it's always the green thread that falls apart.
I have found this with wool, too: if you work with the Appleton crewel wool (for embroidery), the sea-greens are much thinner and more prone to breakage than any other colour. The greens that are not sea-green are just as strong as the other colours - it always seems to be the sea-green that's the problem.
I asked around about this once, and was told that in order to get a nice sea-green the wool has to go through more than dyeing processes than for the other colours. Each dyeing process requires mordanting, which weakens the fibre somewhat, and the result is that the sea-green is extra-weak compared to the other wools that go through fewer processes.
Perhaps it is the same for other fibres.
Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada)
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