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