My new Needlepoint Now arrived last night and I discovered from reading the advertising that many shops are advertising new monthly clubs. Sign up for the series (and in many cases you can order only your favorites without having to do them all) and a kit with canvas, threads and instructions arrives each month. Some clubs have a 13th bonus canvas; some are smaller with fewer canvases for folks who don't want so many canvases to get done.
Here are the new ones I've found out about, in alphabetical order:
Chandail is doing Halloween in a big way, with Melissa Shirley Halloween Lollipops and a second club of her Halloween Candy Canes. Look for the Monthly Club box in the upper right side of this page, then choose the club you are curious about from the links there.
http://www.chandailneedlework.com/
Homestead Needle Arts has a Thanksgiving themed series from Rebecca Wood and are branching out into a charm bracelet club. You pick the sterling silver stitch you want on your charm bracelet for each month. Different!
http://www.homesteadneedlearts.com/thelatest.html
Needle Nook of La Jolla is doing a mini stocking series by Kelly Clark. Nothing is up on their website about this yet but you can see the current clubs and keep an eye out for information here.
http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/events/exclusive.html
Pocket Full of Stitches has a Twelve Days of Christmas series of pears from Kelly Clark.
http://www.pfos.com/ChristmasClubs/Kelly%20Clarks%2012%20Days/KellyClarkTwelveDays1.HTM
Threads in Charlottesville, VA is doing a charted geometric series by Edith Anderson Feisner called Stitching Steps which is based on the color wheel. It looks like you can buy just the instructions or get the chart pack with threads included. Charted monthly series are rare, so if this interests you, sign up now!
http://www.threadsinva.com/stitchingsteps.htm
What's the Point? Needlepoint in Ohio is adding to the current Kelly Clark basket of the month series they started this summer. (Are you seeing a theme here? Lots of Kelly Clark clubs are going on all over the country! ) They also have a nutcracker club and a cookie club.
http://www.whatsthepoint.biz/clubs.php
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