Monday, July 27, 2015

Needlepoint Unwelcome for Jury Duty

Thanks to Jo Christensen who mentioned this on Facebook, I have a story that will amaze you from England.   (The needlework pictured appears to be cross stitch but that might be what she was working on when the photograph was taken.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3174777/Former-aide-Charles-barred-taking-needlepoint-jury-service-case-uses-weapon.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 26, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Small Space Stitches

Mary at the Whimsical Stitch blog has started a feature she calls Small Space Sundays. She plans to list stitches that work very well for small spaces on her blog on occasional Sundays. Here is the first--a shortened version of encroaching gobelin stitch.
http://www.whimsicalstitch.com/whimsicalwednesdays/2015/7/12/small-space-sunday

The nice thing about the article is Mary talks about various uses for the stitch and what threads she thinks work particularly well for it.  I'll update this article as Mary talks about other stitches that work well in tiny spaces.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 13, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.