Description
Book SynopsisCrewelwork is one of the oldest embroidery techniques, but it is as popular today as it has ever been. Historically worked in soft wools on twilled linens, today's embroiderer is discovering just how successfully the techniques can be applied to stranded cotton threads and a wider variety of fabrics.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Materials and Equipment; Transferring Designs; Stitching Techniques; Embroidery Ideas - Project ideas with step-by-step instructions for making up; Stitch Directory; Basque Stitch; Battlemented Couching; Brick and Cross Filling, Brick Satin Filling; Burden Stitch; Buttonhole Block Shading; Buttonhole, German Knotted; Open and Knotted Buttonhole; Buttonhole Scale; Buttonhole Square; Buttonhole Triangle; Up and Down Buttonhole; Chain Stitch Filling; Chain Outline; Chain Twisted, Detached; Chessboard Filling; Half Chevron; Cloud Filling; Coral Stitch; Open Cretan, Closed; Detached Chain; Ermine Filling; Fern Stitch; Fly Stitch, Attached; Four-Legged Knot; French Knots; French Knots on Stalks; Closed Herringbone; Honeycomb Filling; Laid Work; Long and Short Stitch; Moss Stitch; Pearl Stitch; Pekin Knot; Plate Stitch; Roumanian Stitch; Satin Stitch; Satin Fan Block, Shading; Knotted Satin Stitch; Threaded Chain Stitch; Seeding; Sheaf (or Faggot); Stem Outline, Filling; Portuguese Knotted; Stem Stitch; Tete de Boeuf; Thorn Stitch; Trellis Square Filling; Wave Stitch. Suppliers; Index
