NEW COLOUR arriving early March 2026! Now available for PRE ORDER. NB - if pre orders are included with other items, your order will be delayed shipping until the new item(s) arrive(s).
A new kind of sashiko thread - Sashiko Lamé - has a sparkle thread running through it! Add a little magic to your sashiko stitching, which will twinkle in the light like fairy dust.
These beautiful threads are now available in varigated colours. This listing is for all five new colours - SL71, SL72, SL73, SL74, and SL75 - as 40m skeins (see first photo - other photos show the individual threads plus stitched effect). It is a four ply thread, so slightly finer than the medium 6 ply sashiko thread.
There's a little discount if you buy all five threads together in this set too.
Takeshi san writes -' For those who want to create something a little different from the usual sashiko, Sashiko Lamé has added a new multi-color dyed thread, "Colorful." Each thread is dyed in four colors in short stitches, allowing you to enjoy the ever-changing colors and sparkling glitter as you stitch.'Suitable for all your sashiko and boro stitching, or any embroidery where a little bit of sparkle wanted, including big stitch quilting. May be used double or singly.
Suitable for all your sashiko stitching, or any embroidery where a little bit of sparkle wanted, including big stitch quilting. May be used double or singly.
Ideal with for my printed sashiko panels, and made by the same manufacturer in Japan.Sashiko needles - any are suitable.Made in Japan
Pack of 5 NEW multicolours Sashiko Lamé fine sparkly sashiko thread
Sashiko threads skeins have to be opened out before use. Slide of the skein band first. You will find all the thread is tied together at one point. Cut through the skein at the knot, so all the threads are cut (you'll find these are the ideal length for stitching doubled). Push all the thread through the skein band, and then plait the thread loosely. Pull out each thread as you need it from the loop end of the plait, not the 'fringed' end. This saves time trying to wind the thread into a ball, keeps it tidy and you know the thread shade number if you need to re order.
Takeshi san writes -
'If you want to create something a little different from your usual sashiko, then the new color "Sashiko Lamé" sashiko thread is for you.'Enriched variations of the popular white SL1 - new shades SL11 and SL12 - We have added gold and aurora lamé variations to the classic white sashiko. Why not add a little sparkle to your usual sashiko?
'New colors inspired by the beautiful scenery of Japan SL13, SL14, SL15 - In Japan, it has long been natural to express the fleeting sparkles found in nature in various words. The new colors inspired by that beauty go perfectly with traditional Japanese patterns as well as flower and tree patterns. Enjoy sashiko that creates a different atmosphere with the addition of lamé.'
