Using Knitting Yarns for Needlepoint Designs

Oz Needlepoint just visited a local knitting store (Monarch Knitting--their website is the second link below) to pick up yarns for a crochet project and for her needlepoint.

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbDobXfvQSr/

Here is an example of using knitting yarn by Charlotte Oliver Needleworks.  (By the way, the background stitch is called Upright Latticework and the diagram can be found in Jo I. Christensen's The Needlepoint Book.)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbNzWOfsaY_/

You do get a lot of yarn in one skein so I'd recommend checking out threads that would work well for Santa beards, animal fur, etc.  Then you can use it lots of places and share with your stitching buddies.

https://www.monarchknitting.com/

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How to Attach Tassels

Stitch with Hope demonstrates how to attach pre-made tassels to your canvas.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Das9b_EFKj7/?img_index=1

I'm not sure which Etsy seller she used but these tassels look like the pre-made ones she used.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1545634117/cotton-tassels-tiny-tassels-colorful?ls=a&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=pre+made+tiny+tassels&ref=sc_gallery-1-2&plkey=Euv_I2TyIYYvSkOWMSarA4Cu9Kff%3ALT38aca0d5e80c4335dc6534c56240225850c1d953

However, tassels are very easy to make yourself.

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I Thought I'd Seen It All!

I thought when it came to needlepoint, I'd seen it all.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZX42BrO1yx/

I was wrong.  A needlepoint canvas vending machine??!!!

https://edithsmary.com/

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Mary Corbet Reviews DMC's New Embroidery Transfer Pen

You've probably seen or at least heard of the transfer pens that can be used to mark your canvas and which are supposed to be water soluble.  DMC has a new fine-tipped embroidery transfer pen that Mary Corbet has been testing. 

https://www.needlenthread.com/2026/07/dmc-fine-tipped-embroidery-transfer-pen.html

She likes it and says it does a fine line if you use steady pressure.  She says cool water does "erase" the line but there is a residue left behind that might turn brown over time.  I would add that heat sets the blue ink, so don't leave your stitching in a car in the summer or iron over these lines.  In my experience, sometimes they vanish overnight without any water being applied if it is very humid.  I've had them never vanish at all, even with cold water used on a Q tip.  So these are products to be used with caution, but they are very useful for marking your background area or perhaps marking the center of the top, bottom, right and left sides of your needlepoint canvas.  I use mine for that sort of thing often as the blue line areas will be cut off in the end or covered in finishing.  

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Rated Difficult (and Beautiful)

Mary Legallet of Whimsical Stitch has posted her weekly stitch diagram--and it's gorgeous!  It is an open stitch, perfect to give Asian flair to a canvas background and enhance the intricate shading.

https://www.whimsicalstitch.com/whimsicalwednesdays/2026/09/09

She calls it Woven Octogons and says she thinks Meredith Willett of M's Canvashouse, The Meredith Collection, etc. created it.  It is not an easy stitch but as Mary says, work each side of the octagon before moving on to the next.  The headaches as you try to work it across your canvas will be worth it.

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