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Embroidered Pegboard Use a piece of pegboard as your "canvas" to create a large-scale embroidery project. From "Uncommon Threads" episode DUCT-127

A great project for the whole family to enjoy is needlepoint on pegboard. With the holes already made, you can use a large fiber and the end of a skewer to create your design. Andrea Keller shows how to create on this surface with ease.

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Materials:

Embroidered Pegboard

pegboard (standard from any hardware store)
spray paint
masking tape
tape measure for centering design
bamboo skewer – break off tip and tape to thread to use as your "needle"
Lion Brand Chenille "Thick & Quick" in black, or preferred color
Cascade 220 yarn

Note: Spraying paint is much better on a pegboard than rolling or brushing: with both of those methods, too much paint gets into the holes.

1. The design can be prepared on basic graph paper, following patterns from books or available for free online (see Resources list, below, for two websites offering free patterns). Cross-stitch and blackwork are especially well suited for stitching on solids, as you can create the pattern with a simple grid.

2. The grid on a pegboard is very big, so your pattern will be as well! Carefully count the holes to make sure the pattern will fit and is centered.

3. Knot the end of the string to secure it behind the board and using the bamboo "needle" (figure A), stitch the cabinet piece just as you would a piece of fabric (figure B). Weave in all ends when you have completed each string.

Figure A

Figure B

The stitching requires no special protection; when you have finished stitching, your work is complete. Pegboard pieces are easy to do with children and make excellent wall hangings, room dividers or cabinet doors if they are cut to size.

RESOURCES :
Free cross-stitch patterns
www.freepatternsonline.com/xspatterns2.htm

Free blackwork patterns
www.blackworkarchives.com/bw_bord.htm

Lion Brand yarns
Website: www.lionbrand.com

Cascade yarn
Website: www.cascadeyarns.com

GUESTS :

Andrea Keller
E-mail: andreakeller@earthlink.net