First of all, you need embroidery stretching, also called circular stretching, or manual stretching, which consists of an inner ring and an outer ring. Embroidered cloth is sandwiched between the inner ring and the outer ring to show small items and daily necessities, such as flowers on clothes and hats. The length and size of the embroidery base can be adjusted according to the needs of making this. There are many kinds of winding and stretching dimensions, generally 80cm and 100cm. You can choose according to the size of the products you embroider.
Then there is the stool that needs stretching, also called embroidered stool, which is mainly used for unwinding and stretching. There are two three-legged stools, two feet outside and one foot inside. The bench surface is about 8cm wide, 60cm-70cm long and 80cm high, which is used to put aside embroidery and stretching. Stretching stools can be found in Taobao. I can recommend the size, length and distance, or I can buy a bigger one.
There is also a hand board, which is placed on the two shafts of the scroll to protect the embroidery and prevent it from getting dirty. The hand board is a long wooden board about 5 cm wide and 60 cm long. Then you need to stretch nails to fix embroidery, usually with nails or wooden screws called sheep's eyes. There are many kinds of stretching nails, you can choose by yourself. Choose a suitable and important one. Then, after all the tools are equipped, you need a pair of scissors to cut the embroidery thread, usually with a small pair of scissors, head up, so as to prevent the scissors from damaging the embroidery bottom. Then you need two different small scissors, head up. The size of the needle is determined according to the embroidery material and the thickness of the thread. Generally, the embroidery needles are No.8, No.9, 10 and 12. Fine Shuang Mianxiu is embroidered with the finest steel needle, which is also called wool needle. The needle of cross-stitch is thicker, the needle of wool is thicker and the eye of needle is longer.
There is also a tension thread, which is generally a thick cotton thread or a thread that receives the sole. Used to roll the two sides of tension, thread the embroidery thread sewn by people and tighten the embroidery bottom. You also need to stretch the fabric, which can be made of various materials. Generally, two pieces of 35cm wide cloth are sewn on the embroidered bottom at a time, and the other side is embedded in the groove of the drawing shaft, and the embroidered bottom is fixed with a rope. Then there is the base material, also called embroidery base material. All fabrics can be used as embroidery base materials, such as cotton, hemp, wool, silk, chemical fiber and other fabrics, which are characterized by thinness and permeability.
Embroidery thread There are many kinds of embroidery thread, including cotton thread, silk thread, artificial silk thread, cashmere line, wool thread and ribbon. Embroidery thread is selected according to the base material. Cotton thread and artificial silk thread are generally selected for embroidery, which is convenient for washing, while natural silk thread is mainly used for embroidering ornamental products. Because of its fine fiber, good toughness and different thickness, embroidery can be divided according to needs.