Purls, Rococo, Russia Braid, Milliary, Access Soft Twist, etc. Silk Wrapped Purl Super, #2, #4 & #8 Filament Silk Wrapped Gimp This is called for in a Kelly Clarke stitched guide with the matching Soie 100/3. Order the Gimp here and the matching 100/3 above (the color matches are noted on the Gimp page) Double Twist Silk Gimp Silk Serpentine Silk Facette Gimp Crinkle Silk Gimp (gone now)
Gumnuts	Stars (stranded silk) * new color range 480-489 Sage, released 2019
Kreinik We no longer carry Bella, Mori or Serica. We do have the color card so if you need help with finding substitutes, please contact us.	Metallic Braids (Blending Filament, #4, #8, #12, #16, #24, #32; Regular, Easter Grass, Japan & Holographic colors) Metallic Ribbons (1/16", 1/8" & the new 1/4") Cable Cord Easter Grass is listed with the rest of the Metallic threads (#9032) Facets & Petite Facets & Wired Facets HotWire Japan #5 & #7 Threads Ombre Couching Thread Micro Ice Chenille
Lecien Japan	Cosmo Embroidery Floss
Londonderry Linen Thread	Sizes 18/3, 30/3, 50/3 & 100/3 The 18/3 is now somewhat thicker from the manufacturer and comes as 40m on a cardboard spool. As we run out of the older 12m plastic spools, the new yardage will be what we have available.
Misc (various vendor threads not listed elsewhere)	Gutermann Invisible Thread (for beading)
Needle Necessities Needle Necessities closed in 2007. These pages are for reference only so you have some idea what a color looked like. You can find substitutes for many of the Overdyed Floss colors from the threads by ThreadworX.	Floss Reference page only Perle Cotton #3, #5 & #8 Reference page only Rachel Reference page only Spring II Reference page only Velour Reference page only Charleston Reference page only Overdyed Wool Reference page only Overdyed Kreinik #4, #8 & #12 Reference page only
Needlepoint Inc.	Silk Floss
Painter's Threads by House of Textile Arts (aka Tentakulum). You can find photos of stitched samples of these threads on our Painters Threads page.	Hand-dyed Coton a Broder Hand-dyed Crewel Wool Hand-dyed Au ver a Soie Soie d'Alger Hand-dyed Au ver a Soie Soie de Paris Hand-dyed Au ver a Soie Soie 100/3 now available in 150m or 50m spools Hand-dyed Au ver a Soie Soie Gobelins Hand-dyed Au ver a Soie Soie Surfine Hand-dyed Braided Cotton (special order)
Planet Earth	Pepper Pot 6-ply silk Essentials We can order any of the other Planet Earth threads that are still made. Furr, Fuz and Fun as well as Opal is gone. The sub for FFF is Rainbow Gallery Wisper. Tonals Silk Ribbons The ribbons have been discontinued and we have very  limited stock. Please send us an e-mail and we can see if we still have any of what you want in stock.
