NEW COLOUR arriving at the beginning of 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 one 40m skein of #SL71 (first photo - other photos show the rest of the range plus stitched effect). It is a four ply thread, so slightly finer than the medium 6 ply sashiko thread.
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.
Ideal with for my printed sashiko panels, and made by the same manufacturer in Japan.
Sashiko needles - any are suitable.
Made in Japan
#SL71 40m blue/pink 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.
