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Needlepoint & Social Networking

Janet Perry — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:58:05 +0000

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. Related posts: Needlepoint — the “new knitting?” Needlepoint You Love All the Gnus that Print their Fits in Needlepoint What Makes for “Affordable” Needlepoint? Another Lovely Bargello Ornament Related posts:

Needlepoint Inspiration, Project and Tutorial Boards

Janet Perry — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:30:58 +0000

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 public exhibition of needlepoint, so help me out by sending me your info.

You can look at the boards as well, by joining Pinterest. Join on their home page!

All the Gnus that Print their Fits in Needlepoint

Janet Perry — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:46:16 +0000

Gnus from www.roumazeilles.net

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 50 needlepoint blogs and I know an aggregate site for them would be great.

It would be wonderful if Renee could improve this column.

The right column is labeled “Discussions” and includes posts from social media sites, question sites, and photo sharing pools. There is lots of good stuff here.

Renee has done a good job of presenting lots of information here, and doing this takes a ton of work. Automated aggregators help alot, but, all too often, they pick up things that aren’t as useful as things they miss.

The site is very worthwhile and should be checked daily, but it’s probably not going to replace your blogroll or Google Reader list anytime soon.

Twinchies for 2010

Janet Perry — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:49:17 +0000

I have just spent some much overdue time looking at the Twinchies I have done and uploading them into a Facebook album.

This year, as much as I can, I will be using the Twinchy format to try out new needlepoint techniques as part of the 2010 President’s Challenge. We will be trying a new technique each month including Hilton Stitches (this month, hardanger on canvas, bargello, and surface embroidery on canvas. It’s free and open to all members of CyberPointers.

But looking at them all got me excited again about these little bits of needlepoint. so I’m going to start doing more of them. In the spirit of trying something new, I’d like the Twichy theme for January to be monochromatic color schemes. To make it even easier, I also want you to use the Attic Windows Twinchy pattern shown above.

That’s it, use any stitches you like, any threads, but in a monochromaticscheme in this pattern.

I’ll make a gallery of pictures people send me and show you my results in early February.

Tomorrow look for a post about this color scheme.