Stereotypes About Men and Women Stitching Persist

Dr. Jessica Grimm, a specialist in medieval embroidery, has a fascinating article on her blog about the modern stereotypes we have about male and female stitchers--which were firmly in place in the 14th and 15th Century!

https://www.jessicagrimm.com/blog/image-and-reality-embroiderers-in-the-medieval-period

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow

Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com

and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

© Copyright April 17, 2023 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Boring Party (or Greg Gutfeld is Off My Christmas Card List)

Juli saw this show on Fox News last night and posted the link to Needlepoint Nation. It's a satirical piece about elections these days but the folks who wrote us decided to use the stereotype that needlepointers are boring. Sigh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aUiA7uzwZA

Some days I'm glad needlepoint is under the radar.  Other days the fact that stereotypes like these still exist makes me mad.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright September 16, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Franklin Speaks, We Should Listen

This morning as I read new blog entries I came across this hilarious posting from the knit designer, artist, and writer Franklin Habit.  Someone gave Franklin a collection of old stitching magazines for Christmas and he's been exploring them.
http://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-propagate-stereotype-1968.html

Once I quit laughing, I started to wonder what we needlepointers, designers and shop owners are doing to perpetuate the myth of needlepoint as a stuffy and boring craft?  Instead of the vibrant participatory art it can be, I mean?

Food for thought....

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
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Kudos to Scrim Discovery Needlepoint

This is my shop of the week-Scrim Discovery Needlepoint!

http://www.scrimdiscovery.com/

To find out why, you'll need to visit John Young's blog--

http://www.tikaro.com/2008/08/beach-report-matts-mc5-needlep.html

By the way, the poster above is from the State Library of Iowa. Down with all sterotypes of needlepointers! Or any needle artist. We come in many shapes, sizes, sexes and colors but we are all kin when it comes to our enjoyment of our stitching.

http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/panopticon/2008/08/hes_really_into_needlepoint.html

Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow