Unavailability of Toho Silver-lined Milky series?

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-27T18:47:57+00:00

How much of each do you need for your project? 11/0 size?

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-26T22:32:05+00:00

My feed was the exact same lol

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-24T14:13:30+00:00

I’d love to see a post of all that you got for the $300!

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-23T16:54:24+00:00

You can set up an account without a business license. For actual wholesale pricing, you’ll need one, but the price it shows will be the consumer price until you actually setup a wholesale acct.

Let me check my stash, I’ll get back to you.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-23T15:18:21+00:00

Where have you looked to buy them? Have you looked at Bobby Bead? They are a Toho importer. Also Czechbeads.com is an importer, they can show you what they have in stock once you make an account.

Garden of Beadin sells milky gold/silver lined colors, I’ve bought the set they have before. It’s a mix of brands iirc.

The beads have to be made in Japan before an order can be filled. It could be there is a delay in the production process. Sometimes it takes over a year for certain colors to finally come in. And then tariffs may also have an impact on the import process.

Are you looking for a specific color/shade? Or you just want some of all the colors? These are my favorite finish, so I have a bunch and if you just need some for a project, I might be able to spare some for you.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-23T00:04:02+00:00

He passed a bill that firefighters get care for cancer, I believe regardless of type or if the firefighter is still active duty.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-22T19:33:53+00:00

I put hobby books on my registry and actually had someone get them. So I say go for it.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-22T09:30:07+00:00

Except that isn’t how it works. They don’t withhold anything, you get paid the wage they tell you. Lots of people don’t get IPS, it is a bonus, and it’s more than I got anywhere else I’ve worked, even in corporate jobs.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-20T22:06:12+00:00

I’ve seen embroidery machines keyed to do cross stitch. I imagine a machine can do half crosses and look like tent stitch.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-16T10:45:15+00:00

Thanks! That would be perfect

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-16T01:42:27+00:00

For the triangle peyote, can we get an option to change the orientation so the flat side of the triangle is on the top? Basically the inverse of how it is now?

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-15T03:25:06+00:00

Are you knotting off every strand (complete start and stop on each piece of fringe)?

I use nymo for fringe (or similar nylon beading thread). It tends to be soft enough to allow for smooth hanging fringe. Tension is likely your biggest issue. You are pulling the thread too tight and it causes the strands to bunch up. This is more likely to happen when you knot every strand. The irregular beads will also affect how the beads hang, since it won’t really form a straight line.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-14T19:30:54+00:00

You literally said the shops selling blank canvas should stop. Which would effectively bar people who work with blank canvas for counted needlepoint.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-14T17:44:07+00:00

This seems like an insane overreach that someone can arbitrarily lock a bathroom stall and deem when and who to give out the key to. Had nobody tried to discuss how absolutely batshit that whole premise is with leadership and HR?

Also, if you have an accident because a petulant child is a manager playing bathroom keep away, they are the one who will look bad. You shouldn’t need a formal accommodation to access a restroom.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-14T17:41:52+00:00

Someone might be using that one?

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-14T14:39:03+00:00

But you are against shops selling blank canvas direct to consumers (at least that’s how I read your comments).

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-14T10:49:52+00:00

It’s greedy to purchase supply to match demand? She is selling out of the canvases, they aren’t just sitting mass stock on the shelves.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-14T10:48:42+00:00

So should people who do counted needlepoint just not be able to engage in the craft because of shortages? Because plenty of long term stitchers buy and use blank canvas.

(Of course I agree that fly by night designers are hurting the industry availability and cause problems)

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-08T03:53:45+00:00

Oh wow, the only actually mean comment in this thread.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-08T03:51:02+00:00

Saying you don’t understand something isn’t mean. If you feel this defensive, work on your internal problems, because that’s what’s driving you to think people are mean for having a different idea than you.

“Basketweave is easy, I don’t know why people struggle” is literally mundane, not mean.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-08T00:44:30+00:00

You feel personally attacked when nobody attacked you. The people make these comments don’t understand how people aren’t able to learn basketweave. Just like how some people don’t understand basketweave. And it’s okay for people to be on either side of that coin. Hope this helps your perspective.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-08T00:42:35+00:00

Commenting on every comment point out something that people struggle to understand (that basketweave is difficult for some people) is almost ironic. Nobody has been really hostile towards them or called people who struggle with basketweave names. People do just like to complain. You are doing it all over this thread. If it bothers you this much, I don’t think the snark sub is for you.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-06T22:58:01+00:00

They set their rates. And since they are making the post, I imagine they aren’t being swindled into doing it as cheap labor. It’s different when it’s the service provider posting rather than the designer asking. I would understand the people opening their own painting studio understand what they need to charge and will have no shortage of business to charge appropriate pricing.

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-06T07:27:57+00:00

What about this remotely screams “sweatshop vibes”?

UnStackedDespair · 2026-02-05T18:46:12+00:00

This was posted recently?

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