Breaking News: Caron's Snow Being Discontinued

Just heard from the Old World Designs' latest shop newsletter that Caron is discontinuing Snow because the mill that makes it doesn't want to produce it any more.  I like Snow, so I'll be treating my remaining cards of it as special treats from now on.  We do have lots of other metallics, but Snow was a bit different in texture and easy to stitch with, so I'll miss it.  

Shops should have stock of Snow for now, so if you have a project where you were going to use it, better buy a card or two now.

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Threads for Snow

Melita took a class with Serendipity Needleworks on snow stitches, so she raided her stash for white threads.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2025/02/09/arctic-inspirations-snippets-class-with-serendipity/

It's fun to see what she came up with and read how she likes stitching with them.  Remember, your mileage will vary!  Which means that a thread one person hates is another's favorite so try everything you can before you make up your mind.  

This would make a great needlework gathering--get all your stitching buddies to bring in every white thread/metallic thread/unusual thread they own so everyone can play with them.

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© Copyright February 11, 2025 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Gathered Stitch Snow: The Movie

Melissa at The Wool and The Floss demonstrates using gathered stitch to create clumps of snow on her tree.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBFHZaTvau3/

By the way, Happy New Year!

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© Copyright October 14, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Stitches for Snow

Stephanie at Ridgewood Needlepoint has published twelve of her favorite snow stitches on the Ridgewood blog along with some thread recommendations.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-101/

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Snow and Ice and Lots of Charm

Suzanne at the Hugs and Stitches blog has posted a photo of a fun CBK canvas she stitched.  She explains how she stitched the snow and ice, the snowman, chickadee and the tree branches.  There are lots of interesting ideas here.  Thanks for sharing, Suzanne!

http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-birdie-and-her-snow-friend.html

The design is called "Chickadee's Snowman" and is by Scott Church, by the way.

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© Copyright April 16, 2022 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Make Fluffy Stuff By Ruching Petite Frosty Rays

Ruth Schmuff has created a fun video explaining how to create snow or other fluffy effects by rushing Petite Frosty Rays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCfKWxgi3ho&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0yTA6XOAfrE_WyDcz54xjnhxhRPyRRE-d_WPYckFgVbMJJDtEGFi6QOUw

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A Great Stitch/Thread for Snow

This tip comes to us from Meredith Willet.  Michele of the Bristly Thistle obviously pays attention in class!
https://www.bristlythistle.com/blog/2018/3/7/a-great-stitch-for-snow

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Shades of White

Karen at Nimble Needle shows off Kreinik's whites, listing both the new whites and the olds.  She also has words of wisdom about picking and substituting colors and choosing the right size of Kreinik for your canvas.  (Although take the "right size" with a grain of salt since stitch tensions vary.  We all have our favorite Kreinik size for our preferred canvas size.)
http://nimbleneedlenj.com/7-shade-of-kreinik-whites/

Those who want to see more photos can refer to my posting about them here--
https://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-newest-kreinik-colors.html

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Criss-Cross Snow

Just in time for winter, Needlepoint For Fun has a great snowy skies stitch. 
http://www.needlepoint-for-fun.com/needlepoint-criss-cross-hungarian-stitch.htm

If you aren't familiar with the stitch, Pat Timpanaro has done a lovely numbered diagram for the ANG website.
http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/2000/00-06.php

I am not certain what threads Needlepoint For Fun used but it looks like Caron's Snow to me.  I happen to love that thread!  Of course Silk Lame Braid, Kreinik metallics and a lot of other threads will also work. Raid your stash and see what you can find.
http://www.needleworkplus.com/Threads/Caron_Collection/Snow_/snow_.html

Here's to beautiful icy snowy skies this winter--but only on our stitching!

