Today Nuts about Needlepoint reaches a milestone. After a huge spring cleaning last year where I got rid of tons of outdated posts and posts with dead links. The number has been climbing this year with lots of great new content and plenty of free designs.
This post marks the 2600th post on the blog, not counting all the deleted posts (with them it would be over 1000 more).
To celebrate I’m having a little contest, open for one week only, until June 11 at midnight Pacific.
All you need to do to enter is put a comment on the blog and let me know what you would like to see on Nuts about Needlepoint. It can be something we’re missing, something you want to learn, or something you want to see more of.
When you add your comment, be sure to enter in your email. These don’t show, but I’ll need them to contact you if you win. Entries with no emails will be disqualified.
Three winners will be picked using the random number generator at Random.org. Each person will get to pick one of my three newest books and will receive a copy (cash value varies with book choice). The contest will follow my contest rules, which means you must have a US postal address to enter.
Remember you must comment on this post to enter.
About Janet M Perry
Janet Perry is the Internet's leading authority on needlepoint. She designs, teaches and writes, getting raves from her fans for her innovative techniques, extensive knowledge and generous teaching style. A leading writer of stitch guides, she blogs here and lives on an island in the northeast corner of the SF Bay with her family
I would like to see more of the blackwork patterns, please.
I know I don’t qualify for the contest, being Canadian, but I would like to say congratulations for the milestone. I would also like to ask you to spend some time on counted or charted Canvas. Painted canvases are not as popular in Canada, and it would be good to hear about new designers for us counted people.
Susan Harrington
I would like to see more on painted canvas treatment – both choosing the right stitch and choosing the right bling.
Came back to needlepointing two years ago because of the inspiration i found on your site! It is the highlight of my online world to receive each and every one of your postings!!!! I finished a sampler for my first grandchild due to your inspiration and, among other more creative needlepoint projects, I needlepointed booties for her christening! With each piece i learn more and more and it is ALL due to your inspiration! Thanks so much for enlightening my heart and brain!!!! Carry on!
Congratulations on your milestone!!
I struggle sometimes with combining stitch selections. Any additional posts on that is always helpful for me. In addition, when using more complicated stitches, I could use help in figuring out how to make them fit in awkward areas (when the whole stitch won’t fit).
Thanks for all your helpful information over the years. It’s my daily morning read!
What I would like to see is more how to pictures rather than just descriptions. For instance how to sew a plaid or how to actually use a q snap rather than just a description for needlepoint canvas. I am one of those who learns more visually than just reading instructions
I’d love to see more on integrating pulled canvas stitches into a needlepoint design.
I enjoy the variety of information you post. Thank you for the effort.
I would like to see a detailed article or link to one, of course, on caring for antique needlepoint.
My grandmother did a child’s chair seat for each of her 6 grandchildren and mine is really showing its age. I can tell it was made in 1948 thanks to a date on the edge.
It has been used as a step stool and as a cat scratch post (Bad bad cats!) and some of the threads look sort of moth-eaten. I could sure use some advice, not on making it look new, but maybe more cared for.
Congratulations!
I thoroughly enjoy your posts and have learned a lot from them. I particularly like posts that take on a topic-example: stitching glass, stitching skies – and provide several solutions for how to deal with these stitch areas.
I enjoy everything you post. I have one of your books already
Would love to see more info on workshops going on around the country.
Info on if general public can go to the needlepoint trade shows (where they are and when).
Thanks!
This is my favorite blog! So I want more!
More stitch diagrams.
More pictures.
More lists (top 10, best of the best, etc.)
More pro’s and con’s (comparing stands, books, tools, fibers, etc.)
More tips and tricks
Thank you.
Could you please explain/demonstrate the twisted & couched needlepoint stitch for fur
I cannot find any information anywhere about it Thanks
Alanaglass@gmail.com
I would like to see more stitches charted or illustrated and explained with suggestions for when and where to use them with types of threads. I really learn a lot that way.
Wow – 2600 posts! Guess I have a lot more catch-up reading to do than I knew.
I would like to see some information / tips for reading charts. I oftentimes get confused when “one square equals one stitch” (when it is not charted over threads) and also especially when “one square equals two stitches”. I tend to avoid these patterns and select ones that are more exact to how the stitches are placed.
I have been following your blog for only a few weeks and have learned a lot and enjoyed the articles. I’d like to see more on interpreting quilt patterns into needlepoint and how to use various stitches and threads.
Fonda —
To find out about classes & workshops go to my Needlepoint News blog (https://www.napaneedlepoint.com/news). I update it four times a day and put every class I get information about on it. The posts about classes stay there until the registration or class date has passed. You can search for ones by state, teacher, shop name, or just look in the category classes.
