Kanagawa Orizuru 100 / Pearsall / YLI Silk Thread, 23 dtex 3x2, 200m, 83

Kanagawa Orizuru 100

100% Silk Thread

200 Meters of Thread per Spool

 * Denotes Availability in 1300 Meter Spools

 

Kanagawa's Orizuru 100 -  is a 23 dtex 3 x 2 silk thread; which means that three cocoon filament are twisted together and the two strands of the twisted filaments are then twisted together. It is the best way to compare silk thread brands.  It is a high quality filament thread manufactured in Japan by Kanagawa Co., Ltd.  It is 105 dtex, 95 denier and 95 weight.  The 95 wt spools contain 200 meters [ 217 yards ] of silk thread and come in (81) eighty-one different and vibrant colors.   Silk threads are the easiest to use due to their higher strength; it's tensile strength is higher than rayon or kevlar thread.   It is used for hand piecing, hand and machine embroidery, even on longarms.  It is also used for wrapping fly and fishing rods as well as fly tying.   Orizuru is equivalent to Tire 100, YLI 100, Kimono Silk 100, and Allure 100 thread.

 

Shipping and Handling Charges - are set for the purchase of a single spool of thread.   Every additional spool is $0.15 additional for shipping and handling.   We ship via USPS to anywhere within the United States.   After decades, I have settled on a pricing policy for shipping and handling that is fair to me and treats you in a manner in which I would want to be treated.

 

Colors - we have the largest selection of colors outside of Japan.  These swatches were professionally photographed under the same conditions.  So while the colors are consistent under the photographic conditions we used; they may appear different on your screen.  The most reliable color rendering can be obtained by viewing the largest photographs.   Following are color swatches of what we offer. 

Available colors for Kanagawa 100 wt / 200 m Silk Thread [ * ] Indicates Availability in 1300 Meter Spools 001  [ * ]
Crimson
Red 002  [ * ]
Brick
Red 017  [ * ]
Yellow
  036  [ * ]
Cambridge
Blue 037  [ * ]
Grey
  134  [ * ]
Highland
Green 149  [ * ]
Golden
Olive 162  [ * ]
Olive
  175  [ * ]
Sherry
Spinner 180  [ * ]
Antique
Gold 196  [ * ]
Primrose
  201  [ * ]
Cardinal
Red     202*
Chinese
Red     203*
Liliac
      204*
Lavender
      205
Pale
Aqua     206*
Bluegreen
      207
Electric
Blue     208*
Ocean
      209
Royal
Blue     210*
Prussian
Blue     211*
Bubble
Gum     212
Pastel
White     213
Straw
      214
Lemon
Yellow     215*
Gold     216*
Hot
Orange     217*
Salmonberry     218
Chartreuse     219*
Mint     220
Basil      221*
Dark
Jungle     222*
Sacramento
      223*
Taupe
Brown     224*
Light
Pewter     225*
Anchor
      226
Sand
      227*
Light
Pewter     228*
Dark
Claret     229
Amber
      230*
English
Rose     231
Apricot
      232*
Blue
Grey     233
Amethyst
      234
Brown
      235*
Wood     236
Victoria
Green     237*
Caribbean
      238
Dark
Gray     239*
Neutral     240*
Baby
Pink     241
Light
Olive     242*
Ash
      243*
Loganberry
      244*
Eggplant
      245
Lime
      246
Bright
Turquoise     247*
Japanese
Laurel     248
Magenta
      249
Dark
Grape     250
Turquoise
      251
Phthalo
Green     252
Rose
      253
Deep
Eggplant     254
Milk
Chocolate     255
Peacock
Green     256
Turkey
Red     257
Dusty
Rose     259
Bitterroot
      260
Sea
Crest     261
Buttercup
      262
Pale
Green     263
Tungsten
      264
Toad
      265
Dusty
Plum Grey     268
Fuchsia
      400*
Black
      401*
White
      405*
Bluish
White     814*
Classic
Chestnut     822*
Maroon     824*
Java
Brown

    

FAQs

Silk Thread

 

• How can I tell if one brand of silk is equivalent to another?

