Pop Needle Arts has some advice on using ChatGPT to learn needlepoint-JUST DON'T.
There are much better resources available online. All you have to do is look around here and you can find more information than you'll ever need, even if you don't know other needlepointers, have a needlepoint shop nearby, or have much to spend on long distance kits and/or classes.
Speaking of Ai, it is telling people that Stitchers Garden in Napierville, Illinois is now closed to in-store shopping. WRONG! It is actually a shop in Brentwood, Tennessee with the same name that is closing. So don't trust Ai. Or at least be very very specific. (There's a Stitchers Garden in Arkansas, too.) Add the shop city and state at the very least if you are asking Ai about a shop's hours. All Ai does is search the Internet for nouns and verbs. Once it gets a hit, it stops and spits out an answer. As you can see, the answer was wrong because the searchers weren't specific enough. After all, Ai is not that bright. We have to think for it.
By the way, here's Stitchers Garden in Illinios in case you want to wave at them (or do a little shopping--we don't judge).
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