Needle weaving

Needle Weaving Techniques for Hand Embroidery by Hazel Blomkamp

Weaving

Last Saturday, I finally tried something that I've been curious about: pin weaving!

Today's tutorial is a guest post by needleworker Catherine Thomas - enjoy! Supplies 10 cm embroidery hoop A piece of cotton fabric a...

Pin weaving is a simple way of creating a small woven piece without the use of a loom. It is weft faced weaving, that is, the warp thread will not show on the finished design. A design is created on graph paper and taped to a piece of foam core board. Pins are placed at the top and bottom of the design. A strong warp thread (waxed linen) is wrapped taughtly around each pin in a continuous motion. Weaving of the weft thread is done with a tapestry needle. Weft threads can be nearly any fiber…

I like woven picots! You can do a lot with them! A woven picot is a dimensional stitch that looks like the petals on this sunflower and this daisy. They can be flower petals. They can be leaves. They can be seaweed. They can be grass. They could be teeth on your favorite monster. They ...

here are many more addictive weaving tutorials to try this summer which you can even learn online. You can find websites with videos where the whole process can be viewed. Weave beads on your clothes and even decorate your homes with your weaved articles.

Projects that involve lace – both making it and using it.

Obviously I couldn't wait to try the technique myself... so here's how to weave pibiones (the word, in Sardinian dialect, means grape) Warp and weft are the same, while the extra weft is thicker. I think I like best the monochrome version, where the design resulting from the contrast between plain weave and the little grapes is not so obvious. The diameter of the stick goes according to the thickness of the weft - just like knitting. Normally the stick is made of metal, but at that moment I…

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In this video, I will demonstrate how to create a simple yet effective petal for your floral embroidery designs, ideal for crafting 3D roses and flowers. I w...

First, I want to show you another method of starting threads that I found in this tutorial. Split the tread in two parts for this if possible or use a thread you can use double. fasten it arround a…

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This post is the third in a series introducing common weaving structures. We’ve already looked at plain weave and twill, and this time we’re going to dive into the magic of overshot weaves—a structure that’s very fun to make and creates exciting graphic patterns.

Art has had a big influence in our lives and one of the ways art has affected many aspects of our lives is by having an influence on the mundane. It has the tendency to

The Floss Box: August 2011