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Argh! is a variegated 3-ply thread, thickness equivalent to a pearl cotton 5 and silk FFF thread, to clean hand wash or have it dry cleaned. Like silk, Argh! is a very soft fiber with a lustrous sheen and feels magnificent to your hand when working with it. Argh! is composed of cotton and rayon, available in 18 variegated color selections, 40 yard packaging, wrapped around a hard circular cardboard core, making it easy to set over a thread minder for easy thread control. You can use Argh! thread to cross-stitch, crochet, knitting, tassel making, quilt embellishment, macramé, needlepoint, pin weaving, spool-knitting, filet crochet, bead embroidery, braiding scrapbooking, sewing machines, sergers, and Magicord machine and for many other crafts. I love to crochet with Argh! thread. It makes the loveliest little crocheted amulet bags and wonderful ropes using 6/0 size beads. I use transparent beads in my ropes to show off the thread, and small quantities of bead colors for my little bags. I have made little bags, mini baskets, bead crocheted ropes, and thread crochet motifs with this thread. I have not tried knitting with Argh! yet, however, I know it will result in beautiful knitted items. Argh! Thread, what!!! You may wonder how this thread evolved and was named Argh!. (I am going to let you in on the secret of Argh! thread.) Mabel Whipple was a petite 4’ 2” tall, silvery gray haired, 94 year old lady. She wore dresses with big colorful flowers that hung on her tiny frame, usually dragging the ground. She always had her hair wrapped up with knitting needles, a crochet hook or hand spindle to keep it in place. This was also very useful since she could pull out a tool at any time and use it. Mabel was a retired piece-worker, however at age 94, she continued to make little bags, necklaces, boas and other trinkets to sell and supplement her income. Mabel loved making these little doodads and often gave away little bags to the children in the neighborhood. One day she ran out of her favorite thread colors and went on a search to find more. Heaven’s to Betsy if the thread was no longer made! Mabel had purchased the last of her thread 30 years ago and she could not understand why it was not still in demand. What would she do now? The local fiber did not have what she needed and the store owner told her to check the market area; that there were vendors there selling threads that might work. Mabel walked as quickly as she could, her arthritis acting up, resulting in a strange little gait to her footsteps. When Mabel got to the market, she went through every fiber vendor, but did not find what she needed. Exhausted, disappointed and feet hurting, Mabel started to walk back home For some reason she went down a different street than she normally traveled through the area to get back home. She was almost at the end of the road when she saw a house with a sign out front, “Thread and Yarn Bits.” Mabel decided she would take a look, if for no other reason than to rest her feet. When she opened the door, there was a tiny bell that tingled when she walked in. A little wizened old man came out from behind a curtain and asked if he could help her. Mabel described what she was looking for and the little old man went into the back of the house and came back with a box of thread. Mabel took one look in the box and uttered “Argh!, variegated thread!” The store owner told her to give it a chance, that this thread was very special and he knew she would like it. Mabel pulled her crochet hook from her hair and began to make a little bag - then kazaam! She had made a gorgeous little bag in harmonious colors. She could not believe how beautiful the thread was, she could hardly believe this thread made such a gorgeous little bag. Mabel told the little old man she wanted to purchase all the thread of this type that he had. He brought out several boxes and delivered it her home. When all the thread was put in her house, Mabel asked the name of the thread. The little old man scratched his head, looked around, and then his eyes light up and he said “Argh! thread of course!” Mabel did a double take, and then decided; well maybe it was Argh! thread and happily stored her thread away. When you work with Argh! thread remember Mabel and her adventure to find the Argh! thread. Doily Samples
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