Let's sort through the embroidery thread that I thrifted as part of a very cheap bundle of yarn, tools and notions, and see exactly what I got.
There is a small group of 6-strand floss and a larger bunch of perle thread (looks like #5 to me); both are cotton and marked made in Mexico (I think the DN brand stands for for Designs for Needles.) All of them probably came from those jumbo economy rainbow packs they sell at the craft stores, but that's fine with me.
There are 31 skeins of floss, and nearly all of them are unused. The colors are basic, but I can make them work.
I counted 91 skeins of perle thread, which is what I most often use with my embroidery. There's a little more color variety with this group, and they're also mostly brand new. So 122 skeins total.
Mixed in with the thread I found a plastic holly leaf, which makes me think someone bought this thread for a holiday project and then donated what they didn't use to our local Goodwill. Thank you, original owner. :)
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