January 2013
August 2012
July 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
- 29 - Woad-Dyed Crewel Yarn Give-Away!
- 28 - Pins, and more on Woad Dyeing of Textiles
- 27 - Dyeing with Woad in the South of France
August 2011
July 2011
April 2011
March 2011
- 16 - Satin Stitch Padding – Follow Up Tip!
- 15 - Satin Stitched Dot Tutorial
- 12 - Wool Embroidery: Re-Thinking the Pomegranates
February 2011
- 25 - Wool Embroidery Project: Perspective is Everything!
- 17 - Wool Embroidery: Pomegranate Parts
- 10 - Wool Embroidery: Padded Satin Stitch on the Pomegranate
- 3 - Wool Embroidery Project: One Leaf. One Lousy Leaf.
January 2011
- 31 - Wool Embroidery Project: Pomegranate Corners Index
- 27 - Wool Embroidery Project: The Leaves Go In. The Leaves Go Out.
- 24 - Pomegranate Corners Wool Embroidery: Framing Up
- 21 - Pomegranate Corners Wool Embroidery Project: Thread Selection
- 17 - Wool Embroidery Project: Pomegranate Corners
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
- 22 - Give-Away! Crewel Wool by Renaissance Dyeing Company
- 20 - Gumnut Yarns: Hand-dyed Embroidery Threads from Australia
February 2010
January 2010
- 31 - I Considered Long and Short Stitch
- 30 - Weekend Stitching: Lots of Knots
- 28 - Crewel Embroidery: The Flowers Again
- 27 - Comparison of Wool Threads for Crewel Embroidery, part 1
- 21 - Crewel Embroidery: Rooster Head, Neck, Crown
- 20 - Crewel Rooster: Tail Feathers. Again.
- 19 - Crewel Rooster: Winging It
- 15 - Crewel Tail – Over For Now!
- 14 - Wooly Feathers: More Tail Progress on Crewel Rooster
- 12 - French Knots – Lots of Knots – on a Wattle
- 11 - A Crewel Tale … er … Tail
- 10 - Rooster Breast and Scallops: A Crewel Recipe
- 5 - Crewel Embroidery: Wool Threads – What Colors?
- 4 - Crewel Embroidery Rooster: Setting Up on Linen Twill
December 2009
- 31 - Free Hand Embroidery Pattern: The Crewel Rooster
- 28 - A Crewel Finish!
- 27 - A Crewel Weekend
- 1 - Access Commodities, Linen Twill and some Wool!







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