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Painters Pearl 8 Cotton Pastels
$8.50 ($7.73) / 30 metre skein

Heavily twisted thread from long staple, mercerised cotton. The sheen comes from the chemical process called mercerising and is enhanced by the heavy twist. Please re-twist once in a while while you work with this thread, this keeps the beadlike structure and the sheen.
25 metres per skein.

Needles suggestions
Gold Eye Milliners #15,   Gold Eye Milliners #1
Chenille #24     Long Darner #1

Thickness comparison; left to right, pearl 3, pearl 5, pearl 8.

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