• That is a difficult question, given all the labels attached to a silk thread.   I suggest you use something I call weave.   You can see it expressed for example as 23 dtex 16 x 3, 16 x 3, or even 16.   Silkworms have been bred for thousand of years, and a given manufacturer employs a specific species with a specific food source.   In the example (23 dtex 16 x 3), the 23 dtex is a reference to the silkworm the manufacture uses; a single silk filament will be 23 dtex.

  Then what does the 16 x 3 mean?   It means that sixteen individual cocoons or silk filaments have been woven together to form a single strand.   And the 3 means that three strands of sixteen silk filaments are woven together to form a thread.

  So are all 23 dtex 16 x 3 thread for all producers identical?   Well not exactly.  Silk has the ability to stretch before it breaks.   This stretch is called elongation and is expressed as a percentage.   So when the silk producers wind the thread on spools, they apply a tension, thus elongating the thread.   And this elongation affects the thread's final dtex, denier, and weight.   Although this does not seriously affect property difference between silk producers.

• What thread is suitable for making jewelry or string beads?

• It is known that 100 weight, 50 weight, and 30 weight YLI silk threads and not suitable for this application.  However, #8 silk threads can be used for beading applications on material.  So it may be suitable for stringing beads or jewelry.  If not, you may be able to use it by twisting two or more strands of #8 silk thread together.  Until someone tells me, I just do not know the complete answer to this question.

• Can this silk thread be used for fly tying or fly rod eye binding?

• Yes, I have personally used 100 weight Kanagawa silk threads for binding eyes to fishing rods.  And my grandchildren have also used it on their rods beginning with their first fishing rod.  I used a rod wrapping jig and the 100 weight silk.  You just need to take some care with it so as to not snap the thread in the middle of a wrap.  Kanagawa 30 weight and 50 weight silks are also used for this application and are stronger.  These threads work equally well with bobbins.  Do not use the @8 silk thread as it too highly twisted.

• What silk thread is the strongest?

• The short answer from the strongest / thickest to the weakest / thinnest silk threads it is #8 Silk > #30 Silk > #50 Silk > #100 Silk.  But to better understand why, it is helpful to understand some thread terminology.

 

Weight – is a way of indicating the thickness of a thread. The most common weight system specifies the length of the thread in kilometers required to weigh 1 kilogram.  Therefore, the higher the weight number, the thinner the thread.

 

Denier – is a weight specification that states how many grams 9,000 meters of the thread weighs.  The greater the denier number, the thicker the thread.  The denier weight system also specifies the number of strands of the specified weight which were wrapped together to make the finished thread.

 

Tex – is the mass in grams of 1,000 meters of thread.  If 1,000 meters weighs 25 grams, it is tex 25.  The larger the Tex number, the larger the thread.

 

 

Tex

Weight

Denier

#8 Silk

105

 8

1000

#30 Silk

60

30

567

#50 Silk

27

50

243

#100 Silk

12

100

125

 

 

• What size needle do I needle to use with silk thread?

• That, obviously, varies with the size of the silk thread so while I am at it, I may as well provide some additional information on each silk thread.

 

 

Machine Needle

Available Colors

Applications

#8 Silk

90 – 100

100

Topstitching, Quilting, Beading Silk Ribbon Embroidery, Cross Stitch and Other Embellishments

#30 Silk

90 – 100

35

Hand Buttonholes, Topstitching, and Quilting; Rod Wrapping and Fly Tying

#50 Silk

80 – 90

88

Construction, Machine Quilting, and Embroidery; Rod Wrapping and Fly Tying

#100 Silk

60 – 70`

67

Machine Quilting, Hand or Machine Appliqué; Rod Wrapping and Fly Tying

 

• Can I machine wash an application made with silk thread?

• Well you can wash it anyway you want, but I would not recommend it.  My wife tells me to hand wash and drip dry or dry clean anything made with silk thread.  And I trust and listen to my wife.  The internet contains many articles on how to wash silk; so use the online references.