Tatting With Metallic Thread Part Three© Copyright KNOTS Please do not duplicate without permission from SWELKER@delphi.com This is a list of metallic threads I have used in the past. It is by no means a complete list of the metallic threads available. I keep finding more and more of them. Unless noted they should be tatted with another thread for best results. *Coats & Clark is by far the easiest to find. Carried in most craft and sewing stores. *Coats & Clark Metallic Sewing Thread Comes in 10 different colors. This is a bumpy wiry type thread which must be added to another thread to tat. *Coats & Clark Glitz - I think this must be a new metallic. It is the flat shiny type. I didn't care for tatting with it. To much stretch. And even added to another thread it kept trying to undo itself. *Kreninik Metallic - Comes in Blending filament (finest),Cable and Cord. Is either bumpy or smooth flat. The blending filament is to to tat alone. *DMC Metallic Fil Mi-Fin - A thicker smooth thread, kinks back on itself, use with care. *DMC Fil a Broder or Embroidery thread - A thicker bumpy thread. Can be tatted alone with great care. *Dritz Metallic Thread - A smooth fine thread. The gold is rather brassy. *Ultra Metallic - A fine smooth thread, I have only found it at Walmarts. I believe it only comes in gold and silver. Both are pleasant colors. *Maderia Metallic - I have only used the type that is bumpy, works up about the same as the Kreninik cable. But Maderia comes in other sizes and a large choice of colors. *Sulky Metallic - Fine metallic threads. Comes in flat and shiny or smooth with a soft glow. The smooth is finer then regular sewing thread. Comes in a large variety of colors. The smooth type comes in colors not often done in metallic thread like peach and soft rose. The metallic threads also match Sulky's regular sewing threads. Can be added to a double or single strand of the sewing thread for a delicate shadeing of colors. *YLI Metallic - I have only worked with the thicker thread. It can be tatted alone. The thick thread is the bumpy type but soft in the hand. Comes in a wide variety of colors and sizes. Searching for the elusive metallic thread is half the fun of tatting it. A good place to look is stores that specialize in sewing machines. My local Bernina dealer is the only local outlet for YLI thread. Quilting shops, cross stitch shops and the like often carry different types of thread, then the fabric shops. A local quilt store carries Gutterman silk sewing thread, which I combine with a strand of Sulky smooth metallic to tat flowers.
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