How To Choose Embroidery Thread?
Generally speaking, the type and thread number of the embroidery thread will be marked on the regular embroidery drawing. In addition to embroidery pictures, embroidery threads are even provided in semi-finished product bags. However, sometimes embroiderers still want to choose their favorite threads. The following is a discussion of various situations where you need to choose embroidery threads by yourself.
Situation 1: The quality of the embroidery thread in the semi-finished product package is not good. This often happens, for example, in embroidery packages bought from street vendors, not only are the embroidery threads of poor quality, but the colors are not correct or complete. In a better situation, the brand and color number of the embroidery thread required is indicated on the drawings inside, and we can buy the embroidery thread for embroidery by ourselves. However, this situation is not often encountered, and most of the time, only the sequence of embroidery threads is marked on the drawing. At this time, we can only try to find a color card of all colors of embroidery thread of a well-known brand, such as DMC or Anchor, preferably a color card with actual embroidery thread samples. Then you compare the colors on the thread and the drawing as carefully as possible to find the most appropriate shade. When contrasting colors, it should be outdoors in natural light. Once found, you can mark the color number on the drawing. If you can't find the color card, you have to take the embroidery thread in the package to a nearby cross stitch shop, where there are usually famous brand embroidery threads for comparison. Note that the lighting in some stores may not be suitable and may cause the thread color to appear distorted.
Situation 2: You want to use another brand of embroidery thread that is different from the brand indicated on the drawing. Some drawings will indicate the colors and shades of two or more brands of thread at the same time. If there is no wire number you can buy on the drawing, you should look for a color conversion chart.
Situation 3: You have designed an embroidery image yourself, or you want to change the effect of an embroidery image. If you are very experienced and can design embroidery patterns by yourself without using software such as pic stitch, then you will definitely choose embroidery threads. In addition to DMC cotton embroidery thread, you can use a variety of different types of embroidery thread that are available, such as metal thread or hand-dyed silk thread. The choice of thread also considers the end-use, such as when embroidering bibs or clothes for babies, do not use silk thread that easily fades, or hard metal thread.
Situation 4: You are not satisfied with the embroidery thread on the embroidery picture and want to use a different color If the embroidery picture is a simple geometric figure or a simple picture without shadows, even if you use your favorite color, it does not matter. But if it is a complex drawing, you must pay more attention to it. Compare the color set suggested on the drawing with the color set you wish to use for the new thread, making sure they are the same. The specific method is to put these lines under red glass or transparent colored paper, filter out the noise, and find the same color; or take two lines of black and white photos and compare them (the PHOTOSHOP software can convert color pictures into black and white pictures).
Attachment: Since we are discussing "embroidery thread", we must mention what is "Z"-shaped winding and what is "S"-shaped winding.
The explanation is as follows:
In order to make the embroidery thread look neat, we can use a "Z" or "S" shape to wrap the thread. Bring a strand (6 embroidery threads) to your eyes. If the wire is twisted from the upper right to the lower left, we call this wire "Z"-shaped winding; if the wire is twisted from the upper left to the lower right, it becomes an "S"-shaped winding.