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Posted by Susan Hartman on January 13, 2007, 11:43 am
I was just looking at some DMC 554 (lavendar-ish color) against fabric
and asked DH for his opinion. He said, "I like that one, but not that
one...too blue." Huh? Same color!
Lo and behold, I pulled the two skeins out and looked in full sunlight,
and the "new" one (beige label with bar code) is decidedly pinker than
the "old" one (black label).
Anybody have an explanation? Is this a one-off, or was that number
reformulated at some point?
Sue
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Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by Lucille on January 13, 2007, 11:46 am
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>I was just looking at some DMC 554 (lavendar-ish color) against fabric and
>asked DH for his opinion. He said, "I like that one, but not that one...too
>blue." Huh? Same color!
> Lo and behold, I pulled the two skeins out and looked in full sunlight,
> and the "new" one (beige label with bar code) is decidedly pinker than the
> "old" one (black label).
> Anybody have an explanation? Is this a one-off, or was that number
> reformulated at some point?
> Sue
> --
> --
> Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
> The Magazine of Folk and World Music
> http://www.dirtylinen.com
I know that purple generally fades to pink so could the explanation be that
one is very old and has faded a bit?
Lucille
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Posted by Barb Suess on January 13, 2007, 12:09 pm
I don't know about that particular color, Susan, but I have noticed
that colors can be slightly different if purchased at different times.
I usually try to buy enough thread to complete a project (and some
extra for my stash!) but I've been caught, too. It's a good rule of
thumb to purchase all your thread at once because you can be sure the
companies are always changing formulation a bit or conditions in the
factory might change.
Barb
www.japanesetemari.com
Susan Hartman wrote:
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> I was just looking at some DMC 554 (lavendar-ish color) against fabric
> and asked DH for his opinion. He said, "I like that one, but not that
> one...too blue." Huh? Same color!
> Lo and behold, I pulled the two skeins out and looked in full sunlight,
> and the "new" one (beige label with bar code) is decidedly pinker than
> the "old" one (black label).
> Anybody have an explanation? Is this a one-off, or was that number
> reformulated at some point?
> Sue
> --
> --
> Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
> The Magazine of Folk and World Music
> http://www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by scottnh on January 13, 2007, 12:46 pm
I have found that the newly purchased DMC colors are no always true to the
older ones in my stash. This has shown up in a lot of different shades. I
guess that is why I have so many part skeins and none of them totally match
each other, same numbers on all of them. Didn't this happen when new rules
went into effect on the use of certain dyes? Clarice in AZ
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>I don't know about that particular color, Susan, but I have noticed
> that colors can be slightly different if purchased at different times.
> I usually try to buy enough thread to complete a project (and some
> extra for my stash!) but I've been caught, too. It's a good rule of
> thumb to purchase all your thread at once because you can be sure the
> companies are always changing formulation a bit or conditions in the
> factory might change.
> Barb
> www.japanesetemari.com
> Susan Hartman wrote:
>> I was just looking at some DMC 554 (lavendar-ish color) against fabric
>> and asked DH for his opinion. He said, "I like that one, but not that
>> one...too blue." Huh? Same color!
>> Lo and behold, I pulled the two skeins out and looked in full sunlight,
>> and the "new" one (beige label with bar code) is decidedly pinker than
>> the "old" one (black label).
>> Anybody have an explanation? Is this a one-off, or was that number
>> reformulated at some point?
>> Sue
>> --
>> --
>> Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
>> The Magazine of Folk and World Music
>> http://www.dirtylinen.com
>
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Posted by Pat P on January 13, 2007, 12:54 pm
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>I have found that the newly purchased DMC colors are no always true to the
>older ones in my stash. This has shown up in a lot of different shades. I
>guess that is why I have so many part skeins and none of them totally
>match each other, same numbers on all of them. Didn't this happen when new
>rules went into effect on the use of certain dyes? Clarice in AZ
>>I don't know about that particular color, Susan, but I have noticed
>> that colors can be slightly different if purchased at different times.
>> I usually try to buy enough thread to complete a project (and some
>> extra for my stash!) but I've been caught, too. It's a good rule of
>> thumb to purchase all your thread at once because you can be sure the
>> companies are always changing formulation a bit or conditions in the
>> factory might change.
>> Barb
>> www.japanesetemari.com
>> Susan Hartman wrote:
>>> I was just looking at some DMC 554 (lavendar-ish color) against fabric
>>> and asked DH for his opinion. He said, "I like that one, but not that
>>> one...too blue." Huh? Same color!
>>> Lo and behold, I pulled the two skeins out and looked in full sunlight,
>>> and the "new" one (beige label with bar code) is decidedly pinker than
>>> the "old" one (black label).
>>> Anybody have an explanation? Is this a one-off, or was that number
>>> reformulated at some point?
>>> Sue
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
>>> The Magazine of Folk and World Music
>>> http://www.dirtylinen.com
Looks like another reason for me to prefer Anchor - I can honestly say I`ve
never had that problem with them!
Pat
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>asked DH for his opinion. He said, "I like that one, but not that one...too
>blue." Huh? Same color!
> Lo and behold, I pulled the two skeins out and looked in full sunlight,
> and the "new" one (beige label with bar code) is decidedly pinker than the
> "old" one (black label).
> Anybody have an explanation? Is this a one-off, or was that number
> reformulated at some point?
> Sue
> --
> --
> Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
> The Magazine of Folk and World Music
> http://www.dirtylinen.com