With Olive Green you hit the range between blue and yellow. Depending on your fabric the tone reads fresher or calmer. 8 m per skein, split across 6 strands. Two strands stitch fine work, all 6 cover solidly. The skein is sold singly.
For monograms on linen cotton is the right pick: it reads matt and lies flat on the cloth. This thread divides — exactly what separates hand embroidery thread from machine thread. How strong your line reads is decided at the needle. If you follow a chart, buying its tones together is the safer move.
What Anchor Sticktwist Olivgrün is suitable for
- cross stitch on Aida and counted fabric
- monograms on linen and towels
- names on children's clothes
Sewing tips
- Den Strang nicht auseinanderziehen, sondern das Fadenende vorsichtig herausziehen.
- Zum Teilen die gewünschte Anzahl Fäden einzeln herausziehen und wieder zusammenlegen.
- Fadenlänge etwa 40 bis 50 Zentimeter — längere Fäden verdrehen sich und fransen.
- Eine Sticknadel mit stumpfer Spitze nimmt bei Zählstoffen die Löcher statt der Fäden.
- Vor dem Waschen des fertigen Stücks eine Farbprobe machen, besonders bei kräftigen Rottönen.
Available in more colours in the Anchor Sticktwist series.
Frequently asked questions
How many strands do I stitch with?
That depends on your fabric. On coarse counted cloth people take three, on fine two, for solid areas all of them. A test stitch at the edge answers faster than any rule.
How long should the thread in my needle be?
Roughly a forearm's length. Longer threads twist while stitching, fray at the needle and end up looking different at the finish than at the start.
How far does one skein go?
For a small to medium design usually well. If you plan a large area in one tone, two skeins are safer, since later batches can differ minimally.
How do I keep the skeins?
With their band, dry and out of the light. Without the band the colour number cannot be identified later, and that is exactly what you need when restocking a chart you started.
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