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Punch Needle Patterns
Punch Needle is an old craft that lots of people have taken up these days. It is portable. A project will look like a mini hooked rug. You work it from the wrong side, creating loops on the right side. The loops can be short, medium or long, cut or left loopy. You can do it anywhere without a lot of equipment. You need a good hoop no bigger than 6”. A plastic hoop with a lip works better than a wooden one. Punch needle is done with a semi-open weave fabric called weavers cloth. You also need a 3-strand punch needle and a pattern. Punch needles also come in 1-stand and 6 strands. As I see a need for them, I will add them to our notions. The threads can be embroidery floss (3 strands) or one strand of #8 DMC pearl cotton or # 12 DMC or Valdani pearl cotton, or three strands of sewing threads like Sulky’s Blendables size 12 or 30. All of our designs come as a drawing, which can be traced onto fabric and my detailed instructions for getting started with punch needle and specific instructions for the particular pattern chosen.
WWW.valdani.com has a list of vendors which sell their pearl cottons. #12 size is preferred. Their size #8 is larger than DMC, but it is slightly slubby. Sometimes it jams in the needle hole. You can cut the slubby section out, and start anew. The size of the thread does not matter when working up one of my designs. DMC has just come out with some gorgeous hand dyed embroidery floss, which is another option.
If you download the pattern, you can print the drawing right onto your weavers cloth with your printer, instructions will be in the downloaded pattern...
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Finished Seahorse 5¾” x 1 ¾”
This is only a pattern. You will need thread and fabric to complete this project. This is an easy way to start with punch needle. The seahorse is worked in the same level loops throughout and a single thread so you don't have to rethread the needle as you work as you would with regular embroidery floss. The seaweed is just one stitch, directions included in the pattern and those stitches are embellished with a few seed beads. $4.95 - $5.95
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The crab measures 7 ¾” x 4 ½”
This is only a pattern. You will need thread and fabric to complete this project. I used various colors of DMC floss in shades of pink to red and outlined in shades of brown. The main part of the body has bumpy areas which are cut longer loops, which have been sculpted. $4.95 - $5.95
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This is only a pattern. You will need thread and fabric to complete this project. I used #12 pearl cotton in white. You could also use ecru, or black, making the details (eyes, nose and mouth) in charcoal gray. The body is longer loops than the head and legs. The ears are hand embroidered in satin stitch.
The background color is #12 pearl cotton from Valdani #M64, the outer border is M36. $4.95 - $5.95
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This is only a pattern. You will need thread and fabric to complete this project. The zebra was stitched in black and ecru #8 DMC pearl cotton. The tail has longer loops, which were cut.
$3.95 - $4.95
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The fish is 5 1/2" long.
This is only a pattern. You will need thread and fabric to complete this project. The fish was stitched in one level of loops with Valdani #12 pearl cotton M36. This is an easy way to start with punch needle; all the loops are the same level. Working with the variegated thread creates nifty little designs that become part of the overall project. $4.95 - $5.95
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This is only a pattern. You will need thread and fabric to complete this project. The wings were stitched with Valdani #12 pearl cotton M28, the body was stitched in three brown shades of Sulky’s Blendables sewing threads. This is an easy way to start with punch needle; all the loops are the same level. Working with the variegated thread creates nifty little designs that become part of the overall project. $4.95 - $5.95
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This is only a pattern. You will need thread and and 8 1/5 x 11" piece of weavers cloth to complete this project. With a piece of freezer paper ironed on the back of the weavers cloth, you can scan the design and print the fabric, saving the tedium of tracing. $5.95 - $6.95
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The Sand Dollar design is just over 4" round and is worked on khaki weavers cloth. The little art lesson in this pattern is learning about positive and negative space. There are areas that are not stitched that are part of the design. That space creates a shadow which makes the area read as a design line. $4.95 - $5.95
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This Lizard is punched entirely with 3 strands of floss and at all the same level.
The lizard design measures 5" high x 7" wide.
$4.95 - $5.95
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The cat design is 3 ¼" high and 6" wide.
The eyes of this cat are straight stitch (hand embroidery) in rayon aqua colored floss. The rest of the cat is many colors and color combinations of 3 strands of floss in a short punch needle stitch. The tail is made with longer loops, which can be cut or left loop-y.
Look at the subtle differences you can achieve with if you choose different of browns and rusts and beiges. $5.95 - $6.95
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The Chicken design measures 6 1/4" x 4 1/2". The variagated thread is Valdani pearl cotton #12, the main color is ecru #12 pearl cotton from DMC, the comb and waddle are DMC floss. The tail is longer loops which have been clipped.
$4.95 - $5.95
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The Teddy Bear design measures 4 3/4" x 3 1/2". Learn how to sculpt the pearl cotton loops to make your teddy bear to look 3-D. $4.95 - $5.95
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The moose design measures 6” x 6 ". He has longer loops that I clipped on his throat for a shaggy look. The threads are many colors of brown DMC floss mixed in the needle.
$4.95 - $5.95
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