Ever want that perfect perm for the person whose portrait you are stitching on needlepoint canvas? Janet Brandt knows the perfect technique!
http://www.janetbrandt.com/2017/01/more-knotted-gimp.html
She explains a bit more here.
http://www.janetbrandt.com/2017/01/knotted-gimp.html
To learn more about silk gimp, check out Mary Corbet's posting here.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2012/10/thread-talk-silk-gimp.html
You can buy the silk gimp Janet used here. Smaller quantities are also available at the shop (second link below).
http://thistle-threads.myshopify.com/products/silk-gimp
http://thistle-threads.myshopify.com
Fancy striped silk gimp is also available in two colors, three shades of each. Hey! No twisting of two colors together!
http://thistle-threads.myshopify.com/products/striped-silk-gimp
Painters Threads has an overdyed rayon gimp that you could substitute for Thistle Threads' silk gimp.
http://shop.threadnut.com/Gimpe-Rayon-10m-skein_c17.htm
Painters Threads also has something called Single Loop Rayon Trim which is their rayon gimp twisted. No twisting or knotting needed! Just couch it going every which way for a slightly curlier version of Janet's hair.
http://shop.threadnut.com/Single-Loop-Rayon-Trim_c41.htm
Time to try some of this stuff for hair, right?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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