in the hoop embroidery patterns free kleenex

SizeĮmbroidery hoops come in different sizes and will be measure by diameter so a 6 inch hoop will be that measurement across (not around).

Any that I have left in my stash I'm using just for framing finished pieces. I am also trying to reduce the amount of plastic in my life so am not buying any more of this type of hoop. Personally I find that when I stitch in plastic hoops the fabric slips around too much. I’ve also found two different types of plastic hoops - those that have a screw (like the wooden/bamboo hoops) and those that have some flex. When a hoop isn’t perfectly round then it doesn’t hold the fabric tight and causes problems with stitching. I use wooden hoops in all of my kits for this reason.īamboo hoops are also great for the same reason but I’ve found that some of the bamboo hoops I’ve bought (especially from eBay) are mis-shapen. My preference is to use a wooden hoop as I find that these type of hoop grips the fabric really well creating great tension. MaterialsĮmbroidery hoops are most commonly made from wood, bamboo or plastic. Most of the time you can tighten the screw tight enough with your fingers but if you need that little extra grip then for this style of hoop you can use a screwdriver. On some hoops if you look at the end of the screw you’ll see an indent that you can use a screwdriver with. You can fully unscrew the screw but normally this isn’t needed. The screw fitting is there to tighten the hoop to create tension in the fabric. This will mean that there will be a few millimetres right at the edge of the embroidery hoop where you can’t stitch but it is easy to embroider this way up than flipping the hoop over and having the inner hoop on top. I recommend that you embroider with the fabric laid over the inner hoop and the outer hoop pressed on top. The inner hoop is fully circular, you shouldn’t be able to see any joins! The outer hoop has a screw fitting and isn’t fully circular.

The inner hoop fits snuggly inside the outer hoop (if it doesn’t then you will have problems when stitching). An embroidery hoop has two parts, an inner hoop and an outer hoop.

In the hoop embroidery patterns free kleenex