® ® ™ Kreinik Silk Mori and Silk Serica come in 155 dyed-to-match colors. Kreinik Silk Bella comes in 45 colors. Silk Mori ® Milkpaint ™ Threads ¦ ¦ 1031 1116 3015 4076 5014 6074 ¦ 7082 8055 Stitching Hints Baby Pink Dark Medium Dark Medium Medium Christmas Dark Dusty Lightest Medium Milkpaint threads are ideal for historical samplers, or to Navy Mauve Straw Ash Grey We recommend that you prepare the ground Red Coral Green Mist create an antiqued effect in any design. ¦ ¦ ¦ material 1032 1117 3017 4077 ¦ 5016 6076 7084 ¦ 8073 prior to stitching to protect the thread Lightest Very Dark Very Dark Very Dark Dark Navy Dark 1 Medium Light Pink Christmas Coral Dusty Mauve 0103 0422 0544 0715 from “catching” on the rough edges of the fabric: Red Green Mist Straw Charcoal Light Very Light Medium Dark ¦ ¦ Antique Thyme Sampler Pecan 1033 1119 3021 4093 5022 6083 ¦ ¦ • For fabric, turn the edges under and secure with Light Pink Garnet Sherbet Light Icy 7086 8075 Mauve Green Blue Lightest Light Dark Straw Medium a running stitch using cotton thread. Denim Grape Dark 0104 0423 0553 0723 Charcoal Medium Light Medium Light Antique Thyme Colonial Wheat • For canvas, cover the raw edges with masking 1043 1203 3042 4094 ¦ 5053 6086 ¦ 7087 8077 Light Light Lightest Medium Light Slate Mauve Green Blue Cobalt Victorian Dresden Icy Dark Very Dark Very Dark tape or single fold bias tape. Violet Rose Rose Blue Grape Straw Charcoal 0106 0424 0555 0724 Very Dark Medium Pure Medium To keep your stitching looking its best , take time 1046 1204 3044 4096 ¦ 5055 6104 ¦ 7124 8084 Antique Thyme Colonial Wheat Dark Medium Medium Dark Icy Medium Medium Mauve Green Blue to wash your hands before starting to stitch and Cobalt Victorian Dresden Dark Slate Cream Medium 2 Violet Rose Rose Blue Lavender Gray 0113 0433 0602 0725 use a non-greasy hand cream to soften cuticles and ¦ Light Light Light Dark 1047 1205 3045 4162 ¦ 5057 6106 7126 8086 moisturize dry skin. Very Dark Dark Med.Dark Lightest Very Dark Lenten Moss Faded Wheat Cobalt Victorian Dresden Victorian Dark Ecru Dark Gray Rose Green Rose Rose Slate Blue Lavender To maintain the beautiful sheen of silk threads Violet Rose Green 0114 0434 0604 0731 1054 ¦ 2013 3062 Medium Medium Medium Cornmeal while you are stitching: 4163 5071 6107 7128 9032 3 Medium Light Gold Lightest Light Baby Blue Very Dark Lightest Lenten Moss Faded Work with only a 12” to 18” length Fuchsia Henna Victorian Beige Rose Green Rose • of silk to Green Lavender Neutral Flesh 0115 0443 0605 0732 keep the thread from tangling and fraying from 1055 ¦ 2014 3063 ¦ 4164 5073 6112 ¦ 7133 9034 Dark Light Dark Lightest Medium Medium Light Medium Light Lightest repeated passes through the ground material. Dark Gold Henna Victorian Country Light Bark Medium Lenten Nantucket Faded Cornmeal Fuchsia Green Wisteria Neutral Rose Green Rose Blue Flesh • Use a “poke and stab” rather than a “hand 1057 2015 3065 4166 5091 6114 0116 0444 0614 0733 Very Dark Medium Dark Dark 7134 Very Dark Medium Medium Light sewing” method of working your stitches, which also Ice Medium Medium Fuchsia Dark Gold Henna Victorian Blue Lenten Nantucket Penny- Cornmeal Green Wisteria Bark Rose Green royal keeps a thread from fraying. ¦ ¦ 1092 2016 4033 ¦ 4167 5093 6116 0303 0512 0624 0734 Use a needle whose eye easily accommodates Light 7135 • Lightest Dark Gold Very Dark Light Dark Medium ¦ Colors also Light Very Light Medium Medium Wood Kelly Victorian Royal Blue Dark Coralbells Tidewater Thistle Cornmeal the threads , but which does not distort the ground Violet Green Green Wisteria available in Mocha Blue fabric/canvas. This opens the fabric so the thread 1093 2017 4034 4193 5095 ¦ 6123 ¦ Silk Bella Light Wood Very Medium Light Jade 7136 0304 0513 0625 0743 Medium Light Dark Medium Light Dark Light can glide through easily, reducing thread abrasion Violet Dark Gold Kelly Dk. Royal Dusty Green Blue Mocha Coralbells Tidewater Thistle Oyster- Lavender Blue shell as it passes through the material. 