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| He's Really Into Needlepoint |
Michael Boren, David McCaskill and Tony Minieri are all superb stitchers, designers and teachers who charm us with their talents and inspire us all to be better needlepointers. There are gentlemen stitchers who don't teach such as Dr. Donn Hunter who lost his true Valentine in 2008 but who stitches on, inspiring me to get better and better with each piece. Of course there is Jeff Kulick whose award-winning talent astounds me each year at Woodlawn with each new original design. I will never forget the late Ray Dockstader, either. I will miss him at Woodlawn each year I visit now that he's gone.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2009/05/gone-but-not-forgotten-ray-dockstader.html
Then there are the wonderful Kirk & Hamilton guys and of course Raymond Crawford. And who can forget Doug Kreinik or the gentlemen at Rainbow Gallery whose threads make us so happy?
And there's the young man in the top photo (from a literacy poster from the State Library of Iowa) who reminds us that stitchers come in all sizes and shapes. Let's not overlook the unexpected stitcher who is hidden in that large man (or the little boy) you see at the counter at your shop. Today they are our fellow stitchers and my Valentines.
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/t-z/tell-library-story/Props/posters/he-is-into-needlepoint.pdf/view
If you wish to celebrate a male stitcher you know, please add him in the comments below.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
