{"id":1371,"date":"2009-05-05T12:46:49","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T16:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2009-05-05T13:16:24","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T17:16:24","slug":"punchneedle-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/punchneedle-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"punchneedle poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so I did a little test this weekend to establish what punchneedle is all about and whether it would be something I could design patterns for. This is my test piece &#8211; you may recognise the subjects as my <a href=\"\/blog\/fuzzy-seal\/\">Fuzzy Penguin and Fuzzy Seal<\/a> \ud83d\ude42  It&#8217;s approx 3.5&#8243;x 2.25&#8243; and worked with 3 strands of DMC embroidery floss.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/punch_penguinseal.jpg\" alt=\"punchneedle penguin and seal by planetjune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For this sample, I wanted to figure out what kind of designs would look best, so I designed the penguin to be not outlined, and the seal with an outline. I&#8217;ve learned a few things about designing for punchneedle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not outlining looks best &#8211; the outline looks a bit uneven in places because it&#8217;s only 1 loop thick<\/li>\n<li>Tiny detail is difficult to replicate (e.g. the seal&#8217;s nose)<\/li>\n<li>Bold colours and patterns will look really good<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But I can see a lot of potential here. I learnt that punchneedle is really easy to do, and it&#8217;s so fast compared with cross stitch! I punched the penguin and seal in under an hour and a half &#8211; and it was my first attempt, so that includes my slow start as I tried to learn how to punch correctly. The background took a bit longer, but it&#8217;s so relaxing and you don&#8217;t have to concentrate much, so it&#8217;s perfect to punch away while you watch TV.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: By request, adding a close-up pic so you can see what the stitches look like:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/punchneedle_loops.jpg\" alt=\"punchneedle close up\" \/><br \/>\n<em>L: Back of piece: looks like regular backstitched embroidery<br \/>\nR: Front of piece (edge on): lots of loops. Mine are 3mm tall but the tool lets you adjust the loop length to much longer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/punchneedle.jpg\" alt=\"punchneedle tool\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;ve finished the experiment, I can visualize a whole series of designs&#8230; I think a range of dog breeds would be so cute, and also a wild animal range (giraffe, panda, etc). You could use them to make quilt squares (just add a fabric border), embellishments for bags etc, or just to frame.<\/p>\n<p>Now my questions to you&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Are you intrigued by punchneedle? Would you like me to put up a basic tutorial so you can see how it works?<\/li>\n<li>Might you be interested in PlanetJune punchneedle designs? (They would, of course, be better than my test piece above &#8211; I&#8217;m thinking more realistic and colourful)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I&#8217;m obviously still in the planning stages here, but I&#8217;d love some early feedback before I embark on a design range. I&#8217;m not asking for any kind of commitment; just your opinion. It&#8217;s a cheap craft to get into; once you&#8217;ve bought the actual needle, an embroidery hoop, and some woven fabric, then all you need to pick up for each project is the floss colours.<\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s no interest, I&#8217;ll still make some for myself, just for fun, but I really think this is another craft that just needs a little updating with some fresh, cute patterns to be relevant to us. All the patterns I&#8217;ve seen are a bit too, um, country (is that the right word?) for my taste.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know what you think! Any comments welcome. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so I did a little test this weekend to establish what punchneedle is all about and whether it would be something I could design patterns for. 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