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Posted on February 4, 2021 by Charles — Leave a comment

Kreinik – Thread Uses

Blending Filament:
* 1 Ply
* Can be used by itself or in combination with other yarns/threads

Cord & Japan:
* 1 Ply Gimp
* For fine stitching and couching

Cable:
* 3 Ply Cord
* For outlining and to be couched

Braids:
# 4 – Very Fine
* For cross stitch and pulled work
# 8 – Fine
* Needlepoint (18-30 ct.), cross stitch (14 & 18 ct.), plastic canvas (14 ct.)
# 12 – Tapestry
* Needlepoint (14-30 ct.), cross stitch (11-16 Aida)
# 16 – Medium
* Needlepoint (14-18 ct.), cross stitch (11 & 14 ct.,), plastic canvas (14 ct.)
# 32 – Heavy
* Needlepoint (10-14 ct.), cross stitch (8 & 11 ct.), plastic canvas (7 & 10 ct.)

Ribbons:
1/8″ Ribbon
* Needlepoint (10-14 ct.), plastic canvas (7 & 10 ct.)
1/16″ Ribbon
* Needlepoint (18-24 ct.), plastic Canvas (10 & 14 ct.) cross stitch

Ombre:
* 8 ply
* Crochet, cross stitch, needlepoint

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Charles — Leave a comment

Kreinik Thread: Widths, Sizes, Diameters

KREINIK THREAD NAME WIDTH
#32 Braid, basic colors 1.5mm
#32 Braid, fluorescent colors 1.4mm
#32 Braid, hi lustre colors 1.6mm
#32 Braid, cord colors 1.5mm

#16 Braid, basic colors .78mm
#16 Braid, fluorescent colors .87mm
#16 Braid, hi lustre colors 1.2mm
#16 Braid, cord colors .81mm
#16 Braid, Japan colors 1.6mm

#12 Braid, basic colors .61mm
#12 Braid, fluorescent colors .63mm
#12 Braid, hi lustre colors .65mm
#12 Braid, cord colors .60mm
#12 Braid, Japan colors .54mm

#8 Braid, basic colors .50mm
#8 Braid, fluorescent colors .57mm
#8 Braid, hi lustre colors .55mm
#8 Braid, cord colors .58mm
#8 Braid, Japan colors .43mm

#4 Braid, basic colors .35mm
#4 Braid, fluorescent colors .54mm
#4 Braid, hi lustre colors .32mm
#4 Braid, cord colors .30mm
#4 Braid, Japan colors .39mm

Facets 1.61mm
Petite Facets .98mm

Japan #1 .15mm
Japan #5 .39mm
Japan #7 .51mm

Silk Mori, one strand 0.4mm
Silk Mori Milkpaint, one strand 0.4mm

Silk Serica .34mm

Silk Bella .21mm

Micro Ice Chenille approximately 3.3mm

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Copper Centaur — Leave a comment

Billboard Scavenger Hunt #2

SCAVENGER HUNT 2 with PRIZE: Everyone who posts a picture of our second billboard to the Copper Centaur Studios Facebook page or on Instagram (tag Copper Centaur Studios) will be entered into a raffle for a $10 gift certificate. Please do not give the location away. The drawing will be on Saturday, December 7th at noon. Participants need not be present. The billboard should be unveiled after November 15th. Location hints will be provided. Past winners are allowed to participate. Happy hunting.

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Copper Centaur — Leave a comment

Changes to our hours

Effective the week of March 19 we will now be open on Tuesdays and closed on Wednesdays, then open Thursday through Sunday.

Tuesdays: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Thursdays: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Fridays: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturdays: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sundays: 12:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Copper Centaur — Leave a comment

Spring cleaning

We are now the official owners of the vacant properties mentioned in our post about the FedEx grant; we spent some time yesterday picking up trash and doing a little general cleanup. We’ve secured the empty buildings, and as the weather warms up we’ll be doing more work and improvements. It won’t be a fast process, but it should be interesting!

Posted on August 28, 2016August 28, 2016 by Copper Centaur — Leave a comment

Our first pattern!

A handful of people at the Michigan Fiber Festival asked for the pattern for the brown scarf that was hanging in our booth; after some polishing to make it more official-looking, here it is! Textural Scarf

It’s also available on Ravelry here.

It’s an easy pattern consisting of just knits and purls, but it creates an interestingly-patterned basketweave.

It hasn’t been test knit, so it may contain errors. Feel free to contact us if you find one or have a question!

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Copper Centaur — Leave a comment

Patterns!

Did you know that we participate in Ravelry’s in-store pattern sales program? If a designer has made their patterns available to yarn stores, we can print you a hard copy, e-mail you the PDF, and even save it to your Ravelry library! And as always we’re more than happy to help you select the right yarn and tools for your project.

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Copper Centaur — Leave a comment

One year later

A year after our last look into the shop, we’ve rearranged and expanded and grown!

Red Heart yarns are still in the front room, along with our books and a few spotlighted items in the front window.

We’ve added Kraemer and Skacel yarns and fibers to our products, as well as some lovely small-farm Tunis wool for spinning. We also have Opal sock yarn and some Dark Horse yarns.

South end of the wool room, January 2016

We’ve also upgraded the lighting in some of the main rooms not only in brightness but also in light “temperature,” to give truer colors.

We’ve built our own display boards for our needles and notions; they’re easily rearranged when we get new or different items in and have to move things around. We also have smaller traveling versions of these that you’ll see at fiber festivals.

The notions boards are slowly invading the snack area!

Posted on April 2, 2015April 4, 2015 by Copper Centaur — Leave a comment

Excitement!

Two exciting things happened today: we finally got a phone number (765-356-5530), and we discovered that when the storm drain on Nichol gets clogged with debris, a heavy rain can flood the street above the top of the sidewalk!

Posted on January 4, 2015March 7, 2015 by Copper Centaur — 2 Comments

A Look Inside

Saturday, January 3 was our opening day! It was raining heavily in the morning, but we had hot coffee and warm wool!

yarns by Red Heart — Our current stock of Red Heart yarns.

The front room of the shop contains products from Red Heart; our current stock includes With Love, Heads Up, Reflective, and Super Saver. There’s more on the way.

Other products that we sell. — Yarn, dye kits, and books

A view of the south end of the long room, showing some of our house-brand yarns, books, and Dye Studio in a Jar dye kits. (Above the dye kits you can see the glow of the knit hat that has Kreinik reflective thread knit into the brim.)

Wool and wool-blend yarns. — More books and Kreinik products.

At the north end of the long room we have Kreinik metallic and silk threads, more Copper Centaur Studios yarn, and yarn from Stonehedge Fiber Mill and Bartlettyarns.

We’re open Saturdays, Sundays, and Thursday evenings. Stop in for a visit; a nice knit hat or scarf is just the thing to fend off the chill while you wait for warmer weather.