NewNeedlepoint.com just had it’s 3rd birthday. I am sometimes amazed that we made it this far. I keep making changes and tweaking my web store. I want it to be the best it can be.
NewNeedlepoint.com has 2 sections. There is my extensive collection of New Needlework books. I have expanded the books categories to cover other types of stitching in addition to Needlepoint.
There are knitting & crochet books, embroidery & cross-stitch books, color use & theory books and the catch-all misc. books category.
My Rare/Used Book titles are dictated by the books my customers want and the books that I can get, in reasonable condition. It is getting difficult to find decent, salable old books. Some of the Rare Books are getting quite hard to find.
I have also expanded the Rare/Used books categories to cover other types of Needlework.
I specialize in Bargello Needlepoint books although there aren’t that many of them out there, used or new.
The other side of NewNeedlepoint.com is the Canvases & Kits I sell. I stock mostly hand painted needlepoint designs by some of today’s great Needlepoint Designers. I have a special category for the gorgeous & colorful work of Laurel Burch.
I also have a good collection of Patt & Lee’s superior Glicee’
needlepoint designs including a whole section of Patt’s Scrap Threads collection. The perfect way to use all that extra stash we all have.
I assemble the kits myself, from the threads I love to stitch with. I use Anchor & DMC Perle Cotton Floss in sizes 3, 5 & 8. Also Kreinik Metallic Braid Thread in sizes 12 & 16.
I have a small Needlework Tool collection, all of it things I use and know work well.
I want to thank all my customers for 3 great years, so far. This coming year should be as interesting as the last 3 have been.
Patt calls these excellent cats "Kittens", as far as I am concerned they are cats. Their smiles remind me of the Mona Lisa.
The design area is 10 X 9 inches, the entire canvas measures 14 X 13 inches. It is 14 mesh.
The Patt & Lee Designs needlepoint canvases are Glicee Original Design Needlepoint. These are superior needlepoint canvases, the edges and the colors are crisp & clean.
This design is exclusive to NewNeedlepoint.com.
There are 15 cats, whole and partial cats. Some ... More Info
I am excited about these Beginner Needlepoint Designs Patt and I have been working on. This is the first of them and I think it is wonderful.
We started with one of her excellent designs, the Shower Cat and simplified it, took out most of the exacting and difficult to stitch detail, to make this perfect for a novice needlepointer. Of course, an experienced stitcher can easily add their own details, and customize this. The design area is 7 X 8.25 inches. The entire canvas is 13 X 11 ... More Info
The National NeedleArts Association (TNNA) has this very good series of book (or booklets, more like) for absolute beginners.
This clear and easy to understand book will take you from materials needed to the very first steps, step-by-step to knitting a basic Knit Stitch, Garter Stitch, Purl Stitch, Stockinette Stitch and Ribbing Stitch.
The commonly used symbols in knitting are translated.
On the inside back cover of the booklet, the TNNA says "This book is intended to get you started ... More Info
I love the cover of this book. I think I bought it for this cover. This book has also set me off on a *knits for pets book* craze. I have many more. I will be listing them in the next months.
I am not sure if the title is Vogue Knitting For Pets from the On The Go Series or Knits For Pets On The Go from Vogue Knitting or maybe Vogue Knitting's Knits for Pets On The Go.
Never mind, I am wandering again.
This is a wonderful little book. It begins with the basics of knitting and then ... More Info
