![]() ![]() If you use all six strands, you can use a #5 embroidery needle to accommodate the bulk (and you can even get away with a #7 if you need to). When doing turkey work, you don’t have to use all six strands – that’s up to you – but you’ll achieve better results, I think, if you use three or more strands of floss, unless you’re doing tiny delicate work, and then you might use two strands. I’m working here on felt, using regular six-stranded embroidery cotton, and I’m using all six strands. ![]() ![]() You’ll see that it’s a Really Easy Stitch – nothing more than a loopy backstitch, really! This isn’t so much a demonstration on doing a stitch, as much as it is a discussion of fluffing the stitch, so if you’d like to see how turkey work is worked, check out my turkey work video. The other day, I was demonstrating turkey work to a fellow stitcher, and we got to talking about Fluff and how to achieve it. Turkey work makes great squirrel tails! Like this one, stitched by my sister: The technique is used a lot in stumpwork, but it can also be used in other needlework techniques. Are you familiar with turkey work? Turkey work, also known as ghiordes knot, is an embroidery technique that can be used to created a fluffy piled clump (for lack of a better word!) anywhere you want one on your embroidery. ![]()
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