Rainbow Gallery Kreinik was sold to Rainbow Gallery in 2024 and is now has most of the threads in production. They are available on cards or the usual spools. We stock the spools so if you need a larger quantity for a class, asking us to special order a thread on cards is usually a faster way to obtain then. Treasure Braid #4, #8, #12 and #16 are being discontinued. Use Kreinik in those sizes for colors we are out of. RG will continue to produce Petite Treasure Braid as well as most of the colors of Treasure Ribbon and Petite Treasure Ribbon.	Alpaca 18 with photos! Rainbow Angora with photos! Arctic Rays with photos! Alabaster Bravo® Capri Coronet Braid™ (sizes 4, 8, & 16) with photos! Cresta d'Oro® with photos! Crystal Braid Elegance™ Encore! Entice Eyelash Fancy Fur Faux Fur® - Discontinued & all supplies are gone; best sub is Fuzzy Stuff Fiesta! - Discontinued & all our supplies are gone Flair® with photos! Fluffy Fleece - Most colors are discontinued but a few are still available Baby Fluffy Fleece - Discontinued and our inventory is gone Fuzzy Stuff Frosty Rays® & Petite Frosty Rays® with photos! Fyre Werks® (regular or Soft Sheen) with photos! Glisten (Bella Lusso® wool twisted with a filament - new Jan 2017 & with photos) Gold Rush 14™ with photos! Variegated Gold Rush 14™ with photos! Gold Rush 18™ with photos! Gold Rush XS™ Grandeur™ Mandarin Floss with photos! Neon Rays® with photos! & Neon Rays®+ Nordic Gold® Overture® Panache Patent Leather & Patent Leather 2 - DISC Rainbow Linen Rainbow Persian (this is Fleur de Paris Anahera wool on cards) Rainbow Tweed Santa's Beard & Suit® - Discontinued & all supplies are gone; best sub Angora Silk Lamé Braid (13, 18 & Petite) & Silk Lamé Plus (ribbon) Sparkle! Braid Sparkle Rays & Petite Sparkle Rays Splendor® with photos! Splendor Silk Ribbon Subtlety™ - Discontinued and supplies are limited Super-Suede Treasure Braid ™ (sizes 4, 8, 12 ,16 & Petite now with photos!) Treasure Ribbon   Treasure Ribbon Petite now with photos! Tiara® Very Velvet™ & Petite Very Velvet™ Water 'N Ice Winter Wisper with photos! Zoo Eyes - DISC - sub with LB300 or SL300 Silk Lame Braid The threads below have been Discontinued by Rainbow Gallery and we did not stock them. put a note in the comments if you are looking for a color Rainbow Gallery might still have (order in mutliples of 6) 24 Karats Rainbow Cashmere Designer's Dream Gold Rush 12™ Hi-Lights Patina® Pebbly Perle® Plastic Canvas 7 Plastic Canvas 10 Precious Metals™ Razzle-Dazzle 6® Ribbon Rays Silk & Cream Treasure Chest Ultra-Suede®
Sajou Sajou makes mostly sewing threads but they also have two excellent threads for needlework.	Silk Perle Metallic (Metalised polyester)
Silk Road Fibers	Straw Silk
Thread Gatherer If you are looking for a thread not listed here, contact us and we'll see if can order it for you.	Silk 'n Colors (12 strand silk floss - Special Order) Silken Ribbon (4mm, 7mm - Special Order)
ThreadworX We stock ThreadworX floss in all colors and most of their other threads. We do not currently list the hand-dyed Vineyard Merino in the online catalog but will be adding it - ask us if you need a color ordered.	Overdyed Floss Expressions (same base thread as SpringII and is being discontinued) Hand-Dyed Vineyard Silk Legacy Collection (replacement for Charleston) Hand-dyed Kreinik Micro Ice Chenille (new for 2018) Hand-Dyed Kreinik Braid Pearl Cotton (#3, 5, 8 & 12) Hand-Dyed Bella Lusso®
Weeks Dye Works	Floss
Wiltex Threads We stock the Classic and special order the Tone-on-Tone and Merino.  Merino Strandable and Shimmer are no longer made and we have limited supplies of them. Send us an e-mail if you are looking for a specific color.	Vineyard Silk - Classic Vineyard Silk - Tone-on-Tone (Special Order) Vineyard Merino (Special Order)
YLI We stock a number of colors of Ribbon Floss but do Special Order any of them.	Ribbon Floss Regular, Metallic, Shimmer Blend, Super Shimmer Blend, Night Shimmer Blend & Seasons Shimmer Blend YLI has ceased spooling Ribbon Floss on the plastic spools so as our suppliers run out we will not be able to obtain more. We can special order some colors on cones if you need a lot of yardage for a class. Otherwise, we suggest looking at Neon Ray, Neon Ray+ and Silk Lame+ for color options.
For all other threads give us a call or drop us an e-mail as many we carry are not yet listed here.

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