Teaching an Embroidery Class

Recently, I taught a crewel embroidery class to a group of home-schoolers. It was a lot of fun!

I started off by gathering together lots of sportweight wool yarn for the students to use:


Next, I stitched a simple design, using the stitches I would be teaching to them:


Next, I traced a simple design onto linen fabric and placed them in hoops for each student.




I taught 8 young girls how to do the following stitches:

Straight Stitch
Stem Stitch
French Knot
Couching Stitch
Padded Satin Stitch

I think the class went well, and several of the girls were asking lots of questions. A success!