Needlepoint Stitch Guide for Sardines in Oil

Green Stripe—Giant Brick Stitch:

Red Sardine Can—Satin stitches:

These are long stitches (the length will adjust to fit the space) that are laid down in parallel to get a smooth, shiny effect.

Pink Sardine Can—Mosaic stitch:

Stitch the lettering and the sardine outline (Tent stitch) first, and then fill in with this Mosaic stitch.

Gold Sardine Can bottom—Double Brick stitch:

In your kit, you will have either a metallic gold or gold silk thread. Use the gold thread as a single strand, just as it comes, UNLESS you have DMC Etoile thread in your kit. (Supply of metallic thread is unreliable, and we kit with the best thread we can get at the time).

If you have Etoile thread, use 3 plies, out of the 6 plies that make up this thread. The best way to separate the thread is to take one ply and pull it straight up and out from the top. Do this three times and then re-join these 3 plies. Alternatively, you can grab three plies and pull them out together, pulling straight up from the top. Here's a video of how this is done:

https://youtube.com/shorts/uxUXQWMGH2c?feature=share