Laying Tools
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 handle, 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.
Size: 3 3/4 inches (9 1/2 cm) long
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 handle, 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.
Size: 3 3/4 inches (9 1/2 cm) long
$20.56 USDAdd to cart
Mellor
A mellor also known as a mellore or melor is a perfectly manufactured tool for metal thread embroidery.
The mellor is made out a soft smooth metal that is not abrasive.
The narrower end is 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 so less likely to damage the metal thread.
Size: 2 7/8 inches (7 1/2 cm) long by 1/2 inch (1 1/4 cm) wide
Mellor
A mellor also known as a mellore or melor is a perfectly manufactured tool for metal thread embroidery.
The mellor is made out a soft smooth metal that is not abrasive.
The narrower end is 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 so less likely to damage the metal thread.
Size: 2 7/8 inches (7 1/2 cm) long by 1/2 inch (1 1/4 cm) wide
$19.77 USDAdd to cart
Siletto Bone Handle
The bone handle stiletto has a hardened steel point which can be used to enlarge holes in the ground fabric to take the ends of embroidery threads to the back of the work.
The stiletto is also useful for enlarging holes in canvas for the center of eyelets and can also be used as a laying tool when working with more than one strand of embroidery thread.
Siletto Bone Handle
The bone handle stiletto has a hardened steel point which can be used to enlarge holes in the ground fabric to take the ends of embroidery threads to the back of the work.
The stiletto is also useful for enlarging holes in canvas for the center of eyelets and can also be used as a laying tool when working with more than one strand of embroidery thread.
$9.47 USDAdd to cart
Siletto Ebony Handle
The ebony handle stiletto has a hardened steel point which can be used to enlarge holes in the ground fabric to take the ends of embroidery threads to the back of the work.
The stiletto is also useful for enlarging holes in canvas for the center of eyelets and can also be used as a laying tool when working with more than one strand of embroidery thread.
Siletto Ebony Handle
The ebony handle stiletto has a hardened steel point which can be used to enlarge holes in the ground fabric to take the ends of embroidery threads to the back of the work.
The stiletto is also useful for enlarging holes in canvas for the center of eyelets and can also be used as a laying tool when working with more than one strand of embroidery thread.
$9.47 USDAdd to cart
Stiletto Awl
SALE: The Awl Stiletto is a large study stiletto for enlarging holes at the center of eyelets when working my Hapsburg Lace designs and other canvas work designs and is used for leather and claywork.
I am selling the Awl at a reduce price as I ordered too many for a project that I was teaching and the stiletto is a bit too large for the other embroideries that I teach.
Stiletto Awl
SALE: The Awl Stiletto is a large study stiletto for enlarging holes at the center of eyelets when working my Hapsburg Lace designs and other canvas work designs and is used for leather and claywork.
I am selling the Awl at a reduce price as I ordered too many for a project that I was teaching and the stiletto is a bit too large for the other embroideries that I teach.
$3.92 $1.98 USDAdd to cart
Stiletto Brass
The brass stiletto is a lovely smooth and sturdy tool and is my favourite tool for enlarging holes at the center of eyelets when working my Hapsburg Lace designs.
Length of Stiletto with Cover: 3 3/4 inches (9 1/2 cm)
Stiletto Brass
The brass stiletto is a lovely smooth and sturdy tool and is my favourite tool for enlarging holes at the center of eyelets when working my Hapsburg Lace designs.
Length of Stiletto with Cover: 3 3/4 inches (9 1/2 cm)
$23.73 USDAdd to cart
Stiletto Rosewood
The beautiful rosewood stiletto has a smooth shaft and a tapered point.
The rosewood stiletto can be used to enlarge holes in the ground fabric of the embroidery to enable the sewing needle or the ends of threads in goldwork to pass through the fabric easier on counted cotton and silk fabrics.
The stiletto is also useful as a laying tool when working with more than one strand of embroidery thread.
Stiletto Rosewood
The beautiful rosewood stiletto has a smooth shaft and a tapered point.
The rosewood stiletto can be used to enlarge holes in the ground fabric of the embroidery to enable the sewing needle or the ends of threads in goldwork to pass through the fabric easier on counted cotton and silk fabrics.
The stiletto is also useful as a laying tool when working with more than one strand of embroidery thread.
$9.47 – $11.05 USDSelect options
Takaburi Needle
A 4-sided slender handled, sharp pointed tool used for aligning threads when embroidering with untwisted threads as is common in Japanese embroidery techniques.
For a more polished, nicely finished Takaburi Needle order Shay Pendrays Best Laying Tool.
Size: 5 3/4 inches (15 cm) long
Takaburi Needle
A 4-sided slender handled, sharp pointed tool used for aligning threads when embroidering with untwisted threads as is common in Japanese embroidery techniques.
For a more polished, nicely finished Takaburi Needle order Shay Pendrays Best Laying Tool.
Size: 5 3/4 inches (15 cm) long
$3.96 USDAdd to cart
