(1) Renaissance Stitch from KERRYKATIECAKES
(2) Buttonhole knot rosebud from Let’s learn embroidery (via Hand Embroidery from Sadalas)
(3) Long-Armed Smyrna Cross Stitch from About.com Cross-stitch
(4) Backstitch 101 from Cinderberry Stitches
(5) Stem Stitch from Hugs from Helen
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Make a skein holder
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread has posted a tutorial for making a simple holder for the skeins of wool used in crewel or needlepoint. This inexpensive project is a must-have for traveling stitchers. See the tute.
How to avoid needlepoint “dandruff”
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint explains how to overpaint a canvas to prevent light-colored backgrounds from showing through dark stitching. See her post.
Needlepoint in motion
Jane of the Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure has collected links to YouTube videos for needlepointers. Check them out.
Get some Needle Knowledge
Holy smokes! Look what I found! A new site devoted to “all things needlework”: Needle Knowledge. The site has four main areas–Knitting & Crochet, Embroidery & Needlework, Sewing & Quilting, and Knowledge Nuggets. My personal interests hit each of … Read More...
Stitch Milanese with Janet
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint shares a pattern for a mini-stocking and tips for completing it with variations of Milanese stitch. See her post.
Learn jacquard stitch
Cheryl Fall of About.com shares a new Stitch Journal page for jacquard stitch. She says, “The Jacquard Stitch is a needlepoint filling stitch worked in diagonal, stepped rows of both broad and narrow stitches.” Learn this beautiful technique. Go to … Read More...
Free chart: Sail Away
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, is sharing her pattern for this charming new summer image, Sail Away. Get the design.
A needlepoint sequin sizer
Jane of The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure offers a gauge for judging the size of sequins against needlepoint canvas. See her post.
How to find vintage needlepoint
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint shares tips for finding vintage needlepoint on line at bargain prices. See her post.
Half-cross is not needlepoint
If you can use the same charts for needlepoint and half-cross-stitch, are the two techniques the same? Not at all. Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint talks us through the differences. See her post.
Free needlepoint charts
Learn knotted gobelin and woven plait stitches
Two new stitches for your Needlepoint Stitch Journal from Cheryl Fall of About.com! Go to Cheryl’s blog post for the link.
Tutorials: Beading a needlepoint canvas
Learn single and double twill stitch
Learn single twill stitch and double twill stitch from Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com. Go to her blog post for links to the free stitch diagrams with journal pages.
How to thread a beading needle
Jane of The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure has some excellent tips about beading needles and how to thread them. See her post.
Kicking domestic arts up a notch
Abstract designs, needlepoint, organic forms. It must be the work of Japanese needle artist parpi of Cresus Artisinat! What are these little works? Coasters. That’s right. Parpi has a practical side. See more at her blog post.
Learn Moorish and corduroy stitch
Get the new, free stitch journal pages for Moorish Stitch and Corduroy Stitch from Cheryl Fall‘s needlepoint blog at About.com. Go to the post.
Free needlepoint charts
Aleph Bet charts
Barry Frank sent us this great head-up: “Judaica Needlepoint offers 12 Hebrew Alphabet charts available for download, free.” Go to Judaica Needlepoint.