Something REALLY Different

Now this is something REALLY different--thread that changes colors in sunlight! This is machine embroidery thread that is one color inside and another outside.  It's not cheap but I bet a group of moms might go in together and invest in a set to share with their kids this summer.
http://www.allstitch.net/department/solar-active-embroidery-thread-changes-color-in-the-sun-10409.cfm

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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I'm Glowing UPDATED

Turn off the light!

Actually I'm not the one glowing--it is my threads. Rainbow Gallery has outdone itself with new colors of glow-in-the-dark threads.  There are all sorts of colors and Petite Treasure Braid and Silk Lame Braid also have white glowing threads.  Fun!

We really are lucky to be stitching right now.

UPDATE:  Kreinik has added a section about its glow-in-the-dark threads to their website in 2024.

https://www.kreinik.com/store/shop-needlework/glow-in-the-dark-threads/how-to-use-glow-in-the-dark-threads

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Out With the Old, In With the New

Ridgewood has put their "old" Paternayan on sale as the "new" Paternayan skeins start to arrive.  It's a good time to lay in the wool for that big project you've been thinking about.
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2013/06/new-paternayan-is-slowing-starting-to.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Stitching Ecclesiastical Garb

Since I'm not Jewish I don't know if "ecclesiastical" is the right term for the prayer shawl and cap that Kristen designed and stitched for her grandson, but it is a grand term for grand items.  I hope we get to see the finished tallis bag as well once it is made up to join the vestments set.
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2b1a4dafdf1ba6e29e773aa79&id=143fccf9f7&e=73961ee0ea

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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In Class with Cynthia

Recently Enriched Stitch was lucky enough to have Cynthia Thomas in the shop teaching.
http://astheneedleturns.com/cynthia-thomas-classes/

New needlepointers probably know Cynthia from her new book, Noses, Roses and Other Fun Stuff, but folks who have enjoyed needlepoint for a while know Cynthia from her zillions of stitch guides.  She and Brenda Hart and Amy Bunger were the first stitch guide writers I ever heard of.  Like Brenda and Amy, Cynthia also teaches occasionally.  Her work is gorgeous!

If you want to see more of Cynthia's stitching, you can look at all the Melissa Shirley stitch guides she has written and...
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1311779095_10303&col=158

...you can read Cynthia's blog.
http://hillcountrystitcher.blogspot.com

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.