NEEDLEPOINT

JOURNAL
Track your projects and record your stitching
with this interactive journal
NEEDLEPOINT
JOURNAL
Track your projects and record your stitching
with this interactive journal
NEEDLEPOINT
JOURNAL
Track your projects and record your stitching
with this interactive journal
NEEDLEPOINT
JOURNAL
Track your projects and record your stitching
with this interactive journal
NEEDLEPOINT
JOURNAL
Track your projects and record your stitching
with this interactive journal
NEEDLEPOINT
JOURNAL
Track your projects and record your stitching
with this interactive journal
NEEDLEPOINT
JOURNAL
Track your projects and record your stitching
with this interactive journal
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FUN FACT: NEEDLEPOINT HAS BEEN A BIG HIT WITH ROYALTY, FROM
MARY STUART TO MARIE ANTOINETTE, AND, IN MORE RECENT YEARS,
PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO. SO YOU’RE BASICALLY A PRINCESS.
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WHAT’S THE
STITCH?

DIAGONAL WHEAT STITCH

With a simple little pulled-in belt,
this stitch transforms from three
diagonal lines to a bow of wheat. It’s
a useful stitch for filling small-to-
large areas. 1
3
+ Working in diagonal columns, starting 5
from top to bottom, bring the needle 2
up at 1 and down through the canvas
hole at 2, across three intersections of 4
canvas, up at 3 and down at 4, up at 5 6 A
and down at 6.
B
You now have three parallel stitches all
the same length.
+ To work the belt in the centre of the
stitches, bring the needle up through
the canvas hole at A and down at B,
across one intersection of the canvas.
Don’t pull too tight, but aim for a nice
even tension on the belt.
+ Bringing the needle up at 5, repeat to
create the next diagonal wheat stitch
and continue in this way until you
have a diagonal row filling the desired
height.
+ To add another row alongside, just
simply make sure to line up your
diagonal wheat stitches.
+ Gaps between the rows of diagonal
wheat stitch can be filled with lines
of diagonal backstitch (see Simple
Stitches).
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TIP: never use an embroidery hoop

for your needlepoint!