The newest must have magnet is a Kreinik spool magnet! I LOVE IT! As far as I know, they are only available in gold, but I bet it won't be long before you can pick up your favorite Kreinik color.
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-for-needleworkers-kreinik-spool.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Monday, April 15, 2013
A Peek at Ins and Outs
Tisha's life is pretty complicated right now but she took time out to show off pages from the new book Ins and Outs from Little Shoppe Canvas Company. Following on the success of their Landscape book, this one covers stitches appropriate for building interiors and exteriors. The book is in her shop (second link) if your local shop isn't planning to stock it.
http://stitchplaywithneedlepointtooltime.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-book-stitch-ins-outs-is-here.html?showComment=1365946678810#c8629182005582843675
http://www.needlepointtooltime.com/product/Book%202
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://stitchplaywithneedlepointtooltime.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-book-stitch-ins-outs-is-here.html?showComment=1365946678810#c8629182005582843675
http://www.needlepointtooltime.com/product/Book%202
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
The Latest from Tony Minieri
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Seeing Nimble Needle's posting about what happens in Tony Mineiri's Back to Basics classes reminded me that The One with the Mustache has several new designs that he has started to teach around the country. I did a little searching and found the Needle Works in Austin, TX has posted photos of Tony's newest fabric collage piece Slava (obviously inspired by Russian textiles) and a brand new design called Lana's Lace that is a very intricate abstract apparently in one color. I've seen photos on Facebook of this piece being worked. The person taking this class said that the piece doesn't photograph well as it is very pastel. She was working it in pastel blues and I thought it looked lovely. But don't take my word for it--go to the photos at this link and see what he has created.
http://theneedleworks.com/tony-minieri/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://theneedleworks.com/tony-minieri/
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
TNNA Surveys Us
TNNA periodically does surveys of stitchers, knitters, crocheters, etc. to help the shops who belong to the organization plan their futures. If you belong to the Facebook group Needlepoint Nation you've seen links to the survey. The group has also published links to general information from past surveys. You can see them here as PDF files, although the full surveys are only available to TNNA members.
http://www.tnna.org/?page=Research
Some interesting things appeared in the surveys. In 2010 needlepointers in general spent more on their projects than cross stitchers, knitters or crocheters. The amount is less than was spent in 2009, however. The Great Recession has had an impact. Two-thirds of needlepointers bought mostly from their specialty needlepoint shop, which makes sense as big box craft stores don't carry NP projects much. I was surprised to see that only eighteen percent of needlepointers bought at shop websites, though. The 2010 survey estimates there are 99,000 needlepointers in the U.S. and forty percent of this group did cross stitch during the year as well.
The 2007 survey estimates there were 320 needlepoint shops in the U.S. (versus 2230 yarn and crochet shops then). The 2007 survey really shows the boom in knitting in the United States but you can tell it is cooling by the 2010 survey.
Want to know more? Read the survey summaries at the above link.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://www.tnna.org/?page=Research
Some interesting things appeared in the surveys. In 2010 needlepointers in general spent more on their projects than cross stitchers, knitters or crocheters. The amount is less than was spent in 2009, however. The Great Recession has had an impact. Two-thirds of needlepointers bought mostly from their specialty needlepoint shop, which makes sense as big box craft stores don't carry NP projects much. I was surprised to see that only eighteen percent of needlepointers bought at shop websites, though. The 2010 survey estimates there are 99,000 needlepointers in the U.S. and forty percent of this group did cross stitch during the year as well.
The 2007 survey estimates there were 320 needlepoint shops in the U.S. (versus 2230 yarn and crochet shops then). The 2007 survey really shows the boom in knitting in the United States but you can tell it is cooling by the 2010 survey.
Want to know more? Read the survey summaries at the above link.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
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