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Friday, May 12, 2023

Poppy Monk Tackles Round Areas in Needlepoint

Poppy Monk's latest essay is about stitching round items on needlepoint canvas.

I've noticed that when you tent stitch a round area that the left side often looks ragged because of the way tent stitches slant /.  You can counteract this by doing a \ on top of the outside edge, turning a tent stitch into a cross stitch.  

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