Great Source for Free Needlepoint Charts

November 2, 2009

One of my regular blog stops is my friend Denise Felton’s Needlework News blog at Craft Gossip.

I always find such cool things on her site, and not just needlepoint.

One of the things Denise does best is her round-ups of free charts. She does these often and in the last couple of weeks she’s had a ton of great things, often originally designed for cross stitch, that would make marvelous needlepoint.

She has had a set of Autumn designs (check out the great needlepoint Candy Corn). There is a post about the cross stitch designer Kali, who has a unique style well adapted to needlepoint. Think about adding textured stitches to her animals or Sunbonnet Sue.

Three sets of Christmas designs have been posted recently. These have free charts and projects for a variety of needlework, including a humorous plastic canvas project in the first one and several delightful Christmas trees in the second, and a great little picture frame in the third. The second post has some charts that are backstitch only, so they won’t work well as needlepoint. Also in this post is a charming Scandinavian Advent Calendar. If you want to do this in needlepoint, remember to stitch it on colored, metallic or vintage canvas – there is lots of open space.

Most of all, I look forward to her general round-ups of charts; right now she has lots of them. Sometimes they are all counted work (cross stitch and needlepoint), sometimes they include other forms of needlework as well, but I always find something fun. In her recent posts, I’ve found:

When you are looking at cross stitch charts and thinking about adapting them to needlepoint, watch out for a couple of things:

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