Kreinik Braid & Storage

 When I took the Purple Hearts class, it used quite a bit of #8 Kreinik braid, so the instructor gave us a 50M cone! Now that Rainbow Gallery owns and manufactures the braid, it is on a card. Below is a photo of these three styles, which need to be stored somewhere!

I store my Rainbow Gallery thread in 12"x 12" drawers in a setup for paper crafts. I converted the top two drawers from paper to Rainbow Gallery Threads. I made dividers and so far, it is working out great!

I store my metallics in a floss bobbin case, which is inside a 12" x12" scrapbook paper box with a lid. I labeled this box metallics, and luckily, there is room for the cone. But I don't want the same thread in two places, so for now I am just going to lay the one card I have so far on top of the spools and call it good. I will revisit it if (who am I kidding, when) I get more cards. 

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The fun fact about the new cards from Rainbow Gallery is that they hold 11M, while the spools only hold 10M. 

HAPPY STITCHING!

Public Service Announcement

I am in the middle of a special project and ran out of Kreinik #4 braid in color #9300. So I shopped around and had a hard time finding it and tried my LNS from Colorado. They had it online so I ordered it. I got and email from the shop that they were out and Kreinik said it was not available, would #8 work?

Well, since I did not think a background half #4 and half #8 would work, I emailed the shop back and said I was halfway through a project and had it been discontinued? They got back to me right away.

YES Kreinik #4 braid in color #9300 (orchid) has been discontinued.

Luckily Kreink told the shop they had some left and would send them if she really needed some!! So I ordered two just in case. Thought I'd let my fellow stitchers know in case you are using or plan to use this thread.