Punch Needle Friends

Cathy and Faustine Duwicquet are a mother-daughter team based in the South of France, who specialize in punch needle, knitting, crochet, and weaving.Cathy is a mother of three grown children who loves all things hand made. She enjoys painting on silk, pottery, and decoupage, but finds herself returning to her first loves: crochet and knitting.Faustine has been a fan of creative hobbies since she was a small child with a little stand at every year’s Christmas market. The urge to create has never left her and she devotes much of her free time to crafting. In recent years she has rediscovered how much she enjoys working with wool through her weaving.You can see more of Cathy and Faustine's work at www.demerenfil.com or follow them on Instagram @demerenfil_.

• Meet Faustine! 6Tools and Materials 7Meet your punch needle 7Choosing yarn 8Other tools and materials 9Punch Needle Techniques 10Transferring the design to the canvas 10Transferring the design to the reverse of the canvas 10Fitting the canvas in the embroidery hoop 11How to thread your punch needle 11Using the punch needle 12Types of stitches 13Making embellishments 14Finishing 15Other display ideas 15The Projects 16Polar Bear 18Rabbit 22Giraffe 26Cow 30Panda 34Badger 38Wolf 42Cat 46Dog 50Otter 54Doe 58Raccoon 64Fox 70Red Panda 76Horse 82Llama 88Koala 94Leopard 100Sloth 106Lion 112Templates 118Index and Credits 128

A lovely book. I haven’t tried punch needle embroidery before, but I have now ordered what I need to get started. All the projects look really nice and not too difficult. There is a lot of useful information included, the instructions are very clear and easy to understand. The pictures are great and really helpful.