{"id":1180,"date":"2010-06-14T06:28:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T20:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2010-06-13T07:39:33","modified_gmt":"2010-06-12T21:39:33","slug":"metal-thread-real-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/2010\/06\/14\/metal-thread-real-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"metal thread &#8211; real metal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some time back, I wrote a <a href=\"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/2010\/05\/23\/synthetic-gold-thread-plaited-braid-stitch\/\">post<\/a> on the fact that I was considering putting some gold thread embroidery on a black beret that I had recently purchased. Now, given the fact that I have been busy beyond belief, getting ready for the Big Craft Show, I haven&#8217;t even touched it since. (I have thought about it though, and have even worn the naked beret!)<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/06\/keeping-metal-threads\/\" target=\"_blank\">recent post<\/a> on The Embroiderer&#8217;s Story, Tricia talks about how Benton and Johnson 300 series are not actually REAL metal, but plastic with some metal on one side. A-HA! Somewhere back in the dim dark recesses of my brain, I seem to remember hearing once before that Benton and Johnson 300 threads were not real metal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As Benton and Johnson 371 is my thread of choice, does this mean that it would be an ok thread to use on something that may occasionally get rained on? <\/p>\n<p>The plot thickens&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time back, I wrote a post on the fact that I was considering putting some gold thread embroidery on a black beret that I had recently purchased. Now, given the fact that I have been busy beyond belief, getting ready for the Big Craft Show, I haven&#8217;t even touched it since. (I have thought [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-designing","category-goldwork","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}