Embroidery video

Interesting. Anyone watching who is new to embroidery, that is the hard way to separate strands. Do it one strand at a time.

Those knots (as shown) can come loose. Particularly the one shown at the end. There's easier, neater, more secure ways than knotting, no matter the embroidery you are working.

That being said, it's nice to see people using video to demonstrate.

Dianne

lewmew wrote:

I always enjoy watching videos of this kind. And love the accent.

Dianne Lewandowski wrote:

OOOO the infamous "To Knot or Not to Knot" debate :-). ***IN GENERAL*** whether or not you choose to knot your floss is a personal choice -- just know that if you are entering a piece in any sort of judged event, you should never use a knot. Anyway, for MOI, when I am working on aida or even weave fabrics -- the type used for counted, pulled or drawn thread embroidery --I never use a knot. This is for two reasons: A.) so that the knot doesn't show up as a bump if the piece is framed and B.) the knot doesn't pull through the threads of the fabric and show up on the front of the piece -- just imagine the size of knot you would need when working on 14 ct aida! OTOH, if I am working on a regular woven fabric -- the type that might be used for clothing construction or quilt blocks -- I usually use a small, tight knot to begin and end my floss length. When I am working on ANY fabric that I know will be framed, I never use a knot because it will likely show up as a bump on the front of the fabric. One exception to this is when adding beads to a project or when doing single cross stitches out in the middle of your ground fabric. Also, if working on tightly woven fabrics that are especially fine or sheer, I won't use a knot because it usually ends up being visible through the fabric. That being said, if I am working any sort of ribbon embroidery, I will use knots, even if the piece is to be framed. The bulkiness of the ribbon designs pretty much hides any knots on the back side. For those who are interested, Dianne and I have this discussion every year or so and we usually agree to disagree :-). IIRC, Dianne pretty much NEVER knots her fibers and I will pick and choose when to use a knot. As with most aspects of needlework, there are very few hard & fast rules. It's a smart stitcher who knows how to do things both ways and is experienced enough to know when to do things one way and when to do them the other way. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

Lucille

Oh wow...it has been ages between the knot and not-knot fight. Anyone up for licking floss??

I have a gorgeous picture of peeps, but 1. not allowed here, and 2. a little adult!

Gillian

ooooh! Me, me, me!

Elizabeth

Me too!!!!

Ok have sent it to Brat, and now to you!

As with anything, you need to know what the rules are in order to know when it's acceptable to break them.

There are some totally uncooperative fibers where I have difficulty (yes, even me!) getting them to stay put simply stitching over the end, so for those, I go under a couple stitches, loop around a stitch, go under a couple more. That extra up-and-over does the trick.

And if I'm dealing with single scattered stitches, I have discovered that it works very nicely to (where you can't weave under other stitches), weave under the floats on Aida.

Oh, that's just too much.

Every year I send my sister peeps for Easter. I neglected to this year, so I just sent her that photo. Heeeee!

Elizabeth

Sounds more like an Aussie to me.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Me too!

LOLOL -- I even lick my Wisper (the end only) because there's no way I would use Thread Heaven on it :-). SEND ME THE PEEPS PIC OR ELSE!!! I'm not sure what the "OR ELSE" would be but I'm sure the Babies and I could think of something adequate =8{ . CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

Sounds more like an Aussie to me.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Yep I think you are right - and an Aussie from New South Wales or Queensland too...we West Aussies don't sound at all like that! (so much for the view that Australians don't have accents)

Joanne - a definite Western Australian

Me too! Me too!

Is it this one?

Gill

I agree it's an Aussie accent but not from NSW where I live.

Edna in sunny Sydney