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Random Needlepoint Background
Sometimes the background really is the focal point of the needlepoint as it was in this vintage canvas from Beau Geste I made several years ago. But how do you make it really special? This technique is adapted from a knitting technique from Philosoph...
Hurray for Hearts – Needlepoint Stitch Sampler eBook Now Available!
Looking for a way to learn some new stitches and to use up threads from your stash? My new ebook, Heart Sampler, is now available here and in my ebook store. Throughout the article you will see three of the hearts I’ve stitched using this plan....
Controlling the Overdyed Thread – Color Clouds
Sometimes I’m happy working with an overdyed thread as it comers off the skein. But more often my favorite colors in the skien are those that are the result of two of the main colors coming together. It has always bothered me that I only got si...
Leethal.net – Thread Review
Leethal.net’s yarns are all wool and hand-dyed, coming from recycled sweaters. Depending on the source yarn, they can be stranded or single strand. If you want a different look in wool threads, these threads are an outstanding choice. I tried o...
Lee Meredith of Leethal.net – Designer Profile
Lee Meredith is a delightful fiber artist living in Portland. She dyes yarns from sweaters she recycles into simply lovely wools, which come in perfect sizes for needlepoint. Her site is leethal.net and you can order here yarns in 10-yard skeins fro...
New Needlepoint Products – August 2009
I’ve come across some delightful new needlepoint products for you to look for at your local shop. Here’s a round-up of some of them. Painted Canvas CBK Needlepoint Collections has added a new artist, Designs by Karen. These designs featu...
Hand-dyeing Threads
If you love threads and needlepoint, you have probably used and loved one or another kind of hand-dyed thread. I was crazy for the process of dying threads not too many years after I learned how to needlepoint and have made many forays into dyeing th...
Thread Blending Tutorial
Jenny Hart, of Sublime Stitching, has a new book coming out and in preparation for it has a tutorial about blending two colors of floss at her publisher’s site. The technique, needle blending, is useful for shading, when you can’t find th...
Substituting Colors – Plan It in Advance
I’m getting ready to start stitching a charming piece from Needle Delights called “Down the Garden Path.” I just love it and the way it uses so many different shades of Watercolurs. So I decided to use it as a chance to try some new...
New Products for Needlepoint - May 2009
First off, Squigee Designs, maker of simply wonderful painted canvases, as well as the popular cross stitch designer Shepherd’s Bush are now being distributed by Dream House Ventures. They have a whole new range of small whimsical canvases which wi...
