With a lot of experimentation, I have now finished and uploaded my video for how to knit the Mountmellick embroidery fringe. The method that is shown is method 2 from Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature.
I’d love to know what you think of the video, and if there are videos of other things that you’d be interested in seeing.
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
Great video,very easy to follow…thank you for taking the time to show us.
Now I’ve just got to find the right material and threads for Mountmellick. Not easy in the UK any tips as to what I can use?
Love your book btw got it the other day and can’t put it down:-)
Take care,
Alison.
Thanks Alison! I get lots of UK orders for supplies. 😉
Bravo, Yvette! The video is perfect! Very easy to follow, nice pace, very clear voice instruction – really nice!
Typical American comment: I just love your accent! (I know, I know – I’m the one with the accent!) The run in the nylons analogy made me chuckle.
Thanks for doing it – I know it can be a real pain in the neck to do! The set up, the editing, the work in front of the camera (while practically hugging it!). (I’ve obviously been filming videos lately, too!)
A glorious job!
Best,
Mary
Thanks Mary – I REALLY appreciate such praise from you, seeing you’ve done so many wonderful video tutorials of your own.
Yes, I’ve been hugging the tripod. I actually found that knitting in front of the camera wasn’t too hard to do. I’m interested to know what sewing in front of a camera is like. But I think I’ll have a bit of a break before I find out!
And yes, I also wondered how many people would think “So that’s what she sounds like!”
thanks Yvette I’m glad I’m not the only one considering/buying your goods in the UK:-) My husband was a little shocked when I told him I was going to order needlework supplies from Australia. LOL
Just need to wait till I get some spare cash now:-)
Take care,
Alison.
P.S. I’m soooo totally loving your book:-)
Thanks Alison – it’s lovely to hear that you love the book so much! I won’t make any comments about convicts and colonies… 😉
LOL. I think he just thought I could just pop to the local craft shop to get what I needed:-)
I did explain to him that it was a very specialized type of needlework I wanted to try and that I wanted to do it properly and that this type of thread and material just weren’t available closer to home 🙂
To him thread is thread and material is material…MEN!!!!
🙂 LOL
When I first wanted to do Mountmellick embroidery, I went down to my local embroidery shop and explained what I needed in terms of thread. They had nothing that I could use that was satisfactory. They said to me “Well Yvette, maybe you’ll just have to use something else.” NO!! I did not want to use perle coton or something else completely inappropriate. I wanted the *right* stuff!
LOL. I know exactly what you mean:-)
Me to!
What a fabulous video!!
I wish I’d had it to look at that time I stayed up all night trying to figure the fringe out with my Mom!
😀
Thanks Jeanine. But did you get some level of satisfaction when you finally “conquered” it?!
Oh yes! Probably if I had had some knitting experience I would have managed better and Mom being left-handed, we had quite the night. In the end though it was beautiful and we figured it out – your instructions are always true!