How to make a tapestry | A beginner's guide

Learn how to get started with tapestry! In this super simple step-by-step video, Katie Smith shows you how to do tapestry using a fun foxy kit. In this tutorial you'll learn three tapestry stitches: half cross stitch, continental stitch (also known as tent stitch) and basket stitch.
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MATERIALS
All you need to get started is a tapestry kit. Shop the kit Katie uses here: ​www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/bo...
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:38 What you'll need
02:04 Attaching the frame
02:50 Half cross stitch
06:44 Securing your thread
08:27 Continental stitch
09:48 Basket stitch
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[@debbierichard8370]

In needlepoint you should always come up in an empty hole and down into a hole with a stitch that is already there in the row above or below. If you do this, you’ll never have the fuzzy yarn or loops or knotting problems. This also helps your tension to be more consistent.

[@bethkoch11]

I made many needlepoint projects years ago. I started to get the urge to pick it up again, and I've ordered a kit. This was a good refresher.

[@lovecraftscom]

So great getting back into a craft you enjoy🧡 Happy making!

[@wudgee]

Thanks. I bought the fabric from a charity shop and wanted a reminder how to do this. Think I’ll go with the continental stitch. I bought left over threads from the charity shop too, it’s the thicker version. I think they have a number 4 on them so hopefully that’s the correct version.

[@laracraft82]

Great video thanks you for showing this as a really good step by step

[@valeriedavies4854]

Thank you for showing me yours is so neat I will get a kit but just a wee one to see if I can do it. It’s great to watch you I have learnt so much. Thank you again. 😘😘😘 xxx

[@lovecraftscom]

That's absolutely wonderful🥰

[@laracraft82]

Thank you for this video I just brought a beginner tapestry kit with everything I it but this video is a great add on for me to watch and you explain it so well I have subscribed so won't miss out on more videos ❤😊

[@lovecraftscom]

yay- it's super exciting to have you🧡 Happy making!

[@vickijeanne9958]

Hi! I love your yellow drawers near you!! Is this where you store all your yarns?

[@kathymangion9076]

Hi I have tapestry love doing them. I brought one the other day some of the colour I would like to change do you think it would be ok?

[@joannemiller1162]

to stop the fluffy wool stitch in an open hole down in a used hole

[@starquant]

So what about the knot on the end?

[@dharmag6600]

Hi 👋 how do I start the first row?

[@willowtree6657]

Is the continental stitch the same as tent stitch please. It would be great to see an example of starting the kit too:)

[@thegreatchaos13]

Yep, they are the same. It says on their "tapestry" blog.

[@danisehetland3378]

Can you demonstrate actually starting the canvas?

[@danisehetland3378]

Can you show how to use stretcher bars? Thank you

[@damocles2831]

ir fat

[@rimamjab]

Hi, where can I find those wool threads? Separate from the kit

[@darianchristie3260]

Any wool craft shop should sell wool... in NZ we have Spotlight, Knit World, Sewing Depot and a lot of others.

[@mashes7735]

Thank you, for sub in spanish, I speak spanish

[@beatamoonsam6263]

Hi

[@faridafady3811]

Hi, first comment!!

[@Heimdall6581]

Forgive my ignorance, but isn’t this cross-stitch rather than tapestry?

[@lovecraftscom]

Depending on where you are in the world, you can call it either ❤️🥰

[@thegreatchaos13]

This is not tapestry, this is cross stitch.

[@lovecraftscom]

Hey there, thanks so much for your comment. We have a little guide on that on our website here: www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/c/article/beginners-guide-to-tapestry We hope this helps! Happy making❤️🥰

[@thegreatchaos13]

@@lovecraftscom It says right there: "Also known as needlepoint in the UK". In case you didn't already know, tapestry is a form of *handweaving* art where you weave the whole fabric through the vertical 'warp' threads, changing colour as needed to create an image.

[@emmastamford2006]

You don't actually show us how to complete the design, ... when we have to change from one colour etc. You haven't replied to anyone's questions.

[@Dan-B]

This isn’t tapestry, it’s needlepoint

[@lovecraftscom]

In the UK it is normally referred to this as tapestry 🧡🥰

[@dardanzeqiri4717]

Hi can you share the info where we can order the needlepoint tapestry kits ?

[@audreyyt1939]

Amazon.. Ehrman tapestry.. Ebay

[@juannagrant-salmon7764]

Glorophilia, Boothby Threads.