Wednesday, March 27, 2024

French Knots and Colonial Knots: The Movies

Melissa of The Wool and The Floss demonstrates how to make a single wrap French knot.

Then Melissa shows how to make a Colonial Knot.

If you want to see both stitches worked to compare the final look, Stella at WhyKnotStitches has you covered.  She's embroidering them on linen but the look will be similar on needlepoint canvas.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 26, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Blue Cat in the Jungle Mystery Class

The April-May 2024 mystery project from Ruth at Bedecked and Beadazzled is going to be Johanna Virtanen's "Blue Cat in the Jungle."

As Ruth works the canvas and the mystery is revealed, I'll post updates so you can follow along.


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 25, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Monday, March 25, 2024

Silk Ribbon Tulips: The Movie

Mai Bordados has a fun video showing how silk ribbon embroidery tulips are made.  The video's speeded up; in reality SRE flowers should be done slowly so you can let the ribbon do its thing.

She does lots of flowers in silk ribbon so you might want to explore her Instagram account for more.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 25, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Three Easy Ways to Embellish Your Needlepoint

Poppy Monk lists three easy ways to embellish your needlepoint canvases:  light coverage stitches, borders, and surface stitches.  You can read more detail here--

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 8, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Getting to Know Merry L

The latest Pointing It Out podcast interviews Ellen Davis, the co-owner of Merry L Needlework Accessories.

If you have a Facebook account, you can see more of Merry L's products here.

Here are some of the fabrics the collapsable ort holders come in.

Here's more about the needle cozies.

Here's the triangular frame weight.

Wooden laying tools with beaded tassels.

Japanese pen scissors with beaded tassels.

Felted ball scissor fobs.

Of course your favorite shop may stock these tools already.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 24, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.