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I am using the called for silks for this piece, most of which are The Pure Palette Baroque Silk though there are also two Thread Gatherer Silk'n'Colors [Tuscan Olive and Wart Frog] used as well. The Pure Palette Silks are new to me and I am finding them a joy to work with. They cover and lay well, are not at all prone to knotting and twisting, and feel lovely and soft in the hand. At $4.25 for a 15 yd skein, it's hardly outrageously expensive. The silk separates into three plies, each of which in turn can be plied down to three plies, for a total of nine plies. For the purpose of working on high count linens, that's 9 x 15 yds which equals 135 yds of silk which works out to approximately three cents a yard. Compare that to the $7.29 for a 5 yard skein of 12 ply Belle Soie Silk [approximately ten cents a yard when using 1 ply on high count linen] and you have a real bargain. Now granted, Pure Palette silks are not hand-dyed or over-dyed like Belle Soie and will never replace them in my stash. But The Pure Palette line has a very nice range of colors and I can see my way to starting up a collection of these silks as well, especially for use on samplers. I purchased mine by ordering from A Needle in a Haystack, a brick and mortar LNS in California. They provide excellent phone order service with speedy delivery for those not in the immediate area [like me, 3000 miles on the other coast]
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I am really enjoying this piece and your lovely stitching!!! I have never tried this silk and may just pick some up next time I'm over at NiaH. Thanks for the description.
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