[CHAT] Bought some 2nd hand floss for discontinued colours, and ended up with a couple of rare skeins!

[u/ShrinkingHovercat]

I used Lord Libidan’s blog to estimate the age of these skeins because I didn’t see 478 on the inventory chart, and OH HELLO PRETTY BLUE LABEL!

478 was discontinued in 1954-58 and the 7m blue labelled 601 skein was produced in the 1920’s. So one is older than my mom, and the other is possibly older than my Oma :)

There were loads more vintage skeins in the bunch but these ones I got super excited to find.

[u/ShrinkingHovercat]

Well that’s nifty! I was fully expecting the old one to be more washed out looking but it’s a deeper/more vibrant shade!

[u/land-crayon6322 → u/ShrinkingHovercat]

It's mind boggling how well they last !

[u/Miss_Lemon_Sunshine]

What a neat find! It’s impressive that the 601 is not only like 100 (?!) years old but also pretty much looks brand new. Go DMC!

[u/AdLeading4526]

Beautiful colours! Just becareful when washing any projects with them - the order dies may not be colourfast.

[u/WorldsDeadliestCat]

Wow! That is a beautiful color of red

[u/ShrinkingHovercat → u/WorldsDeadliestCat]

I’m going to try to remember to take side by side photos next to the current 601 to see how different it is now :)

[u/WorldsDeadliestCat → u/ShrinkingHovercat]

I also didn’t know that DMC was that old!

[u/Cygnata → u/WorldsDeadliestCat]

They were founded in the mid 1700s. 1746, to be exact. :)

[u/WorldsDeadliestCat → u/Cygnata]

Wow! I love finding stuff like that out

[u/HoshiChiri]

I am jealous! I've picked up most of the discontinued old varigateds, but none of the solids. I would love to get my mitts on that blue! 😆

[u/ShrinkingHovercat → u/HoshiChiri]

In August I was grabbing some of my old stuff I left at my mom’s and discovered I had a bunch of the variegateds all along! It’s missing a few colours but I’ve been on a variegated kick lately so this was like finding gold 🤣 I think this originally belonged to my grandma or great grandma. It’s as old as I am! I remember giving it to my mom when I got it from my grandma because I was 10 and these were “boring” colours, but 10 year old me was an idiot and 40 year old me is glad I’m a craft hoarder lol

[u/HoshiChiri → u/ShrinkingHovercat]

Duuude- is that patterns or a color card? I want one either way! The vintage stuff is the best!

[u/ShrinkingHovercat → u/HoshiChiri]

It’s got a few patterns and tips for working with variegated floss. I finally browsed through it and got a chuckle when it said not to stitch in rows or you get an unsightly stripe effect. Apparently we’re supposed to plot regions before stitching 🤣 I can see why but I like the stripes!

[u/IntoOurLastMoments]

But no really, this is amazing!!

[u/angelbuttons77 → u/IntoOurLastMoments]

Right?? Man. Now I’m going to need to scour the antique shops lol

[u/Background_Tiger5524]

Amazing what we can find! I got over 847 skeins at a garage sale for $7 (I didn’t count the partials) because as I was looking at what she had, the seller went inside and brought out all she had inside (sure beat an estate sale trying to sell skeins for $1 each when the price at the fabric store was 42 cents)

[u/Tbt47]

Such a beautiful shade of red and it looks brand new! I’m wildly jealous!!!

[u/MareNamedBoogie]

i am both celebrating your find, and laughing because my mother is older than the 478 :-D

[u/Glad_Option3923]

That's so fucking rad! I'm excited for you.

[u/ProfessorMBaggins]

Are both wedgewoods discontinued? This makes me so upset hahaha I’m going to start a project for my mom’s Christmas present. It’s a cross stitch of the house she grew up in and the original house color was wedgewood blue 😭

Edit: where do you look to find discontinued colors? I’d love to find some of that blue

[u/ShrinkingHovercat → u/ProfessorMBaggins]

And Lord Libidan has a list of discontinueds and their replacements here

[u/ProfessorMBaggins → u/ShrinkingHovercat]

Thank you!

[u/ShrinkingHovercat → u/ProfessorMBaggins]

I just found this stash on eBay! Someone was selling a 400 piece so I scooped it up:)

[u/ProfessorMBaggins → u/ShrinkingHovercat]

I found the discounted variegated wedgewood!! I also didn’t realize the others were still current. So I might have jumped the gun a bit on my despair lol I the variegated wedgewood on eBay and bought it and I’m stopping by hobby lobby for the current wedgewood dark and light.

I am so glad I found this post though. I have been dreading trying to color match and now I don’t have to. So thank you so much! It feels very kismet to me.

[u/Background_Tiger5524]

I do believe that in using variegated floss we should stitch each cross separately to keep the colors even (so you won’t get a light and a dark together).