Interesting Christmas Ideas UPDATED

The Needlework Retailer News posted a very good reminder on their site this week--Ghost Stitchers can stitch your stocking and make it up, too!  It probably is too late for this holiday season but they come around every year.  Be prepared for Christmas 2013!
http://yarntree.typepad.com/needlework_news/2012/11/ghoststitchers-can-stitch-and-finish-your-needlepoint-into-a-stocking.html

Kreinik talks about a new product used in a way I never would have imagined!  They sell something called Conductive Fingertip Yarn, which allows you to touch those touchscreens in use everywhere without taking off your gloves.  Here's how it works.  There's a link to the Kreinik site with a photo of the thread in the article but I am repeating the link below,  just in case this article disappears later.  Folks need gloves for their smart phones in 2013 and 2014 and beyond, you know.
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2012/11/giving-helpful-hand-this-year.html

http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/product.php?productid=17399&cat=405&page=1

UPDATE:  Yesterday I got a comment that said the Kreinik links don't work.  I found the second posting on their website another place and corrected that link but the first has been deleted. Just discovered why!
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2012/12/conductive-thread-tips.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Landscape Stitches on the iPad

A lot of folks are hooked on eBook Readers, whether they are varieties of Kindles or Nooks, the iPad series from Apple, or smart phones like the iPhone or Android phones.  Melita has done us all a service by showing off the screen of her iPad with the stitch she is using for the sky for her current piece.  The eBook she is using is Landscape Stitches from the Little Shoppe folks.  Of course this is available as a physical book as well.
http://bristlythistle.blogspot.com/2011/05/landscape-stitches-book.html


This book is optimized for the iPod Touch or iPhone, not the iPad, but you can use the controls to increase the size of the diagram and that is what Melita shows us here--the difference between the 1X and 2X settings on her iPad.  She tells us a little about the eBook in her article, too.
http://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/night-sky-on-christmas-trees/

All this is useful information if you are thinking about splurging on an eBook and want to know if it looks better on an iPhone than an iPad.  We all have different sorts of eyes and what works for me might not work for you and vice versa.


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Shapes of Needlepoint Series 2 eBook Available UPDATED

Sandy Arthur just posted on her Facebook page that her second book, Shapes of Needlepoint Series 2 (Diamonds, Hearts, Octagons and Stars) is now available from the iTunes store as a digital download for iPhones, iPads and iPad Touches. Just search on Duo Designs (Sandy's company) to download.
http://duodesignsinc.com/wpsite/

UPDATE:  Sounds like the new Landscape Stitches book will be an eBook in November of 2011.  Here's Janet Perry's rave review.
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/landscape-stitches-book-review


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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com