1094 2024 4036 4196 5097 ¦ 6124 7166 Let your needle dangle Medium Medium Dark Kelly Dark Jade Very Dark Medium Dark 0305 0515 0632 0804 every few stitches to let Wood Buttercup Green Dusty Dark Dark Light Medium Violet Royal Blue Brown the thread relax and thus avoid knotting and Lavender Black Coralbells Tidewater Dusk Cobble- 4 ¦ ¦ Blue stone 1096 2026 4037 4203 5102 6126 7172 tangling. Dark Wood Dark Very Dark Light Sage Lightest Violet Buttercup Kelly Dark Dusty Lightest 0323 0523 0633 0813 A laying tool Green Cerulean Lavender Honey Light Light Medium Medium such as a bodkin or trolley needle Cameo Portsmouth Dusk ¦ ¦ Flint 1098 2027 4043 4204 5103 ¦ Blue may help you lay strands parallel during stitching Wood Rose Light Teal 6127 7173 5 Very Dark Medium Light Very Dark Light 0324 0524 0634 0815 to obtain the greatest degree of uniform light Buttercu p Sage Cerulean Dusty Lavender Honey Medium Medium Dark Dark Flint Cameo Portsmouth Dusk reflection. You can also use your needle to lay 1103 ¦ 2032 4044 ¦ 4206 5104 6204 7174 Blue Light Lightest Medium Dark Medium Medium Medium strands neatly and evenly. Mauve Lemon Teal Dusty Sage Cerulean Plum Honey 0325 0525 0643 0824 Maintain the twist of Silk Serica Dark Dark Light Medium as you stitch ¦ 1104 2033 4046 4212 5105 6205 7175 Cameo Portsmouth Lavender Pewter Medium Light Dark Teal Light Medium Dark Blue Water by applying a slight reverse twist to your needle, Mauve Lemon Dark Dusty Medium 6 Avocado Cerulean Plum Dark Honey 0403 0532 0644 0902 or allowing your needle to dangle every one or two Light Light Medium 1105 2063 ¦ 4063 Very Light stitches and return to its natural twist. This will 4214 5107 6207 7183 Celadon Chesapeake Lavender Cinnamon Medium Light Medium Medium Very Dark Very Dark Dark Pumpkin Holly Dusty Light Bay Blue Water keep the silk from untwisting or becoming too Avocado Cerulean Plum Sable Mauve 0413 0533 0704 0903 tightly twisted during the stitching process. 1107 2066 4066 4215 ¦ Light Medium Medium Light 5202 7012 7184 Buttermilk Very Dark Dark Dark Holly Medium Lightest Hemlock Chesapeake Cinnamon Silk threads should be dry cleaned. We do not Mauve Pumpkin Dark Lightest Medium Bay Blue Avocado Periwinkle Lead Grey Sable recommend that you wash silk work. 0414 0534 0712 0904 1112 2067 ¦ 4067 4216 ¦ 7 5203 7014 ¦ 8000 Medium Dark Very Medium Flame Very Dark Holly Dark Light Pumpkin Medium Soft White Hemlock Chesapeake Light Cinnamon Avocado Periwinkle Lead Grey Bay Blue Pecan ¦ 4073 0415 0536 0713 0923 1113 3011 5012 5204 7024 ¦ 8050 Dark Very Dark Light Light Light Very Pale Light Lightest Medium If you have any questions about using silk Christmas Coral Dusty Antique Black Hemlock Chesapeake Pecan Curry Red Green Navy Periwinkle Parchment Bay Blue threads call us at 1-800-537-2166 or email us ¦ ¦ Actual colors may 0416 0543 0714 0924 at [email protected]. We would love to 1114 3013 4074 5013 6073 7025 8053 Medium Light Medium Light Navy Light Parchment vary slightly from Very Light Medium Medium Christmas Coral Dusty Mauve Light Ash Dark Sampler Pecan Curry hear from you! Red Green Mist Grey picture Hemlock Blue Silk Mor i ® Silk Seric a® Silk Bella ™ reinik Silk Mori ® is a premium reinik Silk Serica ® is a 3-ply, 100% reinik Silk Bella is a 3-ply very 6-strand, 100% pure SPUN SILK with a pure FILAMENT SILK with a finely twisted FILAMENT SILK with a Kdelightful softness and creamy lustre. K magnificent, rich sheen. It is a K bright sheen. It is thinner than Silk Available in skeins, it can be plied and used for a versatile silk thread that can be used singly as a Serica, and used straight off the reel (do not variety of stitches. Silk fine twisted silk, or it can separate it into plies). Mori ® is easy to use and be separated for use as a Use Bella for: Use Mori for: Use Serica for: This thin size of silk ideal for beginners in silk highly reflective flat silk ® SAMPLERS NEEDLEPOINT is perfect for woven HARDANGER thread embroidery. for more advanced Silk Serica COUNTED THREAD SAMPLERS bars in Hardanger, or PULLED WORK stitching techniques. CT SILK GAUZE Open a skein of Silk NEEDLEPOINT CRAZY QUILTING for pulled work in 40- ® SILK GAUZE CROCHET samplers and canvas CRAZY QUILTING Silk Mori and Mori by removing the When using Kreinik BLACKWORK ® HARDANGER designs. Its beautiful STITCHING OVER ONE wrapper and loosening Silk Serica as a single lustre comes through COUNTED THREAD ™ the slip knot holding the SURFACE WORK strand, simply cut the SURFACE WORK Silk Bella thread ends together. CRAZY QUILTING AND JAPANESE when used in SAMPLERS appropriate length from diminutive work like Separate the 6 strands the reel, thread your EMBROIDERY BLACKWORK before using and recombine the appropriate stitching on 40-count SURFACE WORK needle, and begin to silk gauze or stitching number of plies before threading the needle. To stitch. It allows perfect coverage on 18-count COLOR CHART prevent any tangling: over one on very fine canvas in tent or half cross stitch, and works counts of linen. Use it as a detailing thread, such beautifully as Kloster Blocks in Hardanger or as 1. Cut a length of Silk Mori about 15 inches. as tendrils on a vine, spokes of a spider web, or AND USAGE GUIDE satin stitches in samplers. Use a non-greasy hand fill-in areas of a blackwork design, for example. 2. Hold the end and pull out 1 strand. (Illus. A) cream to keep the filament silk from snagging on 3. Straighten the thread after each strand has been dry skin. pulled out. (Illus. B) WORKING TOGETHER : Create Kloster 4. Lay all strands For more advanced stitching techniques, a ® Blocks with Silk parallel to each single strand of Silk Serica may be separated into 3 Serica, woven bars other and thread plies. Take hold of the strand with both hands near with a matching your needle (for the end and apply a slight counter twist to separate color of Silk Bella added lustre, keep the 3 plies. B ® and accent stitches strands parallel After separating the Silk Serica into 3 plies you such as leaves with while stitching). A will notice the soft ripples produced by the natural twist of the silk. This Silk Mori. 5. REMEMBER: Mori (2 plies) Serica Silk Threads have rippling effect is no grain or nap. reminiscent of antique samplers. When the A Stitcher’s Guide The outline below gives suggested usage for using silk is dampened, the Mori in tent or cross stitches. Decorative stitches may ripples relax, leaving a To Silk Threads require extra strands for adequate coverage. flat area of very high NEEDLEPOINT AND CANVAS WORK : sheen. Use a ant to learn 2 strands for 22-ct canvas • 6 strands for 14-ct canvas cosmetic sponge to more about using Kreinik 3 strands for 18-ct canvas • 1 strand for 40-ct gauze dampen your silk W Bella Serica plied Silk Threads? This digest- CROSS STITCH : because it is not as abrasive as other sized book features: 1 strand for 16- and 18-ct fabrics • 2 strands for 14-ct PLAY WITH TEXTURES : sponges. 1 strand for stitching over two on 32-ct • 2 strands for 28-ct This photo shows the different • needlework history weights and textures of the • stitching tips Kreinik silks, including the • stitch library two ways of using Silk Serica. • silk thread design to stitch • stitch glossary Kreinik Mfg. Co., Inc. Visit our web site at www.kreinik.com to PO Box 1966, Parkersburg, WV 26102 USA www.kreinik.com • [email protected] buy your silk threads and to download free projects using these silk threads. Silk Mori ® and Silk Serica ® are registered trademarks of Kreinik Mfg. Co., Inc.

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