The Needlework Retailer News posted a very good reminder on their site this week--Ghost Stitchers can stitch your stocking and make it up, too! It probably is too late for this holiday season but they come around every year. Be prepared for Christmas 2013!
http://yarntree.typepad.com/needlework_news/2012/11/ghoststitchers-can-stitch-and-finish-your-needlepoint-into-a-stocking.html
Kreinik talks about a new product used in a way I never would have imagined! They sell something called Conductive Fingertip Yarn, which allows you to touch those touchscreens in use everywhere without taking off your gloves. Here's how it works. There's a link to the Kreinik site with a photo of the thread in the article but I am repeating the link below, just in case this article disappears later. Folks need gloves for their smart phones in 2013 and 2014 and beyond, you know.
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2012/11/giving-helpful-hand-this-year.html
http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/product.php?productid=17399&cat=405&page=1
UPDATE: Yesterday I got a comment that said the Kreinik links don't work. I found the second posting on their website another place and corrected that link but the first has been deleted. Just discovered why!
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2012/12/conductive-thread-tips.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Elsa Williams Channelled by Marnie Ritter UPDATED
Labels:
2012,
classes,
EGA,
Marnie Ritter,
seminar
Ruth was lucky enough to take a class from Marnie Ritter at the EGA Seminar in Santa Fe, and shares some of her project and Marnie's ideas with us on her blog.
http://ruthsneedlework.blogspot.com/2012/11/been-to-santa-fe.html
I urge you to study the photographs carefully. Ruth has given us glimpses into Marnie's clever design ideas and how her mentor Elsa Williams approached embroidery. I consider Marnie Ritter the most original needlepointer we have. No one does original patterns the way Marnie does. I treasure all my needlepoint magazines with her designs charted in them. One day I'll stitch her original Aurora Borealis plate....
http://www.mritter.com/products.html
Thanks, Ruth. This was very interesting and thought-provoking!
UPDATE: Marie-Therese Baker just emailed me that Marnie's class "To Honor Elsa" is going to be repeated at Callaway in 2013. You can see all the class listings and read about Marnie's class at the Calloway Gardens' School of Needle Arts page here.
http://www.callawaygardens.com/events/education-and-culture/callaway-gardens-school-of-needle-arts
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
http://ruthsneedlework.blogspot.com/2012/11/been-to-santa-fe.html
I urge you to study the photographs carefully. Ruth has given us glimpses into Marnie's clever design ideas and how her mentor Elsa Williams approached embroidery. I consider Marnie Ritter the most original needlepointer we have. No one does original patterns the way Marnie does. I treasure all my needlepoint magazines with her designs charted in them. One day I'll stitch her original Aurora Borealis plate....
http://www.mritter.com/products.html
Thanks, Ruth. This was very interesting and thought-provoking!
UPDATE: Marie-Therese Baker just emailed me that Marnie's class "To Honor Elsa" is going to be repeated at Callaway in 2013. You can see all the class listings and read about Marnie's class at the Calloway Gardens' School of Needle Arts page here.
http://www.callawaygardens.com/events/education-and-culture/callaway-gardens-school-of-needle-arts
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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