Monday, March 30, 2026

Creating Smooth Curves and Circles: The Movies

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Elizabeth Brooke has started posting tutorials on her Instagram account, and I've linked to two of them that are particularly relevant for those who are frustrated because their circles and curves on needlepoint canvas look jagged.  


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Sunday, March 29, 2026

A Scarf for Your Snowman

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As I type this, it is unusually cold in Chilly Hollow and has been for a week with another week when the highs don't get above 20 degrees and the lows are around 1 is anticipated.  So I'm not at all surprised that Ridgewood is talking about knit and scarf stitches in their New Stitch Monday column.  Kalem, knit and corduroy stitches plus variations are discussed.

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Mardi Gras Santa (Janet Zickler Casey)

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Brenda is starting another cute Santa Claus from Janet Zickler Casey.  This one is called "Mardi Gras Santa."



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Friday, March 27, 2026

What Do I Do If It's Not Stitch Painted?!

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Paige of Blue Ridge Stitchery explains how to handle areas of a canvas that aren't stitch painted* but have blended shading of multiple colors.

For those who don't have an Instagram account, Paige suggests 
A) using one thread in a medium shade worked in one open stitch or in T-stitch.
B) using multiple thead colors but only one stitch to unify the area and make it recede.

*Stitch painted means a canvas with every canvas thread intersection carefully covered with one paint color so there is no guessing as to what color goes there.

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Tent Stitch Versus Embellishment: The Drama!

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WipStitchNeedleworks has brought the controvery out into the open.  (and I'm snickering)


Folks, stitch any way you want.  No rules here (except the thread goes through the eye of the needle, to quote SharonG).

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