Over on Mary Corbet’s Needle n’Thread blog she has a wonderful in-depth article about two wooden tools, laying tools and aficots. Layig tools are familiar to most of us, but what are aficots? According to Mary these tools are used to burnish, smooth, or polish stitches, particularly Satin Stitches.
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Janet Perry is the Internet's leading authority on needlepoint. She designs, teaches and writes, getting raves from her fans for her innovative techniques, extensive knowledge and generous teaching style. A leading writer of stitch guides, she blogs here and lives on an island in the northeast corner of the SF Bay with her family
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