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! 6





Tools and Materials 7



Meet your punch needle 7

Choosing yarn 8

Other tools and materials 9





Punch Needle Techniques 10

Transferring the design to the canvas 10

Transferring the design to the reverse of the canvas 10

Fitting the canvas in the embroidery hoop 11

How to thread your punch needle 11

Using the punch needle 12

Types of stitches 13

Making embellishments 14

Finishing 15

Other display ideas 15



The Projects 16

Polar Bear 18

Rabbit 22

Giraffe 26

Cow 30

Panda 34

Badger 38

Wolf 42

Cat 46

Dog 50

Otter 54

Doe 58

Raccoon 64

Fox 70

Red Panda 76

Horse 82

Llama 88

Koala 94

Leopard 100

Sloth 106

Lion 112



Templates 118

Index and Credits 128