Needlepoint, anyone?

Beautiful.






I did a little word carving in printmaking, was too ambitious too fast (hah, tried to do a city view from a roof top on a piece of lumber...), messed up. Still, I get the satisfaction..

I used to do needlepoint. Not from a kit. (Not sure I know what's in a kit.) Just the canvas and a picture overlaid with a grid. Very absorbing and relaxing.

Well, that's a kit, someone drew the picture...
Not that I'm knocking it, doing that is a step.
All this makes me think of tapestry, which I know nothing about , or almost nothing, except that I like the Cloisters..

I like the Cloisters too. And the unicorn tapestries.

I agree with you all; there should be a separate craft catergory on A2K. I do Beading/Hardanger and some other types of Embroidery. Would love to chat with likeminded people.

Thank you dadpad. I figured that it has to be soft wood, but soft and
fragrant is even better.

osso, I also did woodwork and carving when I was much younger and
I still have a wooden box I made. Can't believe it now, but it was so
much fun then, and seeing such a beautiful carved box, I get the urge
to do something creative like that again....

Girls, what are you doing with your finished needlepoint? Frame it,
make pillows out of it?

Is it more relaxing than knitting? I know how to knit (even patterns)
but I have no clue about needlepoint.

So I get up early Saturday morning and head to the craft store and buy a little book of needlepoint stitches.....

We get to X Town to discover that Mr. B has rented a big gorgeous house for us to stay in for the next few days......

I open the garage to find it crammed with beautiful, pristine, vintage bicycles......

I didn't even pull the needlepoint out. I'm hoping to experience the zen of stitching now that I'm back home.

If it compares with the zen of a river path in the high desert on a sunny day on a vintage bike then....... wow.

That sounds wonderful!