Benton & Johnson Gilt Pearl Purl 1

Pearl Purl thread is a fine wire effectively made into a coil like a spring. The wire is rounded which means that when you look at the wire it looks like a string of rounded beads or like the back of knitting hence the name purl.

Can be cut up into short lengths and attached like beads, or it is often used slightly stretched around the edge of stitching or metallic kid designs. The thread is couched down with a waxed thread between the beads.
The Gilt threads are made of silver with a fine layer of gold.
Pearl Purl 1 is 0.9mm in diameter.

30cm length $3.90 BUY NOW

50cm length $6.50 BUY NOW

1 Metre length $13 BUY NOW

Description

Benton & Johnson is the leading manufacturer of Gold Work embroidery threads, purls, pearl purls, check threads, plates and coloured threads. It is a traditional company keeping up high standards of craftsmanship while developing exciting new products to match new ideas in hand embroidery. Benton & Johnson’s original values are unchanged – superb craft skills, quality and service.

Metallic embroidery threads are made using round or flattened wire, usually gold, silver or copper, which may or may not have a core of another material. Machines are used to plait and combine the wire. Metallic threads are used for embroidery, particularly in historical costumes, the theatre, and for insignia. The Royal School of Needlework’s training in gold thread embroidery also provides a big market.