Top Tip when Embroidering on the Face

Embroidering a face onto your tea cosy’s head is a really important part of the sewing up of a tea cosy. The face, after all, is what we first look at and what gives the tea cosy its character, so it’s really important to get it right.

After you have embroidered on the first eye, it’s common place to pass the yarn through the head to the site of the second eye. My tip today is to make sure that when you do pass the yarn through the head is that you do it so that the yarn is embedded in the stuffing, and not laying close to the surface of the knitting.

If the black yarn is passed just beneath the knitted fabric, it can show through, and it really spoils the appearance of the face. But if the yarn is surrounded by stuffing, it can’t be seen through the surface of the knitting and it gives a much crisper finish.





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