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Sulia (http://www.sulia.com) is a great new site that consolidates many different subjects into several channels. It provides news, how-tos and lots of other great contact in short articles, placed in an appealing magazine format. Several times a day, I’ll be contributing to the crafts channel, mostly with content not found on this blog. Sulia will be a great place to check for needlepoint news. Unlike many other sites, Sulia is designed to be current. Each item will be its own story (so no annoying long lists of links) and will be posted quickly. There will be new content added several times a day with at least 20 updates a week. Here you’ll find lots of the great stuff I don’t post, including information about sales, contests, new shops, trunk shows, great sites, stitcher’s finishes, and all the little things that you’re seeking but can’t always find. Up until now, I’ve

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For all these years I’ve been doing needlepoint, I’ve always seen things that inspire me: great ideas, lovely needlepoint, cool techniques. And until recently I’ve kept these by making notebooks, lots and lots of notebooks. But there are several problems with them. They are not organized take up too much space new ones can be hard to find Pinterest acts as a wonderful virtual and organized notebook. I’m crazy about the site and I’m using it as a collected repository of needlepoint. On Pinterest, images are collected into boards that are of a subject. Because you determine the names of the boards, you can categorize them however you like. For example, I have a board called “cats” but another pinner (the term for users) has boards for tabby cats, white cats, black cats, and kittens. Most of my boards have to do with needlepoint and I’d like to share them

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Originally posted 2008-06-18 14:36:34. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSocial networking seems to be the big new buzzword in internet circles. You may have thought that this was only for younger people, but in fact, social networking is a wonderful idea. It’s a way to communicate with other people who love the same things you do. Stitching Fingers is a new social network made up of people who love to stitch, no matter what format. Needlepointers, quilters, embroiderers, and fiber artists of all kinds come together there to share. There are lots of subgroups as well, since this is a portal for all things stitchy. A new group for needlepoint just started today and I will be starting one for Bargello in a day or two. Consider this your invitation to start socializing

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Recently I learned about a really cool tool for collecting and displaying “boards” of information from all over the Web. Still in beta, Pinterest is a cool way to display pictures with notes about what you find. I’m creating a set of needlepoint boards. I’m thinking of: needlepoint gallery needlepoint tutorials needlepoint inspiration color inspiration needlepoint shops Here’s where you can help me out. If you have something to go on one of these boards, please contact me letting me know where I can find it and a little bit about what it is. One note, while I welcome things that are in places like your Flickr albums, they will be picked up and on display publicly in the Pinterest album. I’m not sure how the links will work, so please let me know if you want any restrictions on viewing. I’m hoping this will become an amazing resource and

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You know how the New York Times says they “print all the news that fits?” In college we played with the phrase. My favorite was “All the gnus that print their fits.” But, thanks to Renee from Pepita Neelepoint we have our own needlepoint NYT. She has created an aggregate site, Needlepoint News, as a one-stop shop. There are three columns on the site. The left column has needlepoint stories in the news. These might be notices about clubs, prize winners, or exhibitions. But you will also find other mentions about needlepoint in different traditional media. The middle column covers blogs. While this is useful for finding blogs that mention needlepoint, I would be lots happier if instead of blogs that only mention needlepoint in passing, it aggregated the many needlepoint blogs, from individuals, designers, and shops, that really and primarily are about needlepoint. On Google Reader, I follow about

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