Visiting The French Knot

Katherine took a trip when Hurricane Isaac came to call, and managed to make a nice long visit to The French Knot in Fort Worth.   It is great to peek inside the shop and see what other stitchers Katherine met are working on.
http://bootsandbeads.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-power-of-community.html

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Clear Warning Signs

This morning I stumbled across this warning that Eterna Silk is discontinued. Of course Trish is in South Africa, so that may just mean that Eterna is no longer being sold in her country.  She does link to a great conversion chart to DMC which will help anyone who needs to switch to another brand.
http://trishburr.com/2012/08/17/eterna-silk-discontinued/

I tried to find the Eterna website, which seems to have disappeared.  The parent company, Yodamo, Inc., does still have a site up but it comes with a warning about a fraudulent eBay seller.  If you click on the catalogue link, the site seems to be out of date. None of the links to the catalogue or anything else work.  It looks like they've gone out of business to me.
http://www.yodamo.com

I also found this on a Canadian site.
http://northernexpressions.blogspot.com/2012/05/warning-about-eterna-silks.html

Thread Express does seem to have some Eterna left but in limited quantities.  However, I have heard complaints about slow shipments from Thread Express.  Order at your own risk.
http://www.threadexpress.com/products.asp?zs=prod&categoryIndex=3&menuitem=1

On the positive side, I did notice mention of Silk Mill silk floss and tracked down their website.  I've never heard of them, so I'd love to hear from someone who has used their silk floss.  Add a comment below or email me at chillyhollow at hot mail dot com if the Comments section won't work for you.  I'd also like to hear from you if you know anything about what has happened to Eterna Silk.
http://www.thesilkmill.com/site/

I loved Eterna Silk's colors and their stranded filament silk.  I am sorry to see them go.

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TNNA Baltimore: Friday Report UPDATED

Folks are starting to report about the first day of the Baltimore show.  Quail Run ran into Jo I. Christensen, the author of The Needlepoint Book, and discovered she is writing a new book!
http://sonorandesertstitching.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-visit-from-jo-ippolito-christensen.html

Colleen of The Needle Works in Austin has news, too.  Brenda Stofft has a new website!  Follow the link to explore it.  I expect a full report from you guys.  I won't get a chance to look at it until tonight.
http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2012/09/how-exciting-is-this.html

Robin reports in about Friday at TNNA.  Photos are promised tomorrow. How about sending us some samples of those crab cakes, Robin?
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2012/09/baltimoretnna-day-1-recap.html

UPDATE:  Jo Christensen is everywhere, well, at the Needle Deeva's room anyway.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/09/08/its-showtime/

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Thread Storage: Not For Sissies

We all face the problem of how to store our stash of threads, canvases, stitching books and tools, but very few of us are trying to store things in an RV!  Julie's up to the challenge, though.  You'll enjoy her very creative way of storing threads and her words of wisdom about how we decide what to keep and what to discard in life.
http://theshopsampler.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/thread-storage-is-not-for-sissies/

http://theshopsampler.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/orts-2/

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Soul Theft

Janet Granger, who creates miniature embroidery kits for dollhouse collectors, talks about something unusual today--the theft of our needlework.  She's right, we should cherish our stitching while we have it.  Losing it is a theft of our souls in a way.  I can't imagine how the folks who lost their stitching and their homes to wildfires out West this season feel.
http://janetgranger.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/stolen-embroidery/

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