Kinkame - Japanese Silk Thread Collection - Winter Colors Box

きぬいとたまてばこ - kinuito-tamatebako (silk thread skeins in handmade paper box)

冬色 - Winter Colors

This delightful handmade paper box is colored with kakishibu (persimmon) lacquer in a leathery shade of dark brown representing Winter. The box contains 12 different fine gauge silk threads and a foldout information card that discusses the beauty of the season and the thread groupings, as noted below:

はぼたん　 Winter Cabbage - burgundy (36), yellow (200), dark green (213)
ぎんが　　　Galaxy - slate blue (129), black, silver gray (135)
てまりうた　Temari - mint green (10), pale pink (96), candy pink (158)
かんつばき　Camellia - Camellia - red (34), white, dark teal (80)

100% silk hand sewing thread on 12 thread cards.
Each card holds 80 meters of thread.

Product Details

Fiber: 100% silk
Length: 80 meters per card, total set 960 meters
Ply: 3-ply
Package type: card
Made in Japan.