New Embroidery Floss

I ordered some new embroidery floss! 

This order is for pinks and greens that I am either running low on or that are "new to me" colors.  

You may remember my floss swatch sample books:  

I am matching the "new to me" colors to their swatch numbers:

and adding a swatch alongside the appropriate number:

These books number 1-2306 in volume one and 2307-4686 in volume two.  I like to have my swatches in numerical order rather than by color groups:

Next up is putting the floss onto bobbins and adding them to my collection!

Also, take a look at these beautiful blue shades.  These are wool threads for crewel embroidery.  I think I am starting a new hobby!  I suppose I will need to start a new floss swatch book for crewel wool.

Floss Color Swatch Book

 Here is some new floss to add to my floss color swatch book! 

 I ordered 62 skeins of floss from DMC:

60 of which are not in my swatch book and many are new to me colors.  I made my swatch book with number lists from 1 to 5000.  To add the new color swatches to my book, I punch a hole next to the corresponding number:

 Then I take a swatch from the floss skein and loop it through the punch hole:

Then I wind the skein around a floss bobbin 

and add it according to color to my collection!

 Currently, DMC has over 600 thread colors, and they are adding new colors all the time.   I like to keep my swatch book up to date and I also like to make a nice, big swatch so that it is easy to match threads!