The most popular are six strands embroidery floss but there is a lot of options, I will give you the most popular in this article, in fact you just need to be sure that the thread, ribbon ,is fitting it through the eye of the needled easily and passing through the hole of the fabric fiber without making a sound or pulling to hard.I suggest you to test before starting , too many strands can make a hole on your canvas less can be a little bit challenging for a beginner because it's make the stitches more difficult to do, in fact I don't recommande less than 3 strands for new novice stitcher.
I am the most popular beginners of expert both love me, I am fine and strong, whitch allow me to be assembled in 6 strands so you can control the thickness of your design just by playing with the number of strands you are using, you will be surprise to see that it can make a difference to define the style of your work bold o more discret ,I have great price and easy to find me in any craft store in any number, I came in an infinite choice of colors whitch make me convenient for both traditionnel and modern textile art, I have great durability thanks to the quality of my cotton naturel fibers.
I am available as bobine cotton usually used for sewing but what a lot of people ignore is that you can use me for crewel embroidery too, so you can try to do your first stitches with any cotton bobine you have at your home just make at least 4 strands so you can manipulate me more easily as you as a beginner and the thickness of the thread is really important, or you can find me ready to use as a six embroidery floss sold in the embroidery section.
I am shinny and fancy like a star I came with a tutch of sparkly luxious effect adding texture and shimmer to your art work , specially popular for Christmas and haute Couture designer for red carpets, you can imagine that my price is higher than other threads specially if I am made with silk fibers , I am available at almost all the stores in different shades of metallic from gold to bronze, and any color you can imagine .
I am délicat and noble very royal thread ,my history is rich, I am made with Naturel fiber ,whitch place me in the top 3 most expensive threads in the planet after pure gold thread, I not easy to manipulate but if you are a beginner a want to try me suggest you silk perlé (pearl), the french brand au ver de soie have a beautiful collections of me, I am available in a all colors you have in mind . I am mostly used for finest textiles art, jewelry making, haute couture embroidery purposes...,for more modern looking I am combined with a lot of metallic or neon threads .
I am bright and happy, very attractive for the eye, made by the french brand au ver de soie from a blend of Curpo which is sort of viscose, or you can find me in six strands cotton available at jouer art store, available in wool yarns too, I was used by a lot of traditionnel Mexicain or Berber people ,I made my come back very strongly this last years for a very contemporain and new in , in the modern embroidery textual art .
My fibers are naturels or a mixte with synthetic and naturel on, my texture is kind of mat and very wormy, came with beautiful colors ,I am available in different sizes all can be used for embroidery even the thicker one .
Tapestry wool ,I am thick using me with one strand is more than in off to an easy going manipulation ,just accommodate me with the right needle ( see jouer art blog article for needle embroidery),
Crewel wool, I am very popular, I am lightweight and very fine totally the opposite of my cousin Tapestry wool, that's why you need to add several strands to me at once in order to accentuate my loved fluffy texture effect.