Two-Day Crewel Work Class

Oxford, Mississippi, USA

Friday, December 1 & Saturday, December 2, 2023

Two-Day Crewel Work Class - $350.00

(9:00 am – Noon & 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)

(with optional one-day extension - $125.00)

This class is suitable both for the absolute beginner, and the more experienced stitcher. The class will be limited to 10 students.

Skills and stitches to be taught:

• Setting up a hoop            

• Casting on & Casting off

• Parking threads            

• Laid & Couch Stitches

• Crewel Stem Stitch      

• French Knots

• Satin Stitch                

• Long & Short as for ‘soft shading’

• Coral Stitch                

• Pistil Stitch

Materials Supplied:

• Screen printed ‘Z’ twist Jacobean Twill 14” x 12” (design 7’ x 5”)

• 11 skeins of Appleton’s 2-ply crewel embroidery wool

• Two Crewel Work Company needles: one gold-plated needle (single thread) & one nickel-plated (double thread)

• Instructions to complete the project

• The Crewel Work Company’s ‘Essential Guide to Crewel Work’

• Full-color picture of the stitched design

• All assembled and packaged as a workshop kit

Students will need to use a 10-inch, hands-free seat frame.  These marvelous frames are available for purchase from the Crewel Work Company (www.crewelwork.com).  Students will need to bring their own supplemental lighting and or magnification.

 Tea, coffee, and snacks will be available during the class.  Students will be on their own for lunch locally.

Sunday, December 3, 2023

Optional Third Day - $125.00

(9:00 am – Noon & 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)

Day three is an opportunity for students to remain and continue to stitch Jacobean Starflower, or to stitch any other Crewel Work Company Kit they own.  This third day would be more informal with Harriet offering assistance for any specific or general concerns with technique, best practices, or stiches. While it would be helpful to know which kits a student will be bringing, it is not necessary.  If you are interested in bringing a large kit (Muncaster Bedhanging, Georgian Bouquet, or Glasgow Bedspread) please communicate that with Harriet prior to signing up.

Conversations during the third day may include, but are not limited to:

• Blocking finished work

• Binding hoops – the how and the why

• Mounting finished work on foam core

• Finishing into a cushion with fringe (brush trim), a zipper, and velvet backing.

• Slate Frame 101

• Managing hanks of Appleton Wool

• Wool storage