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Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:27 pm
by Serinde
Do you have any idea if there is
1. A DMC to Soie Perlee conversion chart?
2. What the relationship between the soie perlee numbers and soie d'Algers numbers might be?
my brain hurts
Re: Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:05 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
Serinde, the Soie d'Alger shade card I've got (well, a pdf version), says that there is a separate shade card for Soie Perlee, Soie Surfine and Soie 100/3, but doesn't say where to get it
I can't find it on their website.
Needle in a Haystack do a good range of Soie Perlee with clear photographs
here but I understand that's no substitute for a shade card
and the only conversion tables I can find are between DMC and Soie d'Alger.
I'll keep looking!
Re: Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:53 pm
by Serinde
The Needle in a Haystack photos are pretty good, and very useful. I'm thinking of a choice between 106, 650, 664 or 779 for reds but the greens are proving difficult -- a choice: 271, 620, 659, 700, or 715. Can't really get them all. Maybe I should try and buy a shade card...
Re: Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:58 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
I have a sneaking preference for a different red altogether, 681. But it depends what you think is most authentic/suitable/attractive for your particular design, of course.
And 656 is a lovely green, though perhaps a bit too dark for your purpose?
Re: Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:02 pm
by Serinde
681 is very nice...
Re: Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:06 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
They all are, that's the problem
!
Re: Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:11 pm
by Serinde
An understatement.
Re: Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:24 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
How big is that grant
?
Re: Help, Mabel: a silk query
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:27 pm
by Serinde
Oh, don't tempt me!!
