Description
Bravo
This thread is a 4-strand, overdyed cotton thread popular for cross stitch and needlepoint. If you learned how to stitch by using cotton embroidery floss, this thread will be just as easy to use. The magic is in the color variations, which makes for gorgeous shading, backgrounds, borders, and other areas where you don’t need to stick to a particular color.
- 100% Pima Cotton Overdyed
- 1 ply is about the size of #12 Pearl Cotton
- 1 ply is slightly larger than a single strand of DMC floss
- 15 yards on a card
- Made in USA
What does “overdyed mean”?
Overdyed is a popular technique for creating colors in fabrics and threads. It basically means applying a secondary layer of dye to a fabric, yarn, or finished item that has already been dyed or colored. Since Bravo is overdyed, each card of a specific color may look different.
Coverage
Separate the strands and recombine the number needed for your particular stitch on your particular fabric or canvas. Use the info below as a guide.
In needlepoint:
- Congress Cloth: 2 ply
- 18 mesh: 3 ply
- 14 mesh: 5 ply
In cross stitch:
- 11-14 count: 2 ply
- 16 count: 1 ply
- 18 count : 1 ply
- 25-32 count linens: 1 ply
How to use
Tips on stitching with Bravo from A Stitching Shop in Denver, Colorado:
“As with space dyed or overdyed yarns, you need to match up the ends in the same order that you stripped the yarn. Also, when you stitch with the second length you remove from the card, thread the needle on the end opposite the cut (or the end left on the card, not the end that you cut). Always thread the end that is opposite the cut as you continue with additional lengths of yarn. This will ensure that the run of colors remains the same. It is also a good idea to stitch having as much thread as possible on the back of the canvas as this will help you go through the color runs much more quickly. Do not leave long ends when beginning or ending off the thread as this will interrupt the color run.”
