Silk Shading Fox Owl Appletons crewel wool and size

Appletons crewel wool and size 22 and 24 chenille needles

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Learn the beautiful embroidery technique of silk shading to create this charming garden bird design of a long tailed tit

Silk Shading Fox Owl Appletons crewel wool and sizeLearn the beautiful embroidery technique of silk shading to create this charming fox design. Fine stranded cotton threads are used to delicately blend between colours and to build up the texture of fur. Silk Shading refers to the hand embroidery technique which uses a variety of long and short stitches and colour blending in stranded cotton or silk threads. Often referred to as painting with a needle, this technique can be used to create realistic