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If you've not used our on-line catalog before we suggest you read our Ordering
Information page, which has details about using the
cart, estimated shipping costs, etc. You'll find
accessories, embellishments, fabrics and more items off
the main Catalog page.
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.

Single Dyelot?
For
most of our threads you can check mark a box to let us know that you
want them in a single dyelot (SDL). If you are doing a large piece and
you want to know the threads were dyed at the same time, it is the only
way to inform us that you need us to ensure that. Most thread companies
do not dyelot number their threads so we have to order enough to make
sure you get them in one dyelot. And for even those that do use dyelot
numbers, we can rarely re-order a specific dyelot. Some threads can be
wildly different with their dyelots, while others change very subtly.
Anchor and DMC rarely change but most of the hand-dyed threads change
quite a bit over time (even Au ver a Soie threads change quite a lot). So knowing when you place your order that the dyelot matters is most helpful to us.
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.
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Vendor |
Thread/Ribbon |
Access Commodities
Now with photos!
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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
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Anchor
Marlitt, Metallic
Perle, their overdyed floss and the Perle Cottons are Discontinued.
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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.
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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: 
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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:
Sets of silks for Hands Across the Sea Samplers
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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.
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
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Brown Paper Packages |
Silk &
Ivory and Trio
Stardust (Silk & Ivory
with a metallic twist) |
Caron Collection
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Watercolours
Wildflowers
(Special Order)
Wildflowers
- Solid (Special Order)
Waterlilies
Impressions
- Solid
Impressions
- Overdyed (Special Order Only)
Soie
Cristale
Snow
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Classic Colourworks
(previously known as Crescent Colours)
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Floss
Belle
Soie Hand-dyed
silk floss
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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.
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Floss
Coloris
Eco Vita ** new 2024 - Organic natural dyed crewel wool Etoile Floss
Diamant
VariationsFloss & 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.
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Fleur de Paris
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Bella Lusso® 100% Merino Wool
Now with Photos!
See ThreadworX below for a hand-dyed
version and Rainbow Gallery's new Glisten for a version twisted with a filament.
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Fujix Ltd. (Japan)
| Soie et - 3-ply variegated silk threads  |
Gentle Art, The
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Passing Threads, Gold Wire & Silver Wire, Purls, Rococo, Russia Braid, Milliary, 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) Silk Serpentine
Silk Facette Gimp
Crinkle Silk Gimp (gone now)
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Gumnuts
| Stars (stranded silk) * new color range 480-489 Sage, released 2019
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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.
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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 |
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.
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Misc (various vendor threads not listed elsewhere)
| Gutermann Invisible Thread (for beading)
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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.
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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
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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
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Planet
Earth
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Silk 'n Colors (12 strand
silk floss - Special Order)
Silken Ribbon
(4mm, 7mm - Special Order)
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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.
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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
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Floss
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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.
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Vineyard Silk -
Classic
Vineyard Silk -
Tone-on-Tone (Special
Order)
Vineyard Merino (Special Order)
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YLI
We stock a number of colors of Ribbon Floss
but do Special Order any of them.
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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.
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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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Shopping Cart Note
If you are unable to add threads
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different method to add to the cart. We are working with our provider to
try to track down the issues but so far we have been unable to
reproduce the problems reliably enough to get to the bottom of the
problem. If you can e-mail us with your OS version, Browser type and and
version and what page(s) you had problem with it will help us in our
debugging efforts.
If you run into an error you can't work around you can always call us to place your
order over the phone or just e-mail us your list and we can handle your
order that way.
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