told me that when she nears the end of a skein, she begins the next skein before the first one is done. Since we stitch with 1 strand of floss when doing petit point, she then begins to alternate between the 2 skeins. She stitches with 1 strand of the old skein, then uses 1 strand of the new skein, then alternates back and forth between the old and new skeins until all of the old skein is used up. In this way, she says it creates a blend between the old and the new, so that there isn't a definite line showing where one ended and the other started. In the past, when there were no dye lots for DMC, this didn't happen as much as now. Even though I made sure to have the same dye lot, I decided to try out her method in case there was any chance of a difference in color. I know from experience, that this can still happen even when using the same dye lot, and it doesn't show up until you have stitched many rows with the new skein. So far, it is working out well and I cannot see a difference between the 2 skeins. I am going to continue using this method for any of my projects where I have to use more than 1 skein.
I have a lot of the old DMC skeins that were made before there were dye lots and I think this method will help me use them up and still use a new skein. I may need to alternate continuously for the whole background, but that beats having to try to find two new ones of the same dye lot. She told me it works for different dye lots quite well. I think it may even give a subtle "abrash" effect, which can look very nice and make my rugs look more authentic.
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