All Things Cording
A quick round-up of cording tips and tutorials
In the needlepoint finishing world, we talk A LOT about cording! With its many variations and applications, something so simple can start to feel overwhelming.
Below you’ll find all of our cording resources in one place, in hopes to relieve some of that overwhelm.
Making Cording
Custom cording using the Lacis
Mastering your cording technique is one of the fundamental skills in needlepoint finishing. Once you’ve perfected it, you will be pleased with the professional-looking results you can achieve on your…
Making cording with the Kreinik Custom Cording Maker
I made a quick little video of how to use the Kreinik Custom Cording Maker.
Attaching Cording
How to: Different Cording Loop Styles
Learn how to create clean, professional-looking cording loops to finish your pieces with confidence. In this video, I’ll show you my go-to technique for a tightly twisted look by hand-twisting the co…
How to join twisted cording on needlepoint projects
A little tricky at first, but once you learn you’ll be hooked.
Cording Size
Cording Calculator
Just enter the size of your project and your preferred twist length, and the calculator will estimate exactly how much thread you’ll need to create your own cording — no math required.
Cording Camp
Cording Camp Curriculum
Ready to twist it up with Cording Camp? You can find each week of curriculum below.
It’s fabulous to list in topics…perfect for me!