Needleworkers are readers. I surveyed some needleworkers to see what they are reading and got this from Janet Perry, of Napa Needlepoint and Nuts-about-Needlepoint. I am reading War & Peace in the […]
A Needleworker’s Nightstand
Weekend Book Quotes
This is the other book I’m reading at the moment: Keeping Faith, by Jody Picoult. It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with […]
Weekend Book Quotes
There is significance to the picture this time: it’s one of the books I’m reading now. Twisted, by Laurie Halse Anderson. Some books are to be tasted; others to be swallowed; and […]
Arctic Needle Brilliant Idea
Meet Karen, owner of Arctic Needle in Anchorage, Alaska. (See? This is what can happen if you don’t send me a picture. It was a tossup between this one and one of […]
An Accents, Inc. Alteration
A big source of satisfaction in needlework comes from personalizing our creations. Not only do we stitch projects with our own hands, but we often adapt patterns to our individual tastes and […]
Bold VS Shy Bookmarks
There is a form vs function issue with bookmarks that I’d like to discuss. The primary purpose of a bookmark is to mark one’s place in a book. A bookmark without that […]
