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Apr 2, 2009 · Besides surface embroidery offerings, The French Needle has a long list of popular cross stitch designers’ charts, such as Long Dog Samplers, Rouge du Rhin, and others – lots of Quaker-look samplers, many European designs, some …
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Jan 10, 2014 · The French Needle. The French Needle, located in the US, is the embroidery shop for the Francophile! The French Needle specializes in a variety of embroidery and cross stitch books, kits, and materials imported from Europe.
Perfect French Knots, Perfect Bullions – NeedlenThread.com
Jun 3, 2010 · For the needles above, the size 11 needle (the smallest) is still 1 1/2 inches long, which means it’s long enough to hold a good amount of wraps on it. The size 8 needle in the above line-up is 1 7/8 inches long, decidedly longer and …
5 Tips for Successful French Knots – Every Time!
Jan 5, 2018 · When you set out to make your French knot, consider the number of wraps that you’ll use on the needle. Stitch dictionaries vary on this subject, and pretty much every stitcher ends up sticking with a preferred number of wraps. In some instructions, you’ll see one wrap, two wraps, or three wraps around the needle.
Tool Talk: Sajou Embroidery Scissors – NeedlenThread.com
Nov 5, 2018 · The French Needle carries Sajou scissors, and I believe you can find them through Needle in a Haystack, too. And you can always ask your favorite shop if they carry them, if you don’t see them listed in their website inventory. The folks at Tres Chic stitchery sent me these Sajou scissors so that I could see them and try them out.
French Knot Video Tutorial - NeedlenThread.com
Nov 5, 2006 · The French knot wraps in the same direction around the needle, and the colonial knot wraps in a figure 8 around the needle…. They look slightly different when finished, because of the twist, but if you were just glancing, it wouldn’t be so obvious that it was one and not the other, without looking closely at the knot.
Needlebook Kit: The Finish! – NeedlenThread.com
Dec 29, 2009 · That would’ve been a pleasant disaster. The ribbon for the ties is black. At first I was a little unsure of this color choice, thinking that a pink ribbon would be a lot prettier and would match the flowers. But the black looks terrific with the black needle lace around the edge, and pink doesn’t look so great – I tried it!
Knotty, but Nice: French Knot Snowflake Experiment
Dec 11, 2015 · One thing I’ve noticed about Sticky Solvy is that, the smaller the embroidery needle you use, the easier the stuff is to work on. With the larger milliner needle, it picked up a bit more Sticky than usual. And you really can’t work French knots successfully if your needle is gummy. So, one option is to try a smaller needle with the French ...
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Jan 15, 2013 · The French Needle also carries threads for embroidery, including Laine St. Pierre wool blend threads and (newly added) Japanese Sashiko threads. There are heaps of little treasures at The French Needle – it’s a fun just to browse through the site! Hedgehog Handworks. Hedgehog Handworks was a needlework shop located in southern California.
A Stitcher’s Christmas #6: Metallics Galore… & a Little More!
Dec 11, 2020 · In conjunction with the folks at Au Ver a Soie, The French Needle has offered a large set of Au Ver a Soie #8 metallic braid for today’s give-away. The set includes many beautiful colors of lovely #8 metallic braids – all for you to play with to your heart’s content!