Ok, I know Christmas is six months away BUT finishing deadlines are coming right up, so let's talk about Santa beards. After all, I know a lot of us are stitching a Santa Claus and trying to come up with great beard ideas. Let's start with the new Vallerie Needlepoint Gallery Santas. Suzie has posted about them here with photos of the finished items. Check out those beards!
http://astheneedleturns.com/the-birth-of-a-santa/
White Santa has a beard done with thin wool in long random stitches. So does Patriotic Santa and Fifth Avenue Santa.
Courtly Santa has French knots on a Stalk for his beard. I suspect Wisper has been used here, probably mixed with another thread.
Beach Santa has horizontal satin stitches that are offset in a zigzag effect, probably also in thin wool.
If those aren't enough ideas for you, Diana Bosworth's little booklet "Beards I Have Known" will show you more beard ideas than you could ever stitch!
https://bristlythistle.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/needlepoint-beards/
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