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petei needlepoint mini-sock showing rabbits, stitched by needlepoint expert janet m. perry

This Petei mini-sock uses Kreinik's naturals metallics throughout.

Kreinik’s line of “naturals” in metallics came back recently, with a smaller number of colors that have been changed slightly.

I used the extensively in this Petei mini-sock from my stash. They are used for all the metallics.

Only one color, 4006 Rose Hip was retained from the original series. As you can see it’s a soft pink, that’s still very metallic. If the other pinks in the Kreinik line are too bright or to modern for your stitching, look to this shade — it’s great.

The other colors are muted neutrals.

On the mini-sock, the darker brown/gold is 4202 Susky Meadow, kind of a dark Hot Chocolate color that will mix well with either gold or silver. The lighter color is 4203 Cattail, a slightly greenish gold. It’s a real chameleon color, looking green, gold, or brown depending on the context. It should be4 considered for many applications.

I didn’t use 4204 Storm Cloud (gunmetal), 4205 Ironwood (sliver), 4201 Sugar Cane (light green) in this piece.

You can read about them all on Kreinik’s site.

Tomorrow I’ll look at Empress Elite from The Pure Palette, and Thursday at Duchess Silk from Gloriana both of which were also used here.

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Kreinik’s New Naturals

Upcoming Products from Kreinik

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With the Winter Needlework Market happening in a couple of weeks, designers and thread manufacturers are giving sneak peeks at the new products that will be appearing at the show.

Today we’ll look at what Kreinik is introducing for stitchers

Their lovely bead-like Facets and Petite Facets are getting two new colors: copper and pearl. Think about using the pearl for a necklace.

New Stitch-a-pen Kits will be introduced.

There will be new metallic colors, although how many is uncertain.

I am so excited about the dyed silk gauze. I’ve done this myself and it makes for glorious backgrounds. I’m not sure which sizes of gauze will be available this way, but I can’t wait.

Finally, Signature Series Assortments will be available in most silks & metallics. They are 4-packs with the top-selling colors in each color family.

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Upcoming Products from Kreinik

Happy Holidays from Kreinik

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Kreinik has added new free projects for the holidays to their website.

There are eight days of Hanukkah projects, with four needlepoint porjects currently, and four CRoss Stitch projects coming next week.

Throughout the month, they will be adding 25 free Christmas projects using a variety of techniques and Kreinik products. The link takes you to a calender that has thumbnails of them all.

Tomorrow a new free ornament pattern by me, I’m charting it today.

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Happy Holidays from Kreinik

Kreinik – Website Review

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Originally posted 2003-02-20 07:56:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I love Kreinik threads — both the silks and the metallic threads. As time has gone on, it has made me more and more happy that the color range available in them has become greater so it is so much easier to use them for many purposes.

To mach their outstanding threads and their wealth of knowledge about them, Kreinik has put together and outstanding website — http://www.kreinik.com. It is an outstanding and inspirational place to visit.

If metallic threads are new to you, then the site can help introduce them to you easily. The metallic section of the site describes the main types of metallic threads clearly (so you can understand the difference between high lustre, vintage, cord and basic), what you can do with metallic thread, and the history of metallic threads. There are also links where you can find each of the threads described in more detail. There are tips on using the different threads as well as information on their use in specific kinds of embroidery, fly tying and other crafts. And there is a great on-line color chart.

Kreinik also makes lovely silk threads. The home page for the silks
has outstanding information about the history of silk as well as some essential tips on stitching with silk. It even includes something I’ve never seen anywhere else — instructions to dry cleaners on how to clean pieces made with these threads! The pages on the individual threads have information and stitching tips. You can also view a color family listing of silk threads or request their color chart.

Kreinik has done an outstanding job of getting a wide variety of free patterns for many kinds of handwork from designers on their site. You can find outstanding projects for needlepoint, cross stitch, plastic canvas, hardanger, crochet, stumpwork, machine embroidery, and lots more. All are listed by technique under “freebies” Every pattern can be printed out using Adobe Acrobat.

Just looking at the needlepoint projects gives you an idea of the wide variety of material here. There are stitch guides for painted canvases, needlepoint pins, a frame, Christmas ornaments, geometrics, silk gauze and lots more. There is a real effort here to cover all the myriad of techniques where metal and silk threads can be used.

There are also sections devoted to fly tying (with free patterns) and to scrapbooking as well as information about their many stitching accessories, silk gauze and books.

I love the way this site is so clearly laid out and easy to read. The style of the pages is open and friendly. The pages load quickly and it’s always easy to find what I need to know.

I highly recommend this site if you haven’t seen it already.

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Storage Tips for Kreinik Spools

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This is most definitely one of those “Do as I say, not as I do” posts (Mom said there would be days like this).

