Renaissance Threads

100% Lambswool spun in Britain. All wool has been hand dyed in France using natural plant dyes  & is saturated with colour. You will receive 25meters or  27yds of 2/24 ply  - perfect for needle punch.  Here is a sample of one of the pieces that was done using this wool. Pattern is available for $9.00 + $2.25 shipping.  Fiber kit is $27.00 + shipping $2.75.  Fiber kit and pattern are $32.00 + $5.00 shipping. Lead time on kit is 2 weeks.

Please see the listing below for the wool colors available. They can be purchased by sending an e-mail to joni.black@sympatico.ca  with your choices. We keep some stock but otherwise lead time can be from 1-2 weeks before your threads ship.

Prices are:  1-19 skeins = $2.15 US or $2.40 CDN each

                         20+ skeins  = $2.00 US or $2.25 CDN each

You will be quoted shipping at invoicing which ranges from $2.00 up to a USA/Canada location.

Colour Charts  - 

Please note where E = Elizabethan Colors are indicated as such.....

In producing this new 16th century naturally hand dyed wool range, Renaissance Dyeing has used the dyes available to the Elizabethan dyer of some standing. These were predominantly  madder, weld, woad, indigo, cochineal, fustic, brazilwood, and cutch . Although the natural dyes available to the Elizabethan were fewer than we have today, they were able to produce a vast  and distinctive palette of colours. Two of their techniques are successfully used in Renaissance Dyeing's Elizabethan range, firstly combining the natural dyes, for example Zinzolin (1708) is first dyed with cochineal and then over-dyed with woad. Saddening is the second technique used, this mainly resulted in browns and greys like Cinder, Copper Beech and Nutmeg.

 0202 - Light Purple
 0203 - Purple
 0205 - Burgundy 
 0206 - Salmon
 0207 - Scarlet
 1101 - Dark Red
 0208 - Pale Rose
 1102 - Mid Rose
 1103 - Wild Rose

0301 - Pale Orange
 0302 - Light orange
 0304 - Pale Pink 
 1204 - Mid Pink
 0306 - Pink
 1203 - Light Peach
 1202 - Pale Rose
 1201 - Mid Rose
 

  0901 - Cream
 0902 - Dark Cream
 0904 - Light Brown 
 0906 - Golden Brown
 0907 - Mid Brown
 0908 - Dark Brown
 0900 -Ivory - E
 

1701 - Light Violet
 1702 - Mid Violet 
 1703 - Dark Violet
 1706 - Dark Lilac
 1705 - Mid Lilac
 1704 - Light Lilac

0101 - White
1002 - Pearl Blue  
 1003 - Pale Blue
 1004 - Light Blue
 1005 - Medium Blue
 1006 - Blue
 1008 - Mid Navy
 1009 - Dark Navy - E
 1007 - Dark Blue

1901 - Light Grey
 1902 - Grey 
 1903 - Mid Grey
 1904 - Light Brown Grey
 1905 - Brown Grey
 1907 - Light Blue Grey
 1908 - Blue Grey
 1909 - Mid Blue Grey
 0503 - Black

1404 - Lemon
 1405 - Yellow 
 1406 - Golden Yellow
 1411 - Light Corn
 1412 - Mid Corn
 1413 - Light Gold
 1415 - Dark Yellow
 1408 - Light Olive
 1409 - Olive
 1418 - Dark Olive

1503 - Mid Green
 1515 - Light Beech Green 
 1510 - Beech Green
 1511 - Dark Green
 1614 - Bottle Green
 1505 - Mid Green
 1612 - Light Green
 

1619 - Sea Green
 1608 - Pale Turquoise 
 1609 - Mid Turquoise
 1610 - Dark Turquoise
 

0900 - Ivory - E
 0909 - Nutmeg - E
 0910 - Cinnamon - E
 0911 - Conker - E
 0912 - Copper Beach - E
 0913 - Ginger - E
 1910 - Slate - E
 1911 - Cinder - E
 1617 - Bayeux Green  - E

1307 - Light Rose Madder - E
 1308 - Mid Rose Madder - E
 1309 - Rose Madder - E
 1419 - Pale Apple - E
 1420 - Banana - E
 1421 - Popinjay - E
 1417 - Gold - E
 1708 - Zinzolin - E
 1709 - no longer available
 

 2000 - Azure - E
 2001 - Blue Regue -  E
 1009 - Dark Navy - E
 1205 - Dark Apricot - E
 1363 - Orange - E
 1364 - Tangerine - E
 1365 - Marigold - E
 0309 - Brick - E

 0310 -  Madder Red
 0402 - Brick Red
 0403 - Red Brown
 0604 - Gold Yellow
 1361 - Red Orange