{"id":8825,"date":"2017-03-02T12:54:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T01:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2017-10-24T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T05:45:47","slug":"working-on-a-book-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/2017\/03\/02\/working-on-a-book-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on a book project with my hoop and stand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two weekends ago I began work on one of the larger projects for the book. It’s a sampler and features bands of the embroidery, from different locations and in different styles. It’s great fun to stitch, as the patterns change regularly and if you discover there’s one you don’t particularly like stitching, pretty soon you’ll be done with that band and can move onto another one. (I like variety!)<\/p>\n

I’ve been working with my embroidery in my embroidery hoop and stand<\/a> again. I don’t do Hardanger in a hoop, but in hand, so I didn’t use my hoop and stand at all for my previous book, Early-Style Hardanger<\/a>. For this book it’s lovely to have the hoop out again as it is so pleasurable to use.<\/p>\n

It brings the work up closer to my eyes, without me having to hold it. I’ve been experimenting with a bit of two-handed embroidery, with one hand on top and one hand below. As I’m left-handed, I have the left hand on top, and the right hand below. I’m not sure that it makes it quicker, but it is training my right hand to be more dextrous. And anything like that has to be good for the brain, I reckon!<\/p>\n

Sometimes I need to hold my pattern close by, so then I can hold it with one hand, and stitch with the other. That’s part of the beauty of having a hoop and stand which holds the embroidery for you!<\/p>\n

I like to have my embroidery drum-tight in the hoop, as then I know that things are not going to get skew-iff. Because the hoop has a screw driver slot in the head of the screw, it means that I can get it really tight. I make my fabric nice and straight, then tighten the screw, stretch the fabric a bit more, tighten again, and stretch and straighten, until it is all just so. The hoops are deep, with gives good stability, even when your fabric is stretched tight. Because the hoop flips up, I can easily access the back to finish off threads.<\/p>\n

I’ve been sitting on the lounge to do this stitching (then I can remain part of the family rather than squirrelled away in another room), and the stand works well on the lounge. I do use it on dining room chairs too, and it works well on all of them. The stand goes between my legs, and my legs on it stabilise the whole system. I do know that some people prefer to insert it under their legs from the side. Whatever works for you!<\/p>\n

There are 22 different bands on the sampler, so I figure that if I can get one done every few days (and some are even quicker) that in time I will have it done. I have five bands complete so far, and another two underway. It’s great seeing it grow.<\/p>\n

\"Klass<\/a>If you’re interested in the hoop and stand<\/a> that I am using, I have the full range of sizes available for sale on my website. The hoop sizes are 6 inch (15cm), 7 inch (17.5cm, which is what I am using), 8 inch (20cm), 10 inch (25cm), 11 inch (27.5cm), and 12 inch (30cm). The hoops are interchangeable in the one stand, so you can have a range of hoop sizes that all work with the one stand. The hoops and stands can be purchased separately so that you can choose exactly the bits you need.<\/p>\n

Do you use a hoop and stand? If you do, do you stitch with your dominant hand only, or do you use your other hand as well? Do you have dominant hand on top or below? Do you have questions about working with a hoop and stand? Ask away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two weekends ago I began work on one of the larger projects for the book. It’s a sampler and features bands of the embroidery, from different locations and in different styles. It’s great fun to stitch, as the patterns change regularly and if you discover there’s one you don’t particularly like stitching, pretty soon you’ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,38,14,22,65,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-style-hardanger","category-embroidery-classes","category-favourite-needlework-items","category-making-stuff","category-white-threads","category-writing-books","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8825"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8829,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions\/8829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}