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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.

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There are knitting & crochet books, embroidery & cross-stitch books, color use & theory books and the catch-all misc. books category.

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I specialize in Bargello Needlepoint books although there aren’t that many of them out there, used or new.

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Elsa Williams Bargello: Florentine Canvas Work
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Elsa Williams is one of the better known needlework designers. Her designs and products include needlepoint, embroidery, crewel work, cross stitch and more. The needlework products bearing her name are too numerous to mention.

The iconic needlepoint book gets harder to find each time I search for it to re-order.

This is Elsa William's Bargello book. It is one of the most important of the early books on Bargello needlepoint. it is another fine Van Nostrand Reinhold book, published in 1967. It is hard cover and has 64 pages.




Elsa Williams patterns are wonderful, her color use is spectacular, not dated at all, despite the 1967 publication of this book. There are only 22 color pictures in this book, the rest are black & white photographs and there are no charts.



The photos of the patterns are so close-up and detailed, in both the B&W and the color pictures, that a chart is almost (not quite but almost) not necessary.

Everytime I open this book, I get ideas. I think this book is as close to a historical view of the 20th century of development of Bargello in America as we will see, by a definitive author and authority.

While the book is not yet rare, what is very rare is it in very good (or even good) condition. Although this copy does not have a dust jacket, the condition is very good. The pages are slightly yellowed from age and there is a small name sticker on the inside front cover. The spine is tight.

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Miniature Needlepoint Carpets by Janet Granger
 
A excellent little book about stitching lovely little needlepoint carpets for dollhouses. Each design has a full color graph and complete directions. As this is a small size book, the graphs are quite small too. The sections are GENERAL DESIGNS: Medallion Design Circular Scene All-Over Leaf design Paisley Pattern Traditional Abstract Design FUNCTIONAL CARPETS: Classic Doormat Bathmat with Lettering Rose Repeat StairCarpet Olive Repeat StairCarpet MODERN DESIGNS: Art ... More Info
Price: $21.00
Bargello Magic by Pauline Fischer & Anabel Lasker
 
The subtitle for this book is "How To Design Your Own". The authors of this book say on their dust jacket " 2 leading designers analyze patterns and show how to obtain beautiful originals through careful selection of colors and materials". There are examples of both good design and bad design along with solutions to design problems. Every Bargello Needlepoint pattern is shown in color as well as black & white. What this book lacks is many useable graphs. As a Bargello design primer ... More Info
Price: $19.00
Beautiful Bargello by Joyce Petschek
 
This is, without doubt, a beautiful showcase book of Bargello Needlepoint. The fact that it has very well done full color graphs, thread and yarn quantities lists and directions is like frosting on this cake. Ms Petschek has designed a lovely book full of incredible Bargello patterns in wonderful colors. That pretty much covers all the words of this type I know so.... This is not a book that will teach you Bargello Needlepoint but if you already know your way around, you will find 26 ... More Info
Price: $24.95
The Best Bargello Book by June McKnight
 
I think these books by June McKnight are terrific. She is a great Needlepoint Teacher and her books explain & show you exactly what she intends to, no muss, no fuss. Still, I have to take exception to her title "The Best Bargello Book". It is, indeed a very good, even a excellent Bargello Book, but the best? All my carping aside. This is larger then the usual June McKnight books but in the same basic format. She begins at the beginning, with the canvas, goes to threads, the first ... More Info
Price: $40.00