Wolf's Craftstravaganza

[warch]

textile machinery begat computer machinery....

[SteveDallas]

Indeed.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I still have a deck of punch cards containing the first half of my record collection.
And now back to the regularly scheduled thread.

[wolf]

I also needlepoint. Needlepointing is done on a stiffened mesh fabric. The picture that you are making is printed directly onto the mesh. Instead of making "X's" like in cross stitch, you make a diagonal "/" staring in one box, ending in the one catty-corner to it. Because the mesh is large you work with a strand of yarn. Cross stitch is done with a given number of threads from a multi-thread floss. Flosses come in 6-strands. Depending on the count of your fabric, you use either two or three strands of the floss in the needle.



I ran out of background color yarn for this kit. I wanted to finish it. I was quite young, probably in junior high. At that time I was of the mistaken belief that "green is green". Today I think that the error adds character, charm., and warmth.

[Sun_Sparkz]

I LOVE needlepointing, its so relaxing.

I have heaps of beautiful intricate pieces, some winning awards and taking years to complete.

ill post as soon as i can.

[wolf]

This is the first "big" cross stitch that I completed. I had done a few tiny projects, just to get the hang of it.

[Happy Monkey]

Bunnies aren't just cute, like everybody supposes -
they've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses!
And what's with all the carrots? What do they need
such good eyesight for, anyway?

[Sun_Sparkz]

Bunnies are nocturnal and they need to be able to finad all those carrotts in the dark!

no, they arent cute. they smell. and they eat TOO much!

[Happy Monkey]

Whenever anything sinister happens...

[zippyt]

My mom had a needlepoint shop for years . She won her Magestys needle worker of the year and was flown to england and presented the award by the Queen , on the way she stoped in DC and had brandy with Pat Nixon . She did a Large multi pannel hanging of the wild flowers of Tennesee , it is still touring the world last i heard . She designed MANY kneelers , vestments , rugs , and hangings for MANY churches Large and small . My FAV was always the big rug she designed for Safrari club International , ALL the dangerious game of Africa .
Lions and Tigers and Bears OH MY !!!!!!



I will see if i can find her scrap book and post a few pics .

[xoxoxoBruce]

African bears?

[wolf]

I really do love DaBears.



You have to to complete a large cross stitch.

I have a flag for my car, too.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You've had a lot of practice at needling, no wonder you do it so well.

[wolf]

A kit is a package containing all the essentials ... the chart, the fabric, the floss, and one needle to get you started. Most stitchers have packs of needles in various sizes just in case the ones that come with the kits lose their finish or start rusting.

A chart is just a printed booklet containing the graph and color choices for the design. The most popular floss is manufactured by DMC so most charts are keyed to these colors. There are conversion charts that allow you to use other brands of floss, but the other brands are not able to keep up with the numbers of varieties from DMC.

If a television, movie, or comic strip character has enough commercial success cross stitch kits and charts start appearing.



I have a pile of charts that I haven't gotten around to doing anything with for Mario, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and some others.

[xoxoxoBruce]

DMC? French? Say it ain't so, Wolf, say it ain't so.