Who Are They?
Anchor are a premium quality, fashion-inspired crafts brand with a keen focus towards the world of embroidery thread, crochet & knitting yarns as well as their wonderful range of macramé cord. Now a part of the Mez crafting powerhouse, Anchor are considered to be one of the top manufacturers available.
Their History
The Anchor brand can trace it’s routes back to over 250 years ago when in 1866 the Clark family adopted the Anchor brand for their embroidery threads.
The Clark family consisting of James & Patrick clark, a known pair of weavers, had managed to produce a cotton based yarn to rival that of the silk or linen yarns that were prevalent at the time. At the time they were producing these firsts in cotton thread manufacturing in Paisley in Scotland before later joining forces with another Paisley based thread manufacturer, Coats.
Together they formed J&P Coats and quickly became the biggest thread manufacturer and exported in the world.
Coats were known worldwide for their quality standards and every care was taken to run at this same quality throughout their European mills. This same attention to detail and quality control can be found within the brand today and is followed throughout the Mez brands.
Since its start in Scotland, the Coats & Anchor brands have moved around Europe following the trends & fluctuations of the industry, first moving to Germany to merge with Mez and now to one of Mez’s original mills in Hungary.
Who can use Anchor?
Anchor threads, yarn and cords are affordable and usable for all, so no matter whether you’re just starting out on your journey into the world of needlecraft or you’re a seasoned crafter with many projects completed, you’ll be sure to find a wide variety of threads to suit all crafting techniques.
The range currently consists of a variety of embroidery threads, machine embroidery threads, crochet & knitting yarns as well as macramé cords providing one of the most varied selection any brand has to offer.
This was why we chose to start our store with Anchor which you can read more about here.
Quality & Sustainability
Just as it was back in the 1800’s, quality is at the forefront of the Anchor brand and can be seen throughout their product range. This is both in materials and colour options available as well as the manufacturing processes used in making all of their products.
All their cotton threads are produced in accordance with Oeko-Tex standard 100 meaning their products are free from banned azo dyes as well as carcinogenic and allergenic materials.
In addition to their promise of quality, they’re actively engaged in environmental protection by consistently working to improve their sustainability in both materials and practices.
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