A new hobby
A beginners guide to embroidery
Over quarantine, many people have picked up new hobbies, maybe even revisited old hobbies. From old rainbow looms to random sketchbooks, the majority of us have found random supplies laying around in an attempt to stop our boredom. A craft that almost everyone did when they were younger was making friendship bracelets, but did you know that string could be used for something else? What we all knew as a friendship bracelet string actually has a different name: embroidery floss. Embroidery is more simple than you may think, there are a few key stitches to know, but from there the possibilities are endless.
Preparing your materials: To do embroidery you will need fabric, an embroidery hoop, embroidery floss, embroidery needles, and a pair of scissors. I prefer to use muslin fabric, but any tightly woven fabric works. Do not use a stretchy fabric to start learning on, it is very difficult to embroider on especially if you are a beginner. To prepare your fabric, lay it over the inner ring of your embroidery hoop, then place the outer ring around both the fabric and the inner ring and tighten until your fabric is taught. To prepare your embroidery floss you need to split it. If you look closely at the floss, you will notice that it is made up of six individual threads. For all of these stitches I use three strands.
