![]() ![]() Holding the plastic canvas sheet in front of you in one hand (facing you), hold the threaded needle behind the plastic canvas sheet with your other hand.(We will show you how to cover the outside edges of the plastic in a later step.) Keep stitching until the entire dividing line has been completed.In the pattern (see image in previous step), the dividing line is the thick strip, indicated by diagonal black stitches, located between the words “clean” and “dirty.” (See Tips for Beginners below on “How to do a Basic Stitch.”) Create the stitches for the dividing line in the middle of the sign.(To find the start hole, count six holes along one of the straight edges and then from there go towards the center of the shape by one more hole.) If your knot is big enough, it won’t be pulled through the hole but instead will anchor the string. Pull needle and yarn up through the “start” hole indicated by the arrow in the pattern.If there is an excessively long “tail” of yarn from the knot to the end of the string, then you can trim that with scissors.Don’t pull the knot together too tightly or it might become so small that it doesn’t catch on the hole when you pull the yarn through. ![]() Take the tip of the end of the yarn and tie a double knot.(Otherwise the fixed end will become as short as the free end, and the free end will start to get caught in the holes when you pull the needle through.) As you stitch, occasionally slide the needle down on the string so that the free end of the yarn is always shorter than the fixed end.Tie a knot at the opposite end of the thread of yarn (the end that is farthest from where the needle is on the string).After threading the needle, pull enough thread through the needle so that the needle is about one foot away from the free end of the string.Roll the tips of your fingers outward, forcing the yarn up through the eye.Place the eye of the needle on your fingertips, directly above the unseen tip of yarn.To thread the needle more easily, pinch the very end of the yarn (so you can’t even see it) between the tips of your thumb and index finger (see video).(See Tips for Beginners below on “How to Thread the Needle,” “How to Position Needle on Yarn,” and “How to Tie a Knot.”) Thread the needle and tie a knot at one end of the thread of yarn.Using the scissors, cut off a strand of yarn (black in the example) about three feet long for sewing the middle dividing line. ![]()
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