The Retors du Nord cotton embroidery thread comes in four separable strands and can be used as any other embroidery thread. By comparison, It is slightly finer than DMC's stranded cotton. It is also slightly shinier and slides better. 

This complete collection of 96 different colors of thread on cards. It comes with a large pattern chart which will enable you to embroider a marvelous vintage-style color chart — work of art worthy of its place in the home of all embroiderers! Inside is a label with numbers and names of the thread colors. Size of box: 29.5 cm long - 21 cm wide - 7.5 cm high.

Dimensions: 7cm x 9cm. Each card has 20m of 4-strand floss.

For ecological reasons, Retors du Nord embroidery floss is not colorfast. To make a thread colorfast involves using highly-polluting treatments, which are in our opinion, totally unjustified for embroidery purposes. However, it can be washed up to 104°F/ 40°C -- just be careful never to use boiling water or bleach.

Made in France

You can view and purchase the individual colors of this thread .