"no one cares what you had for lunch" blog post #26
Share your expertise.
Whatever you know how to do, teach the masses your secret.
Well, I guess the one thing I know for sure I can do well is needlework. I wouldn't insult anyone's intelligence by demonstrating the standard cross stitch (it's just an X, duh), but I'm pretty good with trickier embroidery stitches.
Click on the photo at the left of each tutorial to see a large photo and step-by-step instructions. Click "next" to go to the next photo/step.
A lot of cross stitchers complain about French knots, but I find them to be really simple, actually.
This is one of my favorite stitches to make. It's usually used to represent flowers, although sometimes it's used as a simple abstract element.