The Tangled and Tied Store

31/07/2026

🧵 What happens before the embroidery even starts?

When you commission an embroidered photo, the stitching is actually the easy part.

Before a single thread is sewn, we spend hours converting photos into embroidery files, matching thread colours, calculating stitch paths, and working out multi-hooping layouts so every section lines up perfectly.

The piece we're currently working on will need 90 hoopings.

That's 90 times we'll have to reposition the frame between sewing sections once the embroidery begins.

Ninety.

Every single hooping is done with care, attention, love... and occasionally a few muttered curse words. 😅

What you see as a finished piece is actually the result of hours of planning, problem-solving and preparation long before the machine starts stitching.

And honestly? We love every minute of it. 💛 Well. Mostly. 🪡

26/07/2026

Some days you need to remind yourself to trust the process... Even when halfway through the vision seems like it's gone a bit wonky 🙈🙈🙈

06/07/2026

Back to it's former glory!!! 😍

06/07/2026

When the day consists of repair work... Growing up these fishing floats fascinated me, working out how the twine was done for them to hang, looking at the fishing nets hung in Lowestoft and how they were all made and fixed...

My Dad hadn't even finished the sentence asking if I could make a new net for the floats before I was eagerly agreeing and planning how!!!!

Completion photo coming soon...

04/07/2026

Playing around with design ideas this evening... This one feels rather fitting with the level of exhaustion that comes with the school holidays 🤣🤣 Feel a new hoody coming to the Etsy page soon.........

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27/06/2026

Coming Soon...
Echoes of the North.
They journey. We endure.

The sea takes them.
The sky carries them.
Duty calls them far beyond the horizon.
And here…
we hold everything together.

This collection isn’t about battle.
It’s about the part no one sees.
The waiting.
The quiet strength.
The everyday moments that still have to carry on.
The fire still burns at home.
The children still need guiding hands.
Life doesn’t pause…
it steadies.

Even across distance—
there’s still a connection.
A thread you can’t see,
but you feel in everything.

They journey. We endure.
This one is for the families.
For the ones holding the line at home.
For the strength that doesn’t ask to be seen.
❤️

If this piece speaks to you, or someone you love—
this collection was made for you.

26/06/2026

When the brain is full of tangles, tied in knots and glitching, the only thing to do is to take five and craft ❤️

20/06/2026

Unleash your sound.
Fenrir’s howl turns into runes —
raw energy becoming something eternal.
This hoodie isn’t just a design.
It’s a statement.
⚡️ For the loud
⚡️ For the fearless
⚡️ For those who don’t stay quiet
Tap in and wear it your way.

This Gender-Neutral Adult Hoodies & Sweatshirts item is sold by TangledAndTiedStore. Dispatched from United States. Listed on 20 Jun, 2026

19/06/2026

All set up at East End Primary for their Summer Fair, and mega excited to be partnering with Tamzin Made to bring some of our designs to life in a new way!!!! 🥰 After some Friday night fun? Come and check it out 🥰

16/06/2026

Well that's the windows replaced and the craft desk back up and running!!! So frustrating when life gets in the way of a good hobby 🤣🤣

To celebrate let's try a giveaway!!! What do you think is under the needle ATM? What would you like to see?

To enter please like, comment and share this post and the winner will be chosen at random and dropped a PM on Monday :D

The prize? One of our bestselling 'Cant Adult Today' embroidered pictures!!!