The other day I saw these on Pinterest, pattern by Claire at Haken en Meer, and I had to make my own. Now before you see the pictures, I must tell you that I am a complete novice at embroidery. Just today I learned how to make french knots. My technique is terrible, but for my first try I’m pretty pumped. This is the leftover yarn from my afghan, posted previously.
a bird with a flower
Scottish thistle
owl
whale
kite
heart
umbrella in the rain
Now I just have to coat the back of them with something to make them keep their shape, attach a hanging device of some sort (perhaps just a loop of yarn), and hang them up! I’m thinking in my bedroom, because there’s really nothing on the walls in there and it’s gloomy.
These are a little different than Claire’s — I used hdc for the circles instead of dc and tried to find embroidery patterns on the Internet. A few of them came from here, and the others were just Google search results.
I hope you like them! I have no idea what’s coming up soon — I’ll have to start something new! See you soon!
not your average crochet 
These are brilliant! And you say you’re a novice at embroidery? No way! I especially like the kite with the french knots. Very well done! Can’t wait to see them hung.
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Thank you so much! Yes, the only embroidery I’ve done before is cross stitch, and I’m not sure if that counts, haha.
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These came out great! I’ve never seen this before, these are really creative! What would you use for backing?
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I honestly have no idea. I was thinking maybe lightly modpodge-ing them, or perhaps hairspray? I’m not sure what would work best.
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You did a fine job with the embroidery! I like what you did. Are you going to provide patterns for the pot holders; something with your brillant ability to give them a little twist?
Ta Ta for now Cathy the Bagg Lady
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Thank you very much! I’ll try and get some patterns up, but first on my list is those squares you commented on a few days ago! 🙂
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The owl is the winner imho
Well done.
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Thanks very much! 🙂
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Those are really cute! Fusible interfacing might make a decent backing (and not nearly as messy as modgepodge).
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Ooooh, great idea! I’ll have to look around for some of that to try, thanks!
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Cute!
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FAB!
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Thanks!
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