My all-time favourite material for hand embroidery is linen. I love good linen, so I’m at all times at pains to hunt it out and purchase it, not only for private stitching but additionally for the kits and provides that I provide right here on Needle ‘n Thread.
Linen for hand embroidery is pretty broadly obtainable lately, when you actually go to the trouble to search for it. However amount is one factor – high quality is one other. We’ve got that “embarrassment of riches,” however it nonetheless takes effort to seek out the Good Stuff.
Fortunately, there are folks on the market who care about getting actually good linen into the palms of stitchers. There are firms that also make lovely linen (predominantly in Europe), there are distributors who go to the trouble and expense to convey it into the nation in order that store homeowners have entry to it, and there are store homeowners who perceive that there are stitchers who need good linen they usually go to the trouble and expense to inventory it. And all this funding in cash and energy retains consciousness up and it retains the provision line going for now. And that’s a very good factor!
However have you ever ever thought of how linen involves be?
Sort of like the entire farm-to-table motion has raised consciousness of the place we truly get our meals and the way a lot effort it takes for high quality meals to be produced, this Flax to Linen video will present you the way linen comes about and what it takes to get that piece of cloth into your palms.
Granted, the method shouldn’t be accomplished by hand lately. Nonetheless, it takes plenty of work to provide beautiful material!
It’s an amazing video – tremendous fascinating to look at, mesmerizing, and enjoyable! It’s simply over 20 minutes lengthy, so seize a cup, sit back, and revel in!
There’s a lot to be stated for why linen is such a stupendous floor material for hand embroidery, however I’ve already stated lots about it right here on the web site. I received’t bore you by repetition! However you’re welcome to discover articles and initiatives on Needle ‘n Thread that contain linen or discuss linen.
I hope you take pleasure in this as a lot as I did! Have a superb weekend!