Punch Needle Tattoo Designs: 18 Beginner-Friendly Projects and Over 25 Additional Patterns with Style

By Amy Buchanan

Punch Needle Tattoo Designs is the perfect punch needle embroidery guide for today's modern crafters! Great for both beginners and experienced enthusiasts alike, this inspiring project book features 18 on-trend and super cool tattoo art-inspired projects and a total of 47 designs that feature bold colors and a sassy twist to traditional techniques. With easy-to-follow instructions, stunning photography, ready-to-use punch needle patterns to guide you through each punch needle project, you'll create amazing wall hangings, coasters, cushion covers, denim jacket accents, and more, all with a modern flair. Also included are insightful opening sections on all the punch needle basics to know before you begin. Fun, easy, and trendy, Punch Needle Tattoo Designs is a must-have for any crafter interested in this approachable medium, or for experienced crafters looking for something new, fresh, and different!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Landauer
• Release date: Nov 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781637412466

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Tools & Materials

Punch needle is a relatively straightforward, approachable craft that requires only a few supplies: a punch needle, a few common crafting tools, yarn or thread, fabric, and a hoop or frame. The following sections will explain which tools and materials you should use together to achieve punching success and create your best work.

Meet the Punch Needle

There are lots of different punch needle tools on the market. Most of them do essentially the same thing and only differ as to which yarn weight they work with and which loop size they create. Some are wooden, some are plastic, some are threaded using a channel on the side, and others with a wire needle threader. On some, you can even adjust the needle length to create different loop sizes. They are divided into regular and fine types, with the number representing the length of the needle and in turn the size of the loops.

For the projects in the book you, will need a regular size 10 punch needle for use with chunky and DK yarns and an adjustable fine punch needle for use with thin cotton yarn and embroidery floss. The following (all shown in the photo to the right) are a few of the options you might find available:

•Size 10 wooden punch needle, fine— This needle is for cotton yarn or embroidery floss and creates a fixed ¼" (6.4mm) loop length.

•Plastic adjustable punch needle, regular— This punch needle has four different heights that can be changed with a slide. It is suitable for medium and thicker yarns.

•Size 10 wooden punch needle, regular —This is the needle used in this book for chunky and double knit (DK) yarns. It creates a fixed ¼" (6.4mm) loop length.

•Plastic adjustable punch needle, fine —This is the needle used in this book for thinner yarns and embroidery floss. It comes with three interchangeable needle heads. The height of the loop created can also be adjusted with a twist. I generally set mine to number five.

•Wooden adjustable punch needle, regular —This needle has seven different height settings, allowing you to create pieces with lots of