Named after the northern French town that pioneered the making of mechanical lace, these tiny little Calais cocoons are made of three strands of twisted mercerised cotton. They can of course be used for lace making but are also lovely for decorative hand stitching and applique where you can show off the lovely colours of the variegated thread.
Each cocoon holds 5 grammes (approx. 110 m) of cotton thread which unravels from the centre of the cocoon, making them pleasant and easy to use.
Made in France.
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Almost too cute to use, but turned out to be very practical and high quality thread. A perfect treat!
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I love pretty much anything published by Laine, they have outdone themselves with this issue however.
Immediately on flicking through I bookmarked three 'must knits' and really enjoyed the article on Satu Rämö too ( if you've not read her novels now is a very good time to start).
Really enjoying this card deck, is helping improve my granny square skills. Instructions are clear, easy and fun!
These are the most beautiful Cohana sciossors I now have in my collection! The colour of a camelia blooming in the snow with the white leather case and silver sparkly star is the most beautiful of them all!
I have used a few of these threads for my sashiko and pleased every time with the results . Although fine , even using them single stranded , the colours pop out against the fabric. They feel so smooth when stitching with them . They arrived quickly too.
This thread looks beautiful on the fabric and fills so well. Would love to have more choice of colours.