Dye lots

[JoyinCT]

Hi,

 

My daughter and I have been looking at tablecloth patterns. We've found one we like and we'd like to use DMC Cebelia white size 20 thread but cannot find enough balls in the same dye lot.  I saw a post at another site where this lady said even if you order from the company they do not guarantee dye lots.  Anyone have any suggestions on what we should do??

 

Thanks,

Joy

[magiccrochetfan]

Hi, welcome to the ville

 

I am sure there are places to order thread which will match dye lots. Contact the places you might order from and ask them if they will.

 

How many balls do you need?

[JoyinCT]

Hi Kathy

 

I think it's 25 or maybe 29 balls  sorry for not remembering the exact number  but my memory has packed up and left me behind in the dust.. I've looked at 4 sites so far and they say no guarantees but i'm not giving up yet. some have said that dye lots don't matter for white thread just for the colored thread  but we don't want to take that chance. After all there will be the expense and all that work involved then to have it ruined by a difference in shades of white.  

 

Thanks

[RoseRed]

Dye lots matter in white, too.  Guess how I found that out.

[Granny Square]

Agree, been there done that with white die lots. 

 

I haven't had the ambition to make a whole tablecloth yet, but for a large runner I used the majority die lot for the center motifs, and the other die lot for the edging.  It's, ahh, a design feature. (ahem). 

 

If I were to get get stuck with multiple die lots for a tablecloth, I think I'd do something similar - there might be a little waste, but keeping the die lots together in rounds so to speak might look less odd than stripes going across, or die lots scattered all over.  Hopefully your pattern is join-as-you-go-able.

[ReniC]

If you cannot locate enough Cebelia, Herrschner's has JP Coats size 20 on 2400 yd cones.

[JoyinCT]

Rose Red,,

 

Oh I think I have a good idea how you found that out!!!  I was so afraid it would happen to us as we were about to give in by the different lots.  Thanks

[JoyinCT]

Hi Granny Square,

 

My daughter will be the one actually doing the crocheting, I'll be the support team.  My hands on't work like they use to and crocheting is too hard right now.  But I can't turn away from crocheting altogether either.  It's something I always loved to do.  I want to look into pattern making

[JoyinCT]

Reni,

 

 

Thanks for the link,  it just might be the solution. I'll talk with my daughter and let you know.