Ever had a curved black outline or thin lettering on a canvas and despaired of how to do that with tent stitches? The answer is couching! Needlepoint.com did a short video to explain how simple couching is done. (There are variations on couching such as underside couching but the plain variety works beautifully in needlepoint.)
https://needlepoint.com/blogs/needlepoint-know-how/how-to-couch-threads
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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