Silk Road Needle Arts

St. Petersburg, Florida

SILKS--

Rainbow Gallery--Grandeur Silk Pearl #5. Available in 10-yard cards ($2.75)

Another excellent thread! It is a little thicker than Trebizond and does not have quite as much sheen. It is a perfect size for #18 canvas and can be doubled for larger canvases. It also works well for counted work, Hardanger, and tatting. Available in 90 colors, some of which match the Splendor stranded silk also from Rainbow Gallery.

It is very easy to use, very similar to pearl cotton. It is tightly twisted, so that it does not normally separate during stitching. It has a good sheen and the thread is behaved with very little twisting or tangling, especially if you let your needle hang down to untwist every few stitches. The stitch definition on longer stitches is excellent and smaller stitches (basketweave) has the appearance of beadwork when completed.

See the company website for online color cards at: http://www.rainbowgallery.com/colorcards.cfm

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We stock the FULL line Grandeur which comes in the following colors:

G800 Cool White	G801 Black	G802 White
G804 Champagne	G805 Pale Pink	G807 Lite Purple
G808 Medium Purple	G809 Dark Purple	G811 Lavender
G812 Dark Lavender	G813 Rose Pink	G814 Rose
G815 Flesh	G816 Pink	G817 Pumpkin
G818 Peach	G819 Coral	G820 Ruby Red
G821 Medium Red	G822 Dark Red	G823 Lite Ant. Mauve
G824 Antique Mauve	G825 Dark Ant. Mauve	G826 Burgundy
G827 Dark Burgundy	G828 Lite Christmas Green	G829 Christmas Green
G830 Lite Sea Green	G831 Forest Green	G823 Dark Green
G836 Dark Forest Green	G837 Sea Green	G838 Dark Sea Green
G840 Camel	G841 Butterscotch	G844 Dark Fawn
G845 Dark Dusty Rose	G848 Olive	G851 Brown
G853 Dark Brown	G854 Blue	G855 Blue Blush
G857 Navy Blue	G858 Medium Navy	G859 Indigo Blue
G860 Lite Sky Blue	G862 Dark Wedgwood	G864 Dark Periwinkle
G867 Baby Blue	G869 Dark Green Aqua	G870 Green Aqua
G877 Gold	G878 Maize	G879 Pale Yellow
G880 Teal	G882 Lite Periwinkle	G833 Very Pale Pink
G844 Baby Pink	G886 Deep Rose Pink	G887 Rust
G889 Dark Gray	G890 Pale Gray	G891 Smoke Gray
G892 Lite Taupe	G893 Taupe	G899 Dark Ecru
G900 Pale Beige	G901 Pale Golden Brown	G902 Lite Golden Brown
G903 Med Golden Brown	G905 Lite Pistachio Green	G906 Med. Pistachio Green
G907 Dark Pistachio Green	G909 Goldenrod	G910 Orange
G911 Christmas Red	G913 Shell Pink	G914 Lite Antique Blue
G915 Antique Blue	G916 Dark Antique Blue	G923 Med. Dark Yellow
G924 Peach Flesh	G930 Lite Pearl Gray	G932 Lite Blue Violet
G933 Golden Yellow	G935 Lite Amethyst	G936 Med. Amethyst
G941 Med. Sea Green	G953 Med. Antique Mauve	G961 Cream