Autumn Shop Newsletters UPDATED

eNewsletters are starting to show up for the autumn season. Here's Needle House's.
http://www.theneedlehouse.com/jm/images/newsletters/autumn_2012_web.pdf

BeStitched's September newsletter~
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs006/1105463547987/archive/1111042342578.html

Bedecked and Beadazzled's October newsletter is here.  Don't miss her mini essay on using a big, bold pattern in the background.
http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/news/bedeckednewsoctober2012.pdf

Amy Bunger's October newsletter, which announces the transition of her shop from regular hours to by appointment only.
http://www.amybunger.com/f/1012.pdf

UDATE:  Here's Needle Orts' newsletter for September
http://www.needleorts.com/module/newsletter.htm?newsletterId=7849

And Homestead Needle Art's October newsletter!
http://www.homesteadneedlearts.com/thelatest.html

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

Free Photo Charting Site

Althea has uncovered a very nice site that allows you to turn your photographs into free charts.  She shows off her own sample chart, of a pretty floral teacup, to help you judge the quality of the end chart.
http://bargelloneedlepoint.com/free-bargello-needlepoint-pattern-maker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-bargello-needlepoint-pattern-maker

Donna's already tried it out.
http://majtravaux.blogspot.com/2012/09/cool-place-to-play.html

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

How to Read Bargello Charts

Need help understanding Bargello charts? Here's the clearest explanation I have ever read.
http://bargelloneedlepoint.com/understanding-the-step-in-bargello-needlepoint/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-the-step-in-bargello-needlepoint

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

Winner!

A few days ago I mentioned that Lisa of Accoutrement Designs sent me a needle magnet from her Mag Friends line to give away to a lucky Blog reader.  This morning I sat down and counted nine individual comments on that posting.  Random.org obligingly did a random drawing and came up with the number 9 which means Donna is the winner of the darling little witch magnet, yellow face, purple hair and all.  Donna, if you would kindly email your address to me at chilly hollowathot maildotcom I'll pop this in the mail to you today or tomorrow.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2012/09/magnetic-genius.html

Thanks to everyone who entered the tiny contest, but special thanks to Lisa who offered!

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

What's My Name? UPDATED

Mystery Stitch Without a Name

Anyone recognize this stitch? I think it is either Parisian or Hungarian stitch but I can't find it in any of my stitch dictionaries. Do you know what it is called?  Either post a comment or email me at chillyhollow at hot mail dot com.

UPDATE:  When help from Pat and Jena, I was able to locate both Parisian and Hungarian stitch in Jo Christensen's Needlepoint Book.  Jo put the final touches on our figuring out what the stitch above is called when she wrote:  "It is a Parisian stitch.  I found it on p. 145 of The Needlepoint Book (Jo Christiansn).  The difference between this stitch and Hungarian is that there is a space in between two motifs (over 2, over 4, over 2) while Parisian has no horizontal spaces and is simply over 2, over 4, over 2, over 4, etc.  Of course the vertical size can certainly be varied and each size stitch may be doubled, tripled, etc.  Or it could even be slanted to a diagonal."

My stitch does seem to look more like Parisian (page 145) than Hungarian Ground (page 147), except that Parisian is over two and four threads, not one and three like mine. I guess that makes it more  a Parisian variation than a Hungarian variation, so I'm going to call it Paris Baby.  LOL

Many thanks to everyone who helped!

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