Tutorial: Floss blending

Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching gives us the 411 on floss blending, using a new Ryan Berkley embroidery pattern as an example. She says,

Think of this as mixing paint without the mess. As I was about to stitch up the frame, I wondered “How can I make it look more like wood?” I went deep into thought, closed my eyes and finally had it: Floss blending is the answer! There’s really not much to it.

See the tute.