My brain is fried, I have too much work to do, and the weather here in Northern California has turned brutally hot. Oh and my migraine is in its second day. Does this sound like you? What we both need is a stress release. Something which takes us out of ourselves, let’s us go to another place in our minds, and something which puts us into a nice relaxing zone. In other words we need stress release. For me, and probably for you, that means needlepoint. Doing needlepoint does relax you and any needlepoint will get you into a relaxed zone where your blood pressure goes down, your breathing becomes deeper and slower, your muscles relax and your heart rate slows down. All of these things are signs of stress and removing or lessening them is a good thing. But what if you don’t have enough time to spend awhile
Monthly Archive:: May 2008
Don’t get me wrong folks, I’m all for the painterly canvas. These are canvases where each canvas is unique because the color is applied a little differently (more about this later). BUT . . . I am finding, more and more, that there is lots of needlepoint out there which is unstitchable. What really bugs me are the canvases where there is no understanding either of the scale of the canvas or the shape of stitches. Canvas has holes, this means that the stitches must be able to begin and end in them. Yes, you can stitch through the canvas threads, but this requires a different needle and many stitchers are reluctant to do this. Then there is a lack of understanding of threads. Threads have thicknesses, this means that to get delicate effects you will need to have fine threads and multiple stitches. But then you get back to