These beautifully colored 100% cotton threads are hand dyed with natural dyes by the craftsmen of Maito Design Works in Akizuki, Asakura City, Fukuoka Japan. Each thread tells the story of a different natural dye material, from Cochineal to Indigo to Marigold and beyond. These threads are incredible for Sashiko stitching as well as embroidery.
dyed with lac, an extract from the scale insect Laccifer lacca. The female lac insects invade host trees and secretes a resin that contains a red dye. The resin is harvested from the branches and is known as sticklac.
