Thursday, March 28, 2024

How to Create a Rhodes Circle: The Movie

Needlepoint.com is doing a Star Santa Club in 2024, releasing one of Associated Talent's Star Santas and a guide each month.  They've done a video demonstration of a Rhodes Circle Stitch here.

There are also diagrams of various sizes of Rhodes Circles, so you can see how to enlarge or shrink the stitch to fit the round area in your design.  

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 27, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

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.