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More on Huck Embroidery

I have been stitching ROY G BIV by Kathy Rees since my finger has (mostly) recovered although I still have an indent. Maybe it’s been there & I never noticed it!?! But, I can’t post ROY G BIV yet because I ran out of threads for my second piece. Linda’s Boutique has two of them and I’ll get them and the third one I need at Fireside Stitchery at our Monday meeting. Linda M comes through again! So, I moved onto Heart of the Matter by Wendy Moore but that will take some more work before I can post.

So, when an email came from EGA regarding Huck Embroidery, I decided to share that resource which was already included in my article on Huck Embroidery that I contributed to my EGA Brandywine chapter newsletter a few months ago. I put some effort into the articles and why not post them here too. They focus on a particular topic and I find online resources about that topic. I love researching about as much as stitching. Since beginning back in July of 2019, I’ve written 40 articles for our newsletter.

First, EGA Embroiderers Guild of America) has an ongoing series devoted to Embroidery Techniques from Around the World | Embroiderers’ Guild of America. It has included some of the topics I have addressed in my articles including Huck Embroidery. The great thing about EGA and ANG is that they both offer some free information on their websites for non-members as a way to entice you to join. I find both guilds different and interesting.

Huck Embroidery is also called Swedish Weaving. Since the thread weaves through the fabric, you will need fabrics that have a layer of warp or weft threads that “float”, allowing you to stitch under only those threads so that the embroidery is on the surface and never passes onto the back.

Huck fabric has only vertical floats for sliding your needle through. Aida fabric works as well. A blunt needle tapestry or Huck Embroidery needle with an angled end helps scoop under the threads.

The loop stitch can be open where the thread never crosses over itself. Or it can be closed, where the thread does cross back through a float you have stitched either in a single loop or figure eight or twisted loop.

Whenever possible, I turn to Mary Corbett at NeedlenThread.com to find out all about any needlework technique. She’s amazing.

• Huck Embroidery Kits – NeedlenThread.com (July 2009)
• Huck or Swedish Weaving & a Towel from Julie – NeedlenThread.com (April 2019); pattern used in Julie’s towel was obtained through a link from Julie’s blog to the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
  Other projects include Open Library & archive-it.org.
• Swedish Weaving Pattern Directory – Review – NeedlenThread.com
• Huck Toweling for Swedish Weaving – Some Finds – NeedlenThread.com (Sept 2024)

Other Resources:

• Embroidery Techniques from Around the World – Embroiderers’ Guild of America
• How Do You Embroider A Huck? A Complete Guide for Beginners – Wayne Arthur Gallery
• Huck (Swedish Weaving) – needlery!
• Huck Weaving Stitches
• https://youtu.be/BE5pwS6e5dw?si=0J5LjoIhPV5m1D5x (demos loop stitch)
• Retail Store – Nancy Zieman (Huck Fabric)
• SwedishWeaveDesigns – Etsy
• Learn The Art Of Huck Weaving – Swedish Weaving Patterns — Spruce & Fjell (includes 2 free patterns and a template for you to design your own)

Huck Weave Template

Enjoy your exploration of Huck Embroidery.

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