Anchor Stranded Cotton Thread is silky in appearance, it is available in 460 colour balanced and co ordinated Anchor shades, and is used extensively throughout the world. It can be used for freestyle and counted thread embroidery. This stranded cotton is particularly popular for cross stitch. Anchor stranded cotton is comprised of 6 easily separable strands of the finest quality long staple mercerised cotton. 8 metres per skein. With the Anchor yarn for knitting, embroidery, sewing or crocheting by hand or the sewing machine, you can make all sorts of beautiful things - e.g. friendship bracelets with a colour gradient Whether single, multi-coloured or shiny metallic - with Anchor cotton and polyester yarn there is something for everyone Available in many great colours and effects. Material: 100% cotton Box contents: 1x Anchor embroidery floss, length: 8 m