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Needlepoint Instruction on YouTube

by NutsAboutNeedlepoint

in Nuts About Needlepoint

Originally posted 2008-05-27 08:58:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

My husband is often fond of exclaiming “Isn’t the Internet wonderful?”

Now people who know my background outside of stitching would find that ironic, as I’ve been on the Internet for more than 20 years.

But, you know, he’s right, without the Internet how would we have access to all these wonderful instructional and inspirational videos about needlepoint.

I was looking through YouTube last night and here is a summary (with links) of what I’ve found.

If you’re looking to make hair, beards, or moustaches, you can’t do better than this excerpt from Amy Bunger’s how-to-videos.

Expert Village has lots of how-to-videos and there a many for beginning needlepointers. This one covers tools and materials. There are also more advanced topics, such as Setting the mood with color. These are unscripted and are probably self-filmed so that the production values are not high, terms are not explained correctly, or even used sometimes, but they are short and mostly to the point.

You may have wondered how artists get inspired to make their projects. A New York artist, Joseph Dunn, shows off how he created his illuminated manuascripts, which are a combination of needlepoint and calligraphy. There are several in this series. In addition, there is a video about his commercial designs and the NYC store Rita’s Needlepoint.

There are also videos like this one, about using a frame or stretching your canvas.

If you broaden your search to include other terms, you can learn about:
how to thread a needle
how to stitch a French Knot
a selection from British cross stitch designer, Jane Green off on stitching on paper
ow to lace the back of needlework

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News & Notes – September 2010

by NutsAboutNeedlepoint

in Halloween,Nuts About Needlepoint

Today is Labor Day in the US and even though in most places the kids have been back to school a couple of weeks, it signals the traditional end of summer. We’re celebrating today by having a dinner party featuring a slow-cooked pork roast (recipe from the current issue of Cook’s Illustrated). You’re probably busy too, so I thought I would give you some tidbits of new things coming to whet your appetite.

The Pure Palette’s lovely silk thread, Baroque Silk, has new colors coming out. They are: Sunset, Camp Fire, Gravity, Malt, Old Gold, Dreamland, Mermaid, and Artisan. This company’s colors are always lovely, so I can’t wait to see them. If you like larger mesh (13 or 14) and want an easy-to-use silk, try Baroque Silk, it’s lovely and more shiny than Vineyard Silk. It is also easily split so it works well on 18 mesh too.

Amy Bunger is working on a new DVD, her ninth. A release date hasn’t been set, but it’s called Under Construction and will have stitches for buildings.

Awhile ago I reviewed Yvette Stanton’s book on left-handed stitching. She has now come out with the companion, Right-handed Embroiderer’s Companion.

Squigee has some new designs debuting later this month, a delightful Halloween series! Gail has blogged about several of them, including Witch Hazel. There are also some pictures of the new designs on her website.

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  1. Thread News at TNNA
  2. New Product News – September 2008
  3. New Needlepoint Products – April 2010
  4. More Thread News
  5. Sneak Peek – Cyberclasses, Sept 2010 – June 2011

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Plying Hard-to-strip Threads

by NutsAboutNeedlepoint

in Nuts About Needlepoint

gloriana lorikeet wool thread

Gloriana’s Lorikeet hand-dyed wool is one of my favorite threads. But it has two strikes against it when it comes to plying it for stitching. First, it is a very soft wool (of course, that’s one of the things I like best about it). Second, it’s hand-dyed. Both of these things make the wool more likely to have fibers that catch each other. When carried to extremes, this is what turns wool into felt, but here is just means you need to take care.

This topic has gotten a fair amount of discussion lately. Amy Bunger has developed a wonderful method to strip and ply this thread. Knack shares this (with pictures) on her blog.


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