I discovered a tutorial on You tube on How to tie a Chinese Knot
Did you know that tassels are a form of passementerie? Tassels are great to decorate items like cushions, bags etc but they also can decorate the end of book thongs or have a tassel on a cord attached to your embroidery scissors so that you never lose them again.
Check out Tantalising Tassels for a brief tutorial on how to use ribbon in tassels.
I have been doing a bit of a bookmark tidy up which for some reason always leads to more sites. I discovered this brief History of Brazilian Embroidery and on the same site this list of stitches used in this style of embroidery.
This Dictionary of stitches used in even weave techniques such as Hardanger and Pulled thread embroidery from Over the Moon Designs will be handy for those who are interested in these techniques.
I found these instructions on how to make a tassel
Instructions for a simple tassel are published on the Fiber Images site. For more decorative and complex tassels there are instructions on how to make tassels are provided in the ‘know how’ section of the Classic stitches site.
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