Shay Pendrays Best Laying Tool The Best Laying Tool (BLT) was first created by Shay Pendray, well-known canvas work designer and teacher. The BLT has a very fine point and a four-sided handled, which keeps it from rolling in your hand. Beautiful and functional! The BLT comes with a clear plastic case. The BLT is very similar to the Takaburi Needle but with a nicer polished finish. BLT SIZE Length of stainless steel needle: 3 3/4 inches (9 1/2 cm) BLT COST Best Laying Tool: $22.99 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

LAYING TOOL WITH PLASTIC TIP PROTECTOR This smooth edged, sharp pointed laying tool has a serrated handle for easy handling and is great for lining up threads and for making holes in fabric for goldwork and other embroidery projects. The laying tool comes with a plastic tip to cover the point when not in use. SIZE Length: 6 inches (15 cm) COST Laying Tool: $12.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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GOLDWORK AND BEADING PAD A goldwork and beading pad is a brilliant piece of vellux/velvet like fabric which you can use to place goldwork threads and beads on so they will stay in one place rather than skidding across a table surface. Gold threads can be cut on the surface without easily damaging the fabric and the pad stops beads and purl chips from rolling around and makes it easy to pick up the beads or purl chips with the point of the needle. PAD SIZE 8 inch by 10 inch COST Goldwork and Beading Pad 8 inch by 10 inch: $2.50 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Pink View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

Sterling Silver Mellor Stainless Steel Mellor   Click on images for enlargements (pictures appear darker than actual Mellor which is silver in colour)

MELLORES Made in Great Britain The Mellor also known as a Mellore is a professional metal thread embroiderer's tool for turning metal thread at angles. The smaller, sharper end can be used as a stiletto to widen a hole in the ground fabric to plunge a heavy twisted cord or metal thread to the back. The round end is used to nudge and push metal threads into position and is gentler on the metal threads than using tweezers as the mellor has been polished and has smooth rounded edges. I offer a stainless steel mellor and a sterling silver mellor. The sterling silver mellor is solid silver made in the United Kingdom and has a silver Mark imprinted on the Mellor. MELLOR SIZE Length: 2 7/8 inches (7 1/2 cm)   Width: 1/2 inch (1 1/4 cm) MELLOR COST Sterling Silver Mellor: $89.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart Sorry Stainless Steel Mellor Currently out of Stock View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

No. 12 Short Sharp Beading Needles (smallest) To sew down fine purl threads No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needles (medium) All purpose goldwork needle Curved Needles For sewing down ends of gold threads

NEEDLES FOR GOLDWORK There are four types of embroidery needles used for goldwork embroidery. No. 12 Beading Needles, Short with a Sharp Point (4 Needles in Packet): The short beading needle with the sharp point is excellent for goldwork embroidery when stitching down No. 7 Purl chips and smaller, for fine bead work on closely woven fabrics and long and short stitch using YLI silk thread. Size 10 (15 Needles in a Packet): A general purpose needle used for goldwork embroidery. It is a fine strong needles with a long eye and a sharp point used to sew down metal threads using a single strand of polyester thread or one or two strands of embroidery floss. Curved Quilting Needles (4 Needles in a Packet): Four in a packet. The smallest needle is 2 inches (5 cm) long and the largest is 3 inches (7 1/2 cm) long. Used for sewing down ends of embroidery threads at the back of the work such as on goldwork and stumpwork embroidery. No. 18 Chenille Needle: Large Needle with a long large eye and a sharp point. In Goldwork embroidery the No. 18 Chenille needle is used in goldwork embroidery to take the ends of gold threads such as passing, rococco, twists and Japan thread to the back of the work (plunging or sinking). The ends of these threads can be threaded into the eye of the needle. NEEDLES COST Packet of No. 12 Short Beading Needles with Sharp Point: $2.50 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart Packet of No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needles: $2.50 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart Packet of Curved Quilting Needles (4 pkg): $2.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart No. 18 Chenille Needle: $0.25 Canadian Dollars Each Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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VELVET BOARD A velvet board is a piece of cardboard with a piece of velveteen fabric glued to one side. You use the velvet board to cut Purl Threads on to keep them in one place rather than skidding all over a table top. SIZE AND COLOUR                                          5 inch by 6 inch. Velvet board will be either Black, Dark Blue, Dark Green or Red depending what is in stock. COST Velvet Board: $1.50 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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