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Soie d'Alger

 
This silk is loosely plyed and can be split easily. It doesn't come from Algeria. The name "Alger" refers to a special domestic process.
It is made of the best quality spun silk (called strusas)which gives it an unrivalled regularity, lustrous and softness. Contrary to our competitors, our thread does not snarl in the needle and has a good tensile strength. It resists also very well to abrasion. We make great care, great pains to see that this product is properly made. It is considered as a reference thread in all needlework activities. Dyed in skeins to guarantee an homogeneous colour. In 1890, our Soie d'Alger colour chart had 2688 different colours gathered in 107 sets. It is precisely this chart which is usedto add new colour.
7 strands, in a palette of more than 620 colours for embroidery and tapestry, available in 5 or 45 meter skeins or 200 grams (Around 780 meter) hanks (on demand).
 
Using of Soie d'Alger
 
Used by top embroiderers, restorers and carpet manufacturers (Algiers silk sometimes goes to China only to come back as a carpet), users prefer it because it's supple and doesn't twist, unlike the competition whose silks are grainy and lack suppleness in use.
 
By hand : 
  • Restoration and creation of rugs, tapestries and embroideries
  • Cross stitch, counted stitch...
  • Bobbin lace
  • Doll and miniature making
  • Canvas, fabrics, silk gauze
Machine weaving :
  • Weaving
  • Topstitching
Tips for using Alger silk in hand embroidery:
  • Embroider with a maximum length of 45 cm to better control your work and avoid excessive thread abrasion.
  • To multiply the effects and originality of your stitches, you can also combine one or more Alger® silk threads with Au Ver à Soie Au Sextant® metallic threads, for example.
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