feeling punchy ~

Happy Sunday friends & folk ~

another 

H O T 

one on tap today here in VA ~

I'll be staying in and working on the first punch needle design 

for my Harvest/Hallowe'en releases to come….

this one is titled

"Here Lyeth…"

the inspiration for this design came from my recent visit to Connecticut

where I visited a few of my very favorite ancient graveyards ~

This design, however, is thee very first one I'm punching entirely in 

W O O L

I carry Waverley tapestry/needlepoint wools here in the shop in a rainbow of colors…

~ the worsted wool yarn comes in 3 ply

here is a snap of my great Wall of Wool here in the shop ~

(this was taken last Fall)…but you can see all of those luscious colors!!!

(only 109 days till Hallowe'en!)

I went ahead and color planned my work using my favorite DMC floss colors

(click HERE to see my color palette)

then I picked the colors of wool yarns that matched closest to the DMC floss colors that I wan to use ~

the wools have numbers, but I am going to name them to make it easier for me to know which is which.

Punching with these wools lends a very old and authentic look to my work ~

the way the loops form are not shiny like floss…

the finished look resembles more of a miniature hooked piece.

Since these wools are 3x (ply) I separate them into 1 x (ply) and punch with that

threaded into my Cameo/Ultra Punch Needle with medium tip (needle)

(the only punch needle I use & highly recommend for this technique)

Using the wool, I set my punch needle onto the lowest, or #1 position (height) ~

the results of this is a nice low pile ~ perfectly prim.

I'll work on this today and share photos of my progress a little later on ~

* Blessed be *

 Lori