The Right Embroidery Needle - Good Reference Chart
Following up on the information about Colonial Needle - a great place to order your embroidery needles - it may be useful to have access to a good reference chart that describes the various needles used in hand embroidery and even gives photos of them (I love photos!).
Country Bumpkin has a really good embroidery needle reference chart on their website. What I like about it over other charts is that it gives the reader all the information you need to choose the correct needle: types, uses, sizes available, and (unlike other charts I've seen) the types of threads or the numbers of strands to use with the different sizes of needles.
Once you decide what needles you'd like to have on hand (the ideal is to have access to several different types and sizes in your sewing basket), check out Colonial Needle, which is a great place in the US to buy a wide variety of fine needles.
Country Bumpkin has a really good embroidery needle reference chart on their website. What I like about it over other charts is that it gives the reader all the information you need to choose the correct needle: types, uses, sizes available, and (unlike other charts I've seen) the types of threads or the numbers of strands to use with the different sizes of needles.
Once you decide what needles you'd like to have on hand (the ideal is to have access to several different types and sizes in your sewing basket), check out Colonial Needle, which is a great place in the US to buy a wide variety of fine needles.
Labels: embroidery resources, needlework tools
Posted By: Mary Corbet on Friday, September 07, 2007
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hello mary can you tell me is there a easy way to know what end of your thread is the right end thank you for any help you may be able to give
Joyce
Hi, Joyce -
Wool is really the only common embroidery thread with an obvious nap. If you run a wool thread between your fingers, you'll be able to tell by looking at the fibers - if running it through your fingers causes the fibers to stand out from the thread, it's going in the wrong direction. The right direction will feel smoother and the little fuzzy fibers, for the most part, will smooth themselves onto the thread.
Silk doesn't have a nap, and, to my knowledge, neither does mercerized cotton.
Maybe someone else can give some more input if they know differently?
Hope that helps!
Well, this is an old post now!
Anyhow, one way to find the direction on cotton floss is to run it across your upper lip. It will feel rougher when it's going the 'wrong' way. Thread on a spool usually comes off going the right way.
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