Different Foundation Samples Jan Haines

Working from right to left, the first sample at the top was on Woollen Blanket. I used a small hook and wool fabric, T-shirt, medium rug wool and thick rug wool, they all worked reasonably well but pulled up the fabric somewhat. For the centre piece I used a #14 Punch needle and wool yarn.  I did not like this much and moved on to the prodded square on the end, I cut the fabric 1/2” x 2” long and prodded through every other hole. I would be happy to use this  backing again.

The bottom righthand sample was worked on 16 count Tapestry canvas.  I used the #14 Punch needle again and it worked well and I would use it again on small projects. The prodded area is in Polar fleece cut 1/4” wide and 2” strips, it worked quite well.  The hook I used for the next area was a small one again, first row was a 1/4” cut of  wool fabric and it was a little tight to get through, the next rows were 1/8” cut and worked fine, nylon jersey fabric and satin ribbon all worked well in the following rows.  For small items I would use this again although it makes your fingers quite sore.

The final piece is on Silk scrim.  The hooking worked really well, I used wool fabric cut 1/4”, T-shirt and 1/4”cut Polar fleece and was pleased with the results of this.  The prodded area worked really well too.  The Punch needle area did not work, the silk is too slippery and as it is scrim it is not a tight enough weave, hence the poor display in this area. All the samples were worked with the fabrics in tambour frames.