Australian Homespun

Surf’s Up

MATERIALS

• 30cm (11in) square of weaver’s cloth• Embroidery floss or yarn in orange, yellow, white and four shades of blue/aqua. Derya used a cotton/acrylic mix yarn about as thick as six strands of embroidery floss in all colours except white. To better capture the lightness of sea foam, the white yarn was thinner — as thick as only three strands of embroidery floss• Punch needle. Derya used a Mina Carin brand punch needle and used the

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