If you are thinking about making or buying a skein winder to skein off hanks of thread ready to dye, you might be interested in a tutorial over on Carpool Knitter. Carpool Knitter has written a piece on using a Skein Winder made from Hose Reels. There is even a …
This row of stitching sits below the large crab motif (and actually needs to be pressed straight!) but you can still see what is happening. The band of stitching is a line of half Algerian Eye stitches that are offset as they are worked. The middle row is line of …
Stitches: As you can see I lost a sequin and bead on this seam embellishment. I only noticed when I was preparing the photo for the web! I have to repair it but you can see what I have done to embellish this area. First lace was stitched down and …
By sheer chance look at what is my 100th detail in this series. Has to be a good omen of sorts for the 100. This area was created using all sorts of stitches against a pulled thread background. The pulled back ground is Wave stitch (I could not resist as …
I was asked how I tie off skeins that I am going to dye. I thought today I would demonstrate the process and show you what I do. First up this is what the threads look like when I buy them. They need to be skeined into hanks that are …
Stitches: This seam is embellished with a line of double herringbone stitch further decorated with beads Thread: The first row of herringbone is worked in hand dyed rayon ribbon floss and the row of herringbone is worked in Kreinik metallic braid Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam is between piece 6 and piece 2 …
I spotted this tutorial for a 15 sided Biscornu over on Ruthie’s X Stitch Creations. I have seen plenty of regular Biscornu patterns but not a 15 sided one which I am going to have to give this free pattern a try.
