Carpet embroidery technique

Carpet embroidery technique will help to create pleasant, cozy and unusual interior items at home. Despite the name, it is not intended for carpets, but for various items: pillows, rugs, bedspreads. She creates pleasing, fluffy and voluminous designs that look like a carpet. Thanks to this, the decor of interior items turns out to be unusual and delicate, which children will really like.

What is carpet embroidery

Carpet embroidery is a special technique that is a bit like cross-stitching or satin stitching, but the patterns here are not smooth, but three-dimensional. The image is also transferred to the fabric using colored threads, which create terry loops or fluffy pile.

Pile or buttonholes are created on fabric using two options:

• Buttonhole technique or non-woven tapestry. The design is transferred to the fabric using a special needle that creates loops. To do this, you can use any dense fabric, and you can simply download patterns for carpet embroidery on the Internet or even draw yourself.
• The knotting technique involves the use of short pieces of yarn that are fastened in knots to the fabric. They are tied on a special net, which can be purchased separately or as part of an embroidery kit.

Carpet technique appeared and became popular in the Middle Ages, namely in the 15th century. Then the princesses in cold castles created such cozy embroideries.

Warmth and comfort is the main feature of this type of needlework, with which you can create:

• Nice rugs for your feet.
• Bedspreads.
• Carpets.
• Original panels.
• Antique tapestries or embroidered paintings.
• Sofa cushions.
• Warm blankets.

Carpet technique can be used both to decorate the entire product and to create individual applications.

Volumetric figures will look original, first of all, on children's clothes:

• Scarves.
• Hats.
• Sweaters.
• Bags.

You can even use carpet techniques to create toys.

Advantages and disadvantages of carpet embroidery

This unusual embroidery technique has advantages and disadvantages compared to other forms of handcrafted embroidery. Main advantages:

• Even a child can master the technique simply by performing.
• The plasticity of the picture, the transferred image will be soft, so it is convenient to use embroidery for clothes.
• Ease of creating a pattern - you can simply apply it to the fabric and embroider along the contour.
• The originality and softness of the pattern.
• The ability to create three-dimensional shapes on the fabric.

The main disadvantage of this method is that it is time consuming. It will take a long time to embroider a whole rug or blanket in this way. At the same time, this disadvantage can also be a kind of advantage, since this method allows you to develop patience and perseverance in yourself.

Varieties

In total, there are two main types of technique: loop and knot. Each of them requires its own tools and scheme. Therefore, before starting work, you need to choose a specific technique and already purchase for it:

• The basis for the drawing or canvas.
• Schemes.
• Hoop or frame.
• Tools: needle or crochet hooks.
• Threads.

In stores for creativity, ready-made kits are sold, which contain all the necessary tools and materials, as well as detailed instructions.

Looped

For the buttonhole technique, you will need materials and tools:

1. Canvas or fabric. For carpet embroidery with a beginner needle, it is best to use a denser fabric. This will make it more convenient to fasten the threads. Subsequently, it will be possible to switch to ordinary thin cotton fabric, which will be convenient to sew on to the finished product.
2. A drawing or diagram that can be found on websites or purchased separately.
3. A special needle that has a stopper. The limiter allows you to create loops of a strictly defined length. Experienced craftswomen use several needles with different stops. Thanks to this, the drawing is volumetric.
4. Hoop or frame. For beginners, it is best to use the hoop. They will allow you to stretch the fabric well, making it easier to pierce it, and the work will go faster.
5. Threads. Ordinary embroidery or floss thread will do. You can also use fine wool or acrylic yarn.
6. PVA glue, which will allow you to fix the resulting loops.

The pattern and the embroidery itself in the buttonhole technique are applied from the reverse, seamy side. Then the fabric is pulled over the hoop and loops are created using a needle. Then they are fixed with glue and embroidery is obtained.

Nodular

For the nodular technique, other tools will be required:

1. Special mesh or canvas. It must be purchased separately each time.
2. Special crochet hook for making loops and knots.
3. Threads. For this method, ordinary yarn is more suitable: woolen, cotton or acrylic. Mouline threads should not be chosen, since it will be inconvenient to make knots with these threads.
4. Embroidery patterns, which can also be found on the Internet. This method requires special layouts that are appropriate for the mesh.
5. Embroidery hoop. Their use is optional here. But carpet weaving for beginners is recommended to be done using this tool. It will allow you to accurately hold the grid and circuit. It is easier to weave knots on a stretched mesh.

The procedure for working in the nodular technique is simple. First, use the hoop to secure the pattern and net. Then the threads are cut into small pieces - 5 cm. Each piece is crocheted around the net, where a knot is formed. This method is more labor intensive than using a needle. In kits for creativity, the lengths of the desired length are sold.

How to choose a needle or crochet

The main tools for embroidery are a needle or a crochet hook, so their choice must be approached very carefully.Many craftswomen have in their arsenal several similar tools for threads of different thicknesses and for creating three-dimensional patterns.

• The needle must first of all have a comfortable grip, because it will have to be held in the hand for a long time. It usually has an anatomically shaped wooden handle. The thickness of the tool should match the thickness of the yarn. As a rule, the needle should be slightly thicker than the yarn. If you intend to use materials of different thicknesses, then you will need several different needles.

  

• The hook is selected according to the same principle as the needle. You can also take a regular crochet hook. But a special hook for carpet weaving has a special movable lock, with which it is more convenient to make knots and thread the thread into the net. The hook should have a comfortable grip, as it will have to be held for quite a long time. The thickness of the hook depends on the yarn, which should be slightly thinner than the tool.

  

How to make embroidery using buttonhole technique

It is not difficult to carry out carpet embroidery with a needle for beginners in the buttonhole technique. The order of work is as follows:

1. On the reverse side of the fabric, a diagram is applied. You can use a pencil or marker to do this.
2. The fabric is pulled over the hoop with the wrong side facing up.
3. The thread is inserted into the needle and the outlines of the patterns are first sewn with the needle. There is no need to fasten the thread, just leave the free end.
4. After the contour is created, the main drawing is filled.
5. To create loops, the fabric is pierced with the needle until it stops and then the needle is pulled back.
6. The loops are created at a distance of 3 mm from each other. If the threads are very thin, loops can be made more often, but this will take more time.
7. After creating the pattern, the ends of the threads are fixed. Also, in addition, from the wrong side, the loops can be fixed with PVA glue.

Features of the nodular technique

The knotted technique requires more perseverance, but many experienced craftswomen prefer it. Step-by-step instructions for weaving:

1. Fold the outline and grid together. Pull them over the hoop or frame.
2. A hook without a thread is passed through the mesh and after that a 5 cm piece is put on it.
3. The hook grabs the yarn exactly in the middle, after which the lock is closed on it.
4. With the help of a hook, the thread is threaded through the mesh and a knot is created. At the same time, two free ends remain on the front side, and a knot appears from the inside out.

After mastering each technique, the work will go quickly. An experienced craftswoman will need about five hours of clean time to create a small rug measuring 40x40 cm.

A beginner embroiderer will take more time. But the result, in any case, will surprise and delight loved ones and the craftswoman herself.

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