Madeira 0403

0403 is a brown from the Madeira Mouliné Sticktwist range, a thread made of 100% mercerized Egyptian cotton with six divisible strands and colourfast dyes. The 10 m (approx. 11 yd) Spiralpack keeps the floss clean and tangle-free: you pull only the length you need from the bottom. Most stitchers work with 2 strands for cross stitch on 14-count Aida and 1 strand for outlines and backstitch.

Charts list colours by their Madeira number; if yours uses DMC or Anchor, the table shows the equivalent colours where available, similar shades that are not always identical. Below are the closest shades, useful for blending or for replacing a colour.