Needlepoint Stitch Guide For Sledding Hare
This is such a fun needlepoint design with a great variety of decorative stitches.
🐇 Use the threads as a single strand, just as they come, unless otherwise advised.
🐇 You can stitch the canvas in any order, but we recommend stitching the hare first. Take care when finishing the darker threads (e.g. the green sled)—don't leave long ends that can be picked up by your needle when stitching the white.
Have fun!
Sky—Skip Tent:
The diagram shows this worked like a basketweave stitch. You can also work it in rows like Continental.
Snow—Nobuko:
Scarf—Diagonal Mosaic:
Hare Fur (darker) on body and ears—Encroaching Slanted Gobelin:
The hare's left ear has the stitches sloping this way...
We flipped this stitch on the hare's body and right ear:
Paler Fur on Belly—Upright Cross:
Cheeks—Rhodes Circle:
You will probably use fewer stitches than shown in the diagram because the circles are smaller.
All other stitches are Tent stitches.
‼️ The surface embroidery uses 2-ply of the 6-ply cotton floss. Stitch long stitches over the underlying needlepoint like you are drawing the features on with thread.
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