DMC Perle 3 and 5 Info

DMC Perle 3 Cotton Skeins

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The complete range of DMC Perle 3 cotton skeins contains 292 colours with numbers from 48 to 996 and from 3011 to 3866. The colour numbers and their colour shades are the same as for DMC Stranded Cotton, but not all stranded cotton numbers/shades are available in Perle 3 or 5. The colour numbers are often not consecutive and skip quite a lot on numbers.

The DMC colour chart (W100T) is applicable to stranded cotton skeins, Perle 3 skeins and Perle 5 skeins and balls and can be ordered or viewed. Go to the official DMC web site for a web colour chart for DMC stranded cotton and perle 3/5 cottons.

Perle 3 Skein Size
Each skein of DMC Perle 3 contains 15m/16 yd.

Needle:
n° 3 = 18/20 blunt tip or 16 pointed tip

Stitches:
Embroidery, tatting, hardanger, smocking, weaving, appliqué, needlepoint, crochet, knitting.

Useful Hints:
The size numbers in pearl cotton refers to the meters per gram eg n° 3 = 3 meters per gram whilst n° 5 = 5 meters per gram so n° 3 is the thickest thread, whereas n° 12 is the finest size.

The above information is taken from the DMC web site.

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