Of all the teeny, tiny, fiddly things I have made with a needle, this may be the teeniest, tiniest, fiddliest of them all.
I made a leaf in needlelace yesterday.
It will be added to my stumpwork class sampler as soon as I get the next teeny, tiny fiddly thing done. Today I am going to make a hand with embroidery floss and wire.
Meanwhile, Dearly Beloved has discovered that I have absconded with a number of his tools. I needed a screw driver to tighten the screw on my embroidery hoop, and last night I needed pliers* to pull the needle through the stitches to weave all twenty thread tails through the back of the leaf.
That may be the fiddliest thing I will ever do.
*Somewhere I have a hemostat that I can use instead of pliers, but it has gone AWOL since the Big Move. I'm sure it will turn up. Eventually.
So if you get a pair of pliers and a screwdriver in your Christmas stocking, you will know why. While the leaf is tiny and has been fiddly, it is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteWow...that is very cool! I finally bought myself my own set of tools because hubby kept complaining when I used his. It came in a nice canvas bag and I keep it in my sewing /craft room.
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