All Conversion Charts Not Created Equal??

New Stitches issued one a few years ago, and so far I`ve found it to be excellent.

If you can find out which back numbers they were in (I copied them into the Works Database, and no longer have the originals) - I bet that New Stitches would tell you which copies they were in and if they have those back numbers. 666 as I recall is a very bright orangey red.

The issues you want are New Stitches 67, 68, and 69. Anchor 46 is converted to 666. I also have found variations in conversion charts; you just have to look at the colors yourself and decide what you like. Rachel in Scottsdale

Conversions are not straightforward. I dont have Anchor No 46, but I do have DMC 606 and 666. It would not be difficult for the anchor color to be somewhere in between the two. Being a scientist, I wish the makers of embroidery floss would provide something like the tri-chromatic coefficients of their colors. Then people could make their own conversion charts, so to speak, by simply comparing the numbers, and deciding which they think is the best, and which way the difference is. For anyone interested, tri-chromatic coefficients are not unlike RGB values, but include all colors, and are more scientific. RGB values allow computers and printers to produce the "right" sort of colors, and allow the digital transmission of colors to be made unequivocally. HTH.

I have conversions for Anchor, DMC, J&P Coats, Dimensions, and Bucilla on my stitching site. The Floss Conversion Calculator is under the Stitching Tools or just go to the following link.

The conversion will also depend on the overall look of the piece, whether it is high or low contrast, the overall colour "temperature" (are all the colours a bit on the warm side or cooler), how many degrees of shading there are(eg 6 mauves or only 4) , so that sometimes one colour will work, sometimes the other. (clear as mud, aren't I?) But you will see a colour translated one way on one chart, another way on another. Dawne

Gillian, Thank you so much for the compliment regarding the conversions on my stitching site. I use them myself so I try to be as accurate as possible. Enjoy your holiday.

Anita

I have an additional "problem" to add to the mix. I am presently doing more needlepoint than cross-stitch. But, I am allergic to wool. So, I do the needlepoint in DMC cotton. I have found some books and magazines that list both wool (Paternayan or Appleton) and DMC, but many do not. It is difficult to find good conversion charts from wool to cotton. If anyone has found good ones, I would love to get the information.

Thanks in advance.

Phoebe

This may conceivably help. It is just a try.

phoebe wrote:

Regards,

Clare