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© Copyright December 13, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Every Snowflake Is Unique

Susan Elliott's blog is terrific inspiration, even though in today's posting she is describing a crazy quilt block she created for a friend's calendar.  Those with snowflakes on their needlepoint will be thrilled to see Susan's snowflakes, each of which is beautiful and different and made from simple stitches combined with sequins and beads and crystals.
http://plays-with-needles.blogspot.com/2015/10/winter-wonderbird.html

Those who admire Scott Church's designs for CBK should look at this and then decide how to incorporate Susan's ideas into embellishing this wonderful piece.
http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/feature.php?id=24388&title=Chickadee's%20Snowman&itemtype=hand%20painted%20canvases

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I Want to Pet Jan's Bear

Jan at Thread Medley has been working on one of Brenda Stofft's Santas, the ones that are riding various animals.*  Her bear is so soft looking, I want to pet him!  I love the gathered Flair snow around his feet, the lovely tassel and the fabulous background.  The bunny and the blanket are pretty durn cute, too.
https://threadmedley.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/stoffts-santa-on-a-brown-bear-finale/

https://threadmedley.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/santa-on-a-brown-bear-the-final-finale/

*If you aren't familiar with this Santa Rides series, check the larger ones out here--
http://www.brendastofftdesign.com/#!christmas/c2269

and the smaller ones here where the three Santa's Wild Ride clubs use the smaller sizes.
https://www.bethsneedlepoint.com/clubs.html

Nice job, Jan!  Thank you very much for sharing.

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Jane Goes Skiing

Once I saw Sheena's snow stitch (link below), I decided to do a round up of canvases with snow and skiing. After all, I love cross country skiing! I don't do downhill as I have no talent for it (except for falling sideways onto the snow while wearing those skis--which apparently is quite difficult). But before we go there and my brother shows you the videos, let's look at Sheena's stitch diagram.
http://www.sheenasstitches.com/ski-slope/

Now for the ski canvases.  Karen Cruden of Ewe and Eye has some classic snowmen designs.  Candy Rush is the gold standard of her series.
http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/feature.php?id=14283&title=Candy%20Rush&itemtype=Hand%20Painted%20Canvases

Sweet Stuff is smaller, more intimate as is Peppermint Twist (second link below).
http://www.annieandco.com/products/ewe-eye-ewe-356

http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/feature.php?id=19016&title=Peppermint%20Twist&itemtype=hand%20painted%20canvases

Sweet Ride is similar.  Fun!
http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/feature.php?id=19015&title=Sweet%20Ride&itemtype=hand%20painted%20canvases

Shelly Comiskey has three Sledz canvases that are small and feature snowmen on traditional sleds.
http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/Products/?category=216

If you like cute, how about Marcy Covington's Ski Bear?
http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/feature.php?id=20735&title=Skier&itemtype=hand%20painted%20canvases

Or Sev Ickes' Ski Couple?
http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/feature.php?id=21004&title=Skiing&itemtype=hand%20painted%20canvases

Ok, those are my favorites.  What are yours?

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Snow and More Snow UPDATED

No, there's not snow on the ground here in Chilly Hollow (although I expect to see plenty of that in January and February).   Peggy at NeedlePaint.com is stitching stockings the company designed for her twin nephews and needed snow stitches for each.  She cleverly came up with two different kinds of snow using two different stitches.  I thought you'd like to see her solutions to the snow problem.
http://www.needlepaint.com/blog/2014/11/10/let-it-snow-needlepoint-stitches/

UPDATE:  Peggy also needs sky stitches.  Stay tuned for more!
http://www.needlepaint.com/blog/2014/11/18/shaded-backgrounds-needlepoint-stitches/

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Wait'll You See What Suzanne Did!

All I can say is "WOW!" and "What fun!" 
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2014/03/whoville.html

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Snow Cones

Although "snow" is a dirty word in Chilly Hollow at this point, I was intrigued by the snow cone snowmen canvases Ridgewood was showing off on their blog.  The little snow faces with their elaborate cone hats would be a fun stitch for someone who needed whimsey in their lives.  I think these might be from CBK Designs but I am not certain.
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2014/03/snow-cones-here-are-some-of-examples-of.html

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Prisma Paint Markers: A Mini Review

Diane has been working the Associated Talents "Let It Snow" canvas, complete with a stitch guide from Needlepoint.com that says to color out the snowflakes with marking pens.   Here is what she thinks of them, just in case you are considering how to cover up something on one of your canvases.
http://www.dianestakingtimeouttoneedlepoint.com/2014/02/prisma-paint-markers.html

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Everybody is Stitching Snow But Me

Everybody is stitching snow it seems!  Even I am stitching snowflakes although I am pretty sure I'll be shoveling them tomorrow as we are supposed to get from 10-18 inches  have two feet of snow already and more is predicted.  I am sick of winter but luckily Ada of Eye Candy is stitching a cheerful snowflake star for winter to bring us out of our doldrums.
http://eyecandyneedleart.blogspot.com/2014/02/canvas-of-week-holiday-star.html

