Braided Metallics (MTR08)

Base Thread: Métallisés Tressés 8 by Au Ver a Soie®
⇒brand dyed by BIZ
Material: 65% Cupro / 35% Polyester

Packaging: Snap Spool on paper pin
Length: 10m/11yd
Care instructions
Color chart

Flower Thread

Recommended needles when using one thread:
Wool Darner 16, Tapestry/Chenille needle 16

TIP: Thread length should not be longer than 30cm.

  • Base material: metallized bouclette thread
  • braided from 8 individual threads Metallics
  • Individual threads cannot be separated
  • High stability
  • is not rubbed so hard at the eye of the needle

It is much easier to work with than the Base Thread from which it is braided.
Sizes available from the manufacturer of the Base Thread in solid or multi-colored braided: 4-8-12-16 made of 4, 8, 12 or 16 individual Metallics or Lustre threads.
Lustre:

  • smooth, flat metallics without reinforcing thread
  • very high sheen
  • very hard
  • does not adapt to the Working Fabric as well as the Metallics

Popular techniques and stitches for Braided Metallics 8

Needlepoint
  • CrossStitch
  • Vault Stitch
  • Tapestry embroidery
  • Hardanger
  • Drawn Thread Work
  • Blackwork
  • Wessex embroidery
  • Colbert Embroidery
  • Cogin
Leinwandstickerei
  • Couching
  • Elizabethan embroidery
  • Knotted Embroidery
  • Surface Work
  • Redwork
  • Sashiko
  • Stem Stitch
  • Outline Stitch
Other Textile Techniques
  • Crochet
  • cords
  • Kumihimo
  • Tassels
  • Knitting
  • Temari
  • Weaving
  • Bobbin Lace
  • Needlepoint Lace
  • Braiding

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