Gilt Sylke Twist Available!
Tricia has some exciting news:
Other than a few spools that Access Commodities has given out to shops and designers to promote the up-coming release of Gilt Sylke Twist, Thistle Threads bought the entire manufacturing runs made for the jacket, knowing that not all of the thread would be needed for the jacket. Part of horse trading. We have calculated the needs of the jacket
based on our stitching use so far and used what was needed for the Nightcap class. We have extra!
The extra was first offered for sale two weeks ago to those stitchers who had already attended a session as a thank you for generously giving of their time and effort to the project. We still have some extra of five colors – but not copious quantities.
Several of these colors are limited edition, to be replaced in the next set of manufacturing runs by a permanent color series. The blues and pink will not be the same going forward. So if you have a large project in mind, you might want to wait. From last contact with Bill, there may be some thread coming over in the next six weeks. He is currently on travel again and was trying to get one or two colors to Access before he left but wasn’t sure that was going to be possible.
If you are interested in any of the Gilt Sylke Twist and can’t wait until later to get your hands on some, please email Tricia at tricia@alum.mit.edu with your request. The available colors are: Redde, Carnacion, Bisse, Graie Blewe, and Grene. The price is $25 for a 35 meter tube with $5 of each tube going to Plimoth as a donation to the jacket project.
Tricia
Please note: These photos show all the colors, some of which are not available for sale right now.
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March 15th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Dear Tricia,
When you say “The blues and pink will not be the same going forward” will the new shades be similar to the originals or significantly different? Thanks, Carolyn W
March 15th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
They will be similar to the originals – as in med blue but a different color family. 2912 Au Ver a Soie was the base for the pink. I think the new family might be in the 46 series. I am not positive. The blue was a special blue dyed for a silk scarf company and won’t be done again so it will be replaced by something close that is already in the Au Ver a Soie line.
Tricia
March 17th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Oh man! I don’t know how I didn’t get an email 2 weeks ago, as I was a stitcher in Jan, but I am so excited! Hopefully I can still get some.