Keep stitching,
Janet
Congratulations on your achievement! I love reading your emails. And, I agree with an earlier comment, more how to photos would be great. Looking forward to more from you.
I enjoy the variety of subjects but particularly the ones about new books and products. It’s hard to know if some of these things are worthwhile investments. Thank you
Hello I struggle with reading stitch guides. If there is a rule of thumb or a special way to read them I would like to know.
I want to stitch a large floor size rug/tapestry,(example would be one 60″ x^60″ but struggle to understand how do I stitch the middle portion, and what kind of frame these are stitched on, and how does one work with such a large frame, etc.
thanks!
I would love to learn about finishing needlepoint.
Congratulations on this impressive milestone. I enjoy it when you go “back to basics”. It refocused my attention to the fundamentals. For example, uour recent post about the backs of canvases helped me prioritize what I should and shouldn’t obsess about when it comes to the back of a project. I so appreciate your daily advice!
Congratulations, Janet! What a milestone–truly a remarkable achievement. I’d like to see more pictures on your blog–that would make me sit up and take notice. If I can’t get to the computer until evening, sometimes reading a bunch of text is not enticing. But if I saw a picture–it might just draw me in!
Congratulations!! I love to see lots of pictures of completed needlepoint projects. They give me inspiration for projects I’m working on.
Although I have been needlepointing for 40 years, while I was attending to needlepoint stockings for the grands, the world of needlepointing sure has changed.!! Soooooo I am taking the Beginners Forum. Wow, I saw a little basket with three flowers, painted. I would have tsked at it even for 99 cents. However, NOW I saw a small basket to fill with the “wicker” stich, and simple flowers to work fun stiches AND use beads in the middle of the flowers. You can teach an old dog to do new tricks!!!
I agree with one if the other posters. I’m about to start a large rug and I need guidance…do I stitch in hand or on bars? Do I start at a special spot. So many questions…what type of threads should I use? Help?
I would love yo learn to make needlepoint bracelets
Congrats! I would like to see some darning stitches.
Love the variety of information you give on your posts. Really like it when you stitch diagrams and samples of the stitch from a variety of directions . Keep up the nice work.
How to choose stitches for particular areas, such as background, trees, fur, etc, and for large versus small areas. Congrats on the sheer magnitude of posts!
I really enjoy your designs. I would like to see more ideas about uses for canvases other than hanging on the wall.
I would love to learn how to stitch 3d pieces.
I like to see examples of stitches for specific effects on painted canvas. That includes both a chart of the stitch and photos of the finished stitch. I love to add beads to needlepoint and would love to see examples of how to ie innovative when ntegrating beads into stitches.
I would love to see more about taking care of canvases waiting to be stitched, those partially stitched, and those that are completed, in terms of storage, blocking, and advice for finding the right finisher (and when to know if one should self-finish).
Congratulations! I would also like to learn more about needlepoint finishing – especially presentation boxes (those are my current favorites for displaying my pieces). Thank you for all that you do to keep stitchers inspired!!
Have been needlepoint in over 55 years and would love to venture forth with new stitches. Thank you. Jerseydevil1974@yahoo.com
Congratulations. I would be interested in counted canvas work and some finishing ideas other than the obvious ornaments, stand-ups, etc.
Thank you so very much for your wonderful blog which I read everyday. I have learned a lot over the years reading your blogs and experimenting with different stitches that you post. I would enjoy seeing more discussions on skies, borders and stitches for small areas. Thank you Janet for all,your contributions to the world of needlepoint.
You have to about the owners of Needlepoint many times. The owners of shops often have folks to help out. In so many ways, it takes a village to get a shop to run well. How about hearing about that great person who odes so much- that as a customer might not think of goes on the shop. And the myth of you probably get to stitch at the store.
From a retired helper in Needlepoint Shops. 🙂
I have enjoyed your blog for quite sometime. I would like to see more on choosing an the right e stitch for specific areas curves, arched windows, window panes. Anything that enhances a canvas to look more realistic
Congrats, Janet! I would like to see more on color theory. Specifically choosing your own color palette for a design. Thanks!
I would like to see the back of all the stitched pieces you show. The front of mine always look pretty good and the backs tend to look neat though I tend to switch from tent to basket weave and directions from horizontal to vertical. I am also from Canada and will not qualify for the contest, though if you offered an e-book, shipping wouldn’t be an issue. I also very much enjoy your Needlepoint Enhancement and have signed up both years and expect to sign up this year as well.