Fine Embroidery Yarns and Accessories
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Fine Embroidery Yarns and Accessories |
Product Range
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CONSUMERS PLEASE NOTE: Consider this website as your catalogue as we do not have printed catalogues. Samples of thread and ribbon cards are available and will incur a charge plus P & H of $5.00. We are happy to answer any questions you may have about anything on our site...please contact us to enquire. Crewel Wool Cascade House Crewel Wool is spun in our own mill from selected long staple fibres into a 2 ply wool that can be stranded if required. The fibres have been selected to ensure the strength of the wool but more importantly it's smoothness, lustre and evenness. It's ideal for combining with other yarns natural or synthetic. We have increased the colour range from 120 colours, 105 plain dyed and 15 hand painted, to 139 colours adding another 10 hand painted and 9 plain dyed to our range. Look for the ticks on the colour chart. We will continue to increase the range to a total of 240 colours. Cascade House Crewel Wool is a joy to use so soft and full of colour yet superwash and mothproof. Make sure you use the best wool in the world Cascade House Crewel Wool as chosen by Zweigart of Germany.
Shaded Crewel Wool Like our original range of Crewel Wool our Shaded Crewel Wool is produced from the same high quality long staple wool into a 2 ply wool that is a joy to use. This range is made up of 24 colours each colour has 5 shades ranging from the lightest to strongest, making a total of 120 shades. This enables you the embroiderer to choose any combination of shades that are required. The next 24 colours or 120 shades are now on the drawing board. This range was developed with the help of Jenny McWhinney of South Australia one of Australia's leading designers in thread painting and one of Victoria's leading Embroidery Shops. With the help that we have received from lots of people we believe that we have been able to put together a range for Designers, Retailers and Embroiderers. Tapestry Wool You loved our Crewel Wool and from that we have created our Tapestry Wool of equal quality. A divisible 4 strand pure wool that only Australia can produce, without all that fluff. It's just like your grandma used plus superwash and mothproofed. We have matched the same 120 colours an the new 10 hand painted, and again will continue to increase the range to the same 240 colours as the Crewel Wool. Look for the ticks on the colour chart. This enables you the embroiderer the opportunity to mix and match your textures to get that special effect, an exclusive to Cascade House Australia.
Lamé Silk Once in a while there comes an inspiration which in this case is the creation of the Cascade House Lame Silk Embroidery thread.. This silk thread has caught the imagination of embroiderer's worldwide. We have taken the finest quality silk embroidery thread and added a strand of metallic and look at the result. A thread with metallic that can be washed and ironed and it will not twist or unravel when stitching. When used in your embroidery the Lame gives the impression of beading or a soft highlight. This thread can be used in all forms of embroidery from traditional to needlepoint, cross stitch, hardanger, wool embroidery and thread painting We chose 45 of the most popular colours from our
wool ranges for our plain dyed and added the same 15 hand painted colours to
produce 60 delightful shades. Look for the stars on the colour chart.
Pearl Silk Cascade House Pearl Silk is a beautifully soft yet strong silk yarn, constructed of the finest fibre available. We have hand dyed it into 45 plain colours and 15 tone-on-tone shades to make 60 of our best selling colours. Look for the stars on the colour chart.Use our beautiful Pearl Silk either on its own or in conjunction with another Cascade House thread this gives a great dimension to your work. This thread can be used in all forms of embroidery from traditional to needlepoint, cross stich, hardanger, wool embroidery and thread painting
Stranded Silk Our Stranded Silk has the same 60 colours as the previous silks plus our 10 new hand painted shades to give us 70 colours. Look for the stars on the colour chart. This is a 6 strand, stranded silk which can be used from 1 to 6 strands.This thread can be used in all forms of embroidery from traditional to smocking to needlepoint, cross stitch, hardanger, wool embroidery and thread painting. Why bother with cotton when you can use silk at almost the same price plus a quality that has to be used to be believed.
Why don't you try the luxurious Cascade House Australia Silk Range and be lured by it's quality?
Mohair is another natural product shorn from angora goats. There are various breeds of goats each for a specific purpose; our mohair is kid mohair from young goats, which gives a very soft and lustrous fibre. Cascade House mohair is a silky 3 ply thread constructed using selected long staple fibres that gives it the strength for hand embroidery and is a delight to work with. Our mohair has 120 real living colours, 15 being hand painted as the Crewel and Tapestry Wools, allowing the embroiderer to put any group of colours together so that they blend and match. Look for the dots on the colour chart. This allows the embroiderer a great choice and freedom of expression in their work, that is not always possible with other yarns. Why don't you try it in your next embroidery.
Candlewicking is a very old art, some say it is the original embroidery and as the name suggests began with embroiderers using the cotton wicks destined for candles to stitch together what ever was available to make quilts for warmth. Later knots were introduced to prevent the threads pulling through the coarsely woven materials of the time. Today we have the benefit of modern manufacturing, which enables us to have the quality of materials we choose, but I can always remember my grandmother telling me "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Cascade House brings to you the finest quality Candlewicking Cotton, manufactured from Australian long staple cotton grown in western New South Wales. It is exclusively spun to the traditional weight of candlewicks to give you a soft yet strong yarn to ensure your knots are bold. Robyn has chosen 12 fantastic colours including traditional cream and white so that everyone will be able to find a colour suitable for their needs.
Cascade House Blending Filament is unique, it is a very fine metallic strip wrapped with a core thread of Silk not rayon. This ensures the Blending Filament to be softer and more user friendly. The metallic is very strong and can be stranded from the silk core and stitched by itself. To do this it is necessary to work with a short thread as the more you draw your needle through the fabric the more pressure it places on the metallic strip. Cascade House Blending Filament comes in 26 fantastic colours. Experiment and see how easy it is to use. Blending Filament is often used for highlighting work eg. Butterfly Wings, Feathers of a cap etc. It can also be used in stump work, try Blending Filament in a Black work project.
Similar to the Blending Filament, Luminere is a combination of
Metallic strip and the Silk core which again makes it unique, strong yet
soft to work with. Compare it with any other on the market. Cascade House
luminere comes in the same 26 colours as the Blending Filament. All Cascade House Metallics are completely washable and ironable, in fact it is safe in boiling water. It holds its shape and colour.
Cascade House Silken Ribbon is a 4 mm ribbon in 100 colours. Silken Ribbon is made from milk, yes cows milk. Protein is extracted from casein that is finally woven into a ribbon. Cascade House Silken Ribbon is incredible. It doesn't fray, it doesn't fatigue, it doesn't split at the end and heals itself with washing. It can be washed and ironed over and over. Having a woven edge, it looks like silk, feels like silk and stitches like silk.
Cascade House Sparkling Organdy is a fabulous sheer woven ribbon with woven edges. Made of the finest nylon by the finest production methods and using the finest colouring skills, we have achieved ribbon of excellence. A fun ribbon, yet inexpensive to use. Sparkling Organdy mixes with almost anything, yet great for landscaping, wandering vines or petals of flowers. Choose from 30 creative colours in 4 widths.
Cascade House Embroidery Prints will stimulate the imagination of
embroiderers from beginners to experienced.
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