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If you've ever seen a traditional cross sampler, after the first look, you might just see that some letters are missing. This tradition has crossed borders and is even seen in modern samplers too. But why? The Missing Letters Most of the time if you ever see missing letters it's J, Q, X, Y &…
Most stitchers know DMC threads by names as well as numbers, but the DMC company has never released an official set of names. Until now? At the start of June, DMC updated its website. There have been a few issues, such as free patterns requiring a credit card, many links breaking, and redirects not working…
Back in 2013 DMC released their 38** range of threads. Commonly referred to as DMC's US only threads, they quickly became unofficially discontinued due to EU dye laws. For the last 10 years, we've been supplied with a list of replacement threads direct from the DMC company. But now, just before the 10 year anniversary,…
I thought pretty much everyone by now would have heard of the notorious "US only DMC threads", however people do regularly ask about them on cross stitch forums and Facebook groups. However, alongside these questions come the obligatory rumors. Theories ranging from US factories, to EU laws, to other failed experiments like the linen DMC…