![]() ![]() Silk cross stitch thread lends a sheen to my work I just can’t achieve with cotton. A close up of the rapunzel frame cross stitch with silk thread. With silk I do cut 18″ max and I still get knots. They do not save time, they make knots and drive me crazy but I will never change. I just hate having to rethread my needle every 10-15 minutes, so I try to justify my 3 feet long strands as “time-saving”. I usually cut really long pieces of thread. Likewise, I have over a decade of untangling knots that I have no idea how they formed in the first place. While I have no problem justifying $7-8 for a small packet of beautiful rich mulberry silk threads, I wouldn’t have felt the same way 10 years ago. I wouldn’t recommend silk to beginners for 2 reasons, the cost and the tangles. No retouching was done to the photos, I just added text to each thread type. So Why Try Cross Stitching With Silk Thread? A close-up of cotton and silk cross stitch thread. Why? Silk is made from silk worm cocoons and is more labor intensive than cotton production. Depending on the manufacturer, you can expect to spend 2-3x as much as you would for cotton thread. Speaking of money, silk is much more expensive.I have a post on cleaning your cross stitch piece after finishing here, or if you are clumsy like me and get stains frequently, this one is more in depth. If you spill coffee on your silk project you have little choice but to pray to the gods of dry cleaning and kiss your money goodbye. It snags on everything, attracts even more fluff bunnies, and hates all water, soap, and oils. ![]() Silk cross stitch thread is evil in how delicate you need to be with it.
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