Bloomsbury Needlepoint

Bloomsbury, Virginia Woolf, Duncan Grant--have you heard of these names?  Whether you are interesting in British literature or style, you'll want to check out Virginia and Leonard Woolf's house, which is full of needlepoint.
http://ciaodomenica.blogspot.com/2014/03/monks-house.html

If you want to learn more, look for Bloomsbury Needlepoint, which is out of print.
https://jackiemania.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/a-musing-bloomsbury-needlepoint/

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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
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© Copyright March 13, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Charting and Then Painting a Canvas

Carmen is interested in charting software she can use to paint designs on canvas for basketweave pillows, and tried out two programs. Her thoughts on the demos and the software she ended up buying are here.
https://knitweave.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/needlepoint-software-some-early-thoughts/

If you are a Mac user your choices are a little more limited, particularly if you don't want to run a dual Mac/PC system.

Carmen has started painting her design on canvas, which I found very interesting. She talks in detail about her supplies and how she goes about it.   I'm looking forward to an update on this.
https://knitweave.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/im-hand-painting-a-canvas/

UPDATES:  I checked Carmen's blog (RSS feeders don't work with it for some reason) and found two more progress reports.
https://knitweave.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/im-continuing-with-painting-the-canvas/

https://knitweave.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/the-canvas-is-now-finished/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright September 13, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.