This needlebook was created using a drawn thread technique on evenweave linen, worked in filament silk. The back band is inkle weaving – the first inkle band I ever wove (woven on a cardboard box with chopsticks!). The pages are nice, thick heavy wool to hold the threads in, and are blanket stitched around the…
Nålebinding needles, carved from deer foreleg bones. This project was a labor of love, trying to find the perfect shape to suit my personal needs for a nåle.
This piece was one of the first blackwork designs I created. It was done on 50x50ct red aidia cloth with black cotton thread, stuffed with wool. This is a project I teach in my Blackwork Biscornu class, as I find it is a very easy and fun project for beginners, and looks far more complicated…