Kreinik spools can be a real bear to keep organized. Recently on Facebook, Elaine Withrow Stevens had a picture of the compartment box she uses to store her Kreinik spools. She lets us know where she got them and the picture shows how well they store the spools, either flat or upright.

I had forgotten about this method of storage. That’s dumb because at least two stores I know of store them this way. As a customer it irritates me because I can’t see the threads easily. It was especially bad at the place where the boxes weren’t clear AND she kept them behind her desk out of sight and out of reach (that shop is no longer open).

But it’s fantastic for storage if you have space.

I keep mine, sorted by size in some of my card catalog drawers (not good for knowing how much I have of something.

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How to Make Twisted Cord

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Originally posted 2008-09-20 07:28:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Kootoyou has posted a how-to, with a video, on how to make twisted cord. Check it out!

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How to Make Twisted Cord

White in Metallics

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Lee Needle Arts needlepoint kimono using City Needlework Silk stitched by needlepoint expert Janet M. Perry

It used to be that if you wanted white in Kreinik metallics you used 032. That color, while white, has lots of translucent threads in it, so it tends to be rather sparkly and has flecks of other colors.

A better, more clear white is 100 or, even better, 100HL. 100 is more sparkly than 100HL which has served me well as a flat white until now.

Earlier this year Kreinik introduced 5760. It is even whiter than 100. It still has some metallic flash, but is a very pure white.

In the kimono pictured here 5760 is used for all the white except for half the stitches in the flower center. The remaining stitches there use 032. The difference is subtle, but there. 5760 is a very bright white with a solid look. It attracts attention. 032 is more subtle and more translucent, probably because it picks up some of the surrounding color.

Nimble Needle in a recent post shows you 032 and 5760 side-by-side so you can see the difference in whites.

If you have been looking for the perfect thread for snow, here it is.

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White in Metallics

Make an Inchie Gift Tag

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Inchies are so much fun. Annet from the blog Fat Quarter, used scraps to make this adorable Inchie. You can read about how she did it in her blog post, but here’s a summary for doing this with needlepoint:

Make sure you use mono canvas, so you can make fringe on the ends.

Mark out a one inch square on your canvas by counting threads.

Use leftover threads to stitch a design in your square. The finishing will be easiest if the Inchie is either solidly stitched or has a line of solid stitching along the edge.

Cut the canvas 1/4 – 1/2 inch bigger than the Inchie all around. (This will determine the length of the fringe.)

Cut a piece of colored card stock slightly bigger than your cut canvas. If you want to punch a hole in one corner of the card and add a ribbon (making the tag another gift).

Use either Kreinik’s Red Tape, double-sided tape, or glue dots to attach the stitched part of the Inchie to the card. Be sure to center it.

Unravel the unworked margins of the canvas to make the fringe.

If your card stock is colored, you can always glue a piece of white paper to the reverse for the writing.

Thanks t Denise from Craft Gossip for pointing this out.

Since I’ve been thinking about an Inchie project, I think I’ll do this to make a stock of gift tags.

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New Products from Kreinik

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I recently got a newsletter from Kreinik announcing some new products that would make great gift ideas.

Their metallic thread collections come in lovely clear boxes with eight threads in a single size in different related colors. They are available in Blending Filament, #4 braid and #8 braid. If you’ve thought about trying blending with metallics, but wondered how you would pick a coordinated set of colors to try this, look at one of these collections to do all the selecting for you.

There are also color sets in their silks, Hot Wire, and Micro-Ice Chenille. The box sets of Hot Wire are 3 spool sets. The colors available are Holiday (red & greens), Ice (silvers & white), Gold, Dark (black, blue & amethyst), Light (pink, yellow & cream), and Rustic (orange & copper)

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Needlepoint Videos from Kreinik

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Originally posted 2009-07-13 06:43:12. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Like many other needlepointers, I love Kreinik threads and use them often. I have several drawers in my thread stash devoted to them and often they inspire a piece of needlework.

But now Kreinik has given us even more to teach and delight us. They have videos on YouTube covering a broad range of topics.

One of my favorite is Doug Kreinik’s explanation of how his parents started the company. It’s a delightful story.

Kreinik makes a broad range of metallic and non-metallic threads. This video serves as a great introduction to Kreinik threads. It took me ages to figure out how to use their unique spool locking mechanism, I kept pulling the tops off. This was not good as then I lost the color number. There is a short video about how to use them for clumsy folks like me. And there is one about how to thread a needle.

Moving beyond the threads, Suzanne Howren shows us a delightful way to embellish needlepoint by using beadlets and Kreinik Treasure Tape (there is also a video about using it) I’m going to be trying this soon.

When you’re ready to finish your needlepoint. you can use the Custom Corder to make twisted cord easily.

You can get a full list of their videos so you can explore other needlework techniques. More videos are being added regularly, so keep checking back!

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Needlepoint Videos from Kreinik

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