Needlecraft Supplies and Accessories - Miscellaneous
Be properly equipped - choose from a large range of useful and essential items to make your stitching experience even more pleasurable.
The right fabric, needles, scissors, hoops, frames, magnifiers, daylight lamps and other useful little tools all help to make your craft more enjoyable and successful.
Profile - Permin of CopenhagenPermin of Copenhagen were established in 1854 by Christian Permin and each year they produce a huge range of elegant cross stitch, hardanger, needlepoint/tapestry and embroidery kits which are exported to 70 countries throughout the world.They have a large catalogue of traditional designs, including a collection of samplers which includes authentic patterns from previous centuries. Permin kits come with black and white charts and instructions in several languages, including English of course! Kits include DMC Mouliné yarn, fabric, needle, colour chart and graph/pattern. Floral design is well represented with dozens of patterns in a variety of styles and media. There is a wide range of table linen, some in cutwork and hardanger, some with stamped cotton and some in cross-stitch and embroidery. In fact, Permin have one of the best selections of Christmas items of all -Christmas cards, stockings, advent calendars, tree skirts, towels and table linen, and also some junior cross stitch kits. Having the right equipment will make your needlecraft a lot easier and much more fun. The traditional image is of the embroideress holding a hoop in one hand while stitching with the other. Many people still work this way but many others prefer to have their workpiece held for them. This allows them to use other aids such as magnifiers (very useful for older eyes!). Seat stands are also popular being portable and easy to set up and take down. Some of the larger floor stands allow lamps and magnifiers to be attached to them, as well as holding your workpiece for you. A daylight lamp can help you match colours correctly at night or in poor light as well as providing good light to stitch by. If you stitch at a club you might consider a portable daylight lamp - either mains or battery/mains. The mains-only versions are lighter and cheaper but don't give you complete freedom on where you use them. When your work is finished, you will want to show it off to its best effect! If it's a wall hanging then you can choose between traditional metal hangers or bellpulls and modern deco hangers. Whatever you're stitching and however you work, the tools you use are very personal and we will be happy to advise you on the advantages or otherwise of any of them. |
Needlecraft Supplies and Accessories - Miscellaneous
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