Ruth Schmuff''s mom has finished the Ewe and Eye and Friends' twirling snowmen piece, which I think is an instant classic.  I'm pretty sure if you ask nicely Ruth will send you a stitch guide, canvas and threads.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2014/02/celebrate-snow.html

Vicky DeAngelis is adding a little snow to her life by stitching the Patches snowman from Pepperberry Designs.  This will be a class at Newport Needlepoint in Costa Mesa, California.  Bet if you call and beg you can have him boxed up and shipped to your door even if you aren't close enough to take the class.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/so-what-am-i-stitching-these-days/

I hope these snow projects charm you even as you dig out from another storm in This Winter That Never Ends.

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How to Torture Flair

No, we aren't setting up a torture chamber here in Chilly Hollow. (Although if Mother Nature doesn't cut back on the snowflakes--it is snowing this morning and as I type this it is March 8th!--I may reconsider.)  Suzanne used "tortured" Flair to create smoke for the test tube her Mad Scientist figure is holding.
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2013/02/dr-no-mad-scientist.html

This character is from A Collection of Designs and is part of an older monthly club called Monster's Ball from a Pocket Full of Stitches.
http://www.pfos.com/OtherClubs/MonstersBall/pg1.HTM

This isn't the only way to use Flair in a manner the manufacturers never intended, by the way.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-use-wired-flair.html

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News From Here and There

I have a few bits of news from here and there this morning.  First, Ridgewood Needlepoint needs a skein of a discontinued Caron Snow, color Night Blue #04. If you have a skein you can part with, please let Ridgewood know.  Their contact information is on their website.
http://www.ridgewoodneedlepoint.com

Shops are starting to receive orders they placed at the big trade show and posting photos on their blogs, websites and Facebook pages.  I will continue to update the TNNA Winter 2013 tab for a while longer.  Latest items are on top and in bold letters.

I've also updated the CH Stitch Guides blog quite a bit recently.  (Click on the link below or on the magic carpet photo on the right side of the page to be taken to the site.)
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Today's posting there is a real treat--a FREE stitch guide by Palma Seljan for one of those cute Melissa Shirley cracker canvases.  Palma's versions of the crackers use lots of embellishments without overwhelming the central design.  You are going to love these!

By the way, if small isn't your preference, Melissa has designed larger cracker-style canvases she calls Christmas Borders.  These are made up into mini bolster pillow shapes instead of small crackers.  You can see those on the Melissa Shirley website down at the bottom of this page--
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/gallery/?bsn=1

Yesterday I added information to the CH Stitch Guides blog about a new stitch guide by Enriched Stitch for the Peacock Ginger Jar canvas folks have been raving over (This is also a Melissa Shirley design.)  There is also a posting about two new stitch guides for mermaid canvases.  Something for everyone!

Hope you all enjoy these treats and that Ridgewood finds the Snow color they need.

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What I Actually Prefer to Beads and Sequins

Nimble Needle is a big fan of metallic threads.  How do I know?  I read this--
http://thenimbleneedle.blogspot.com/2012/06/sparkle-delight.html


Following in the steps of Needle Necessities, ThreadworX dyes Kreinik metallic in sizes 4, 8 and 12 to create some beautiful colors.  Here is their #8 size page, but the colors are available in almost all sizes.  This thread is just like Kreinik metallics to work with, only the colors are different.
http://threadworx.com/product.php?catid=8&catName=Hand%20Overdyed%20Metallic%20#8%20braid%20-%2010%20yards&pg_num=1

Caron's Snow is a synthetic metallic thread that is a little stretchy.  I find one strand perfect for 18 count.  The colors are lovely and the threads easy to use.  Melissa Shirley is using yellow to stitch a wonderful design.  (See her Facebook "Melissa Shirley Designs" account photo albums.)
http://www.caron-net.com/tN6color.html

These are not the only metallics available now--in fact the variety is staggering--but Snow and over dyed Kreinik are wonderful threads on the right canvas.

However, if you are a sequin and bead kind of person, Vicky's got lots of photos of the newest from The Collection.  There's even Wonder Ribbon, which I've been wondering about.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/07/15/so-what-exactly-is-in-that-bag/


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