If you haven't embroidered with silk, you are in for a treat! These threads are hand dyed in Kyoto, Japan and because these threads are variegated, you'll see color shifts as you stitch.
Silk showcases beautiful stitch definition and your finished piece will have a gorgeous sheen. A sumptuous thread to see, feel, and sew with. Each 15m skein is made of 3-plys of size 25 thread, which is comparable with cotton floss.
Silk is also a marvelous thread to mend with as it is the strongest natural fiber you can find. I've mended many sweater holes with strands of matching silk and because it can be less bulky than sweater thread, it's easy to make a nearly invisible mend if you desire. And because it is a natural fiber, any snipped threads can be composted.