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When you were talking about fibers in your most recent podcast and the variations of DMC colors from various dye lots being inconsistent, I want to say that I have never had that problem with the Anchor line of threads. I have found that they are consistently compatible across different dying runs. I know the Anchor line is no longer sold in retail shops in the USA but I have been able to buy them on eBay and Etsy with satisfaction. Now I’ve noticed that there are spills of Anchor floss instead of the bundled loops of it through several eBay sellers. I love Anchor over DMC and use it when I can. I was fortunate to be gifted a huge (organized) complete set of Amchor threads from a fiber loving needle person in my retirement community upon her end of her needle loving life. The sheen on Anchor threads is outstanding. Just my thoughts for whatever they are worth.
Your experience is interesting. I’ve never heard any consistent complaints about Anchor floss and don’t understand how it fell out of favor. I’m sure a lot of it was designers using DMC, likely because of color range. Older charts always had DMC and Anchor colors specified, but that eventually went away. Glad you have a good stash. Those spools were Anchor’s last effort to build the U.S. market. It was two or three years ago when they changed to spools. I still have the small box of sample spools they sent, hoping we would give them free publicity. We did mention them but, when your only message is a packaging change, it’s really hard to move the needle.–Gary