Tomorrow at 2pm on the Australian Women’s Weekly stand at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair, I will be giving a talk on the writing of “Sardinian Knotted Embroidery”. If you’re there at the fair, please come along!
I had another wonderful day at the show today. Again, I am absolutely exhausted and can’t wait to get to bed once all the preparation for tomorrow is done! Hence such a short blog post. 🙂
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Congratulations on the win! It is well deserved.
Can the Pearl No:12 be substituted with any other thread for Sardinian Embroidery? Eg: Pearl no:8 or stranded cotton?
Hi Shaz, thank you firstly for your very kind comments on the other post. Thanks. 🙂
Yes, pearl 8 can be substituted, but it will give you bigger knots. If you have loose tension at all, that means that they will be MUCH bigger. So if you’re going to use pearl 8, I suggest using very tight tension. However, that means if you make a mistake it is not going to be fun to undo it! If at all possible, I suggest using Pearl 12. You also *could* use stranded cotton (I’d suggest 2 strands) but that’s not fun to undo for mistakes either. I used it on the dress, so I know all about undoing… 😉