Textiles Talk

DMC "deleted" colors (was: re: the DMC Story)

Question:

DMC 500 is a genuine colour, it’s on the new chart. But… I’ve got a skein of DMC 695, it’s a dark foresty green and isn’t on any official lists or charts! I got it when my SO was in the USA for work, he kindly offered (after some not so subtle hints) to get me the ‘whole set’ of DMC threads. He went to a shop and asked the owner for ‘one of each’ and she got one skein out of each drawer. I ended up with a few duplicates and a few missing (about 15 or so) and this mysterious one! Has anyone else come across this colour? When did they stop producing or listing it? Charlie (Charlotte Nicoll, Brighton, UK)

Response:

So howcome I can’t order a box of DMC 500 in stranded cotton as it has been "deleted" by DMC? ACK!

Um, wait a minute!  Color number 500 has been deleted?  I need this color for the TW Wedding Sampler.  It’s one of the 4 million greens- kind of a dark pine-y green, I think.  Should I buy every skein I see? -k, soon to be losing my DU acct. (11/21) —

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Someone told me they no longer use Egyptian cotton  …

I just saw a full-page ad yesterday in a magazine (Just Cross-Stitch?) that talked about DMC using Egyptian cotton, so it sounds like they still do. — Susan Cassidy

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| DMC 500 is a genuine colour, it’s on the new chart. | | But… I’ve got a skein of DMC 695, it’s a dark foresty green and | isn’t on any official lists or charts! | Have you tried comparing it to 895?  I’ve a feeling it could be a misprint! Jennie. —

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So howcome I can’t order a box of DMC 500 in stranded cotton as it has been "deleted" by DMC? ACK! Um, wait a minute!  Color number 500 has been deleted?  I need this color for the TW Wedding Sampler.  It’s one of the 4 million g=

reens- kind of a dark pine-y green, I think.  Should I buy every skein I see? DMC 500 can still be ordered.  And I’ve got a whole bunch of it. Lesa — xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Stitchers Source Web Site:   http://www.xmission.com/~arts/stitch/mainstit.html ftp site:       ftp.xmission.com (/pub/users/a/arts/stitchers) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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But… I’ve got a skein of DMC 695, it’s a dark foresty green and isn’t on any official lists or charts! Is it possible that the top part of the six may actually have a missing loop?  Could it be *895*?  895 is a dark forest green. Lesa —

Oooooops… Yes, I’ve just had another look at this and I think you’re right! I’m almost sorry to find it’s a ‘real’ colour, I thought I had something unusual Charlie (Charlotte Nicoll, Brighton, UK)

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DMC 500 is a genuine colour, it’s on the new chart. But… I’ve got a skein of DMC 695, it’s a dark foresty green and isn’t on any official lists or charts!

Hmmmm. You know DMC 895 would fit that description…..                     ^ Charlie (Charlotte Nicoll, Brighton, UK)

Was the label damaged in any way? We are beginners at more than we are experts of.

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| | Um, wait a minute!  Color number 500 has been deleted?  I need this color | for the TW Wedding Sampler.  It’s one of the 4 million greens- kind of | a dark pine-y green, I think.  Should I buy every skein I see? | It hasn’t. Jennie. —

Response:

Beth Ohmer wrote in a previous thread: "They have never discontinued a color…" – from a DMC info card

So howcome I can’t order a box of DMC 500 in stranded cotton as it has been "deleted" by DMC? ACK! Kate in IL — * Life’s too short to put up with lousy coffee. *

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| | Beth Ohmer wrote in a previous thread: | | "They have never discontinued a color…" – from a DMC info card | | So howcome I can’t order a box of DMC 500 in stranded cotton as | it has been "deleted" by DMC? ACK! | Kate in IL | No Kate, it hasn’t.  Whoever told you that was – hhmm – mistaken? Jennie. —

Response:

Well, judging from info I’ve gathered from everyone’s responses, the only thing on that card that wasn’t a line of bull was the fact that they’ve been in business "forever".  Someone told me they no longer use Egyptian cotton and now you tell me they have "deleted" a color.  Well, good thing I’m starting to experiment with other fibers (got my first Marlit last weekend to do "shimmery" eyes on a tiger, also my first project on black fabric) so I won’t be so dependent on cotton floss anymore.  I am still happy to have all the colors though. Beth

: Beth Ohmer wrote in a previous thread: : "They have never discontinued a color…" – from a DMC info card : So howcome I can’t order a box of DMC 500 in stranded cotton as : it has been "deleted" by DMC? ACK! : Kate in IL : — : * Life’s too short to put up with lousy coffee. *

Response:

To recap: Beth Ohmer posted information from a card DMC enclosed in her set of floss, including the statement that "they have never discontinued a color." I responded that I had been unable to order a box of a particular color (500 – dark blue green) for a project because the store I asked to order it said that "DMC had ‘deleted’ that color." I later got e-mail from someone (sorry, I forgot who) suggesting that whoever told me that had perhaps been misinformed. Now, I don’t know what the deal is with DMC; I haven’t contacted them directly, but did look for this color at another store in town – they didn’t have any 500 either [the first store has been out of 500 *and* had some kind of black marker squiggle over the bar code in the tray for that color for over a month and a half that I know of]. Not wanting to spend any more time locating the 500 or trying to find out who’s right, I just substituted 934 – a dark forest green, without the blue cast, but will do nicely for my purposes. I should add that the manager at the other store *did* order me a box of another color I needed for the same project, and was very willing to be accomodating. Her information was coming either from her supplier or from DMC – so if anybody knows the truth, I’m just curious at this point. Do they sometimes *re-number* colors? Wondering what’s what, Kate in IL — * Life’s too short to put up with lousy coffee. *

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