Things You'll Need:
- Fabric and hoop or frame
- Rayon thread (or any other type of thread)
- Milliner's needle or darner
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Step 1
Stretch your fabric over a hoop or frame, taking care to make it taut.
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Step 2
Use a milliner's needle or a darner as your needle, because having the eye and the diameter of the needle be roughly the same size makes this technique much easier.
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Step 3
Use rayon thread to be true to Brazilian tradition, although any thread will work.
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Step 4
Pull the needle up through the fabric, making just part of a stitch. Stop before you have pulled the needle all the way out of the fabric.
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Step 5
Remove the thread from the needle while leaving the needle in the fabric.
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Step 6
Pick up the thread and twist it to make a small loop. Place this loop over the needle to create your first cast-on.
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Step 7
Repeat with multiple cast-ons, making at least six or as many as you like for larger spirals. Keep the cast-ons even and close to one another.
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Step 8
Finish the stitch when you have as many cast-ons as you want by rethreading the needle and pulling it through the fabric. The needle should leave behind a spiral of cast-ons that comes out of the fabric and is free on one end.
