These written instructions have been designed to use alongside the following video:
MATERIALS REQUIRED
10 x Skeins of Appletons Tapestry Wool in the following Shades:
2 x Shade 841
2 x Shade 942
2 x Shade 442
2 x Shade 481
2 x Shade 553
A Size 18 Tapestry Needle
1 x Sheet of 10 HPI Plastic Canvas
Embroidery Scissors
Paper Scissors (for cutting out the Plastic Canvas)
Ink Pen (for marking out the Plastic Canvas before cutting)
A plain glass cylinder vase to put inside the pot that measures approx 9cm in diameter x 15cm in height.
FINISHED POT WILL MEASURE APPROX 10cm Diameter x 16.5cm Height
Here is a Close Up Chart of the Bargello Pattern:
INSTRUCTIONS
The video shows you how to sew the Bargello Stitches and join the canvas to make it into a pot holder but I have provided some additional written instructions below to help you with this project.
1) Cut out a piece of 10 HPI (Holes Per Inch) Plastic Canvas that measures 131 Squares in length x 65 Squares in height.
2) Work the first row of Bargello Stitches as below:
3) Work the second row of Bargello Stitches as below:
4) Work the third row of Bargello Stitches as below:
5) Work the fourth row of Bargello Stitches as below:
6) Work the remainder rows as below:
7) Add the compensation stitches as below:
8) Follow the video to see how to join the pot and whip stitch the edges
YOUR POT HOLDER IS NOW COMPLETE!
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