{"id":166,"date":"2011-06-17T08:33:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T15:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2011-06-17T08:33:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T15:33:24","slug":"beginning-needlepoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Beginning Needlepoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basha and I recently attended the TNNA trade show in Columbus, Ohio.\u00a0 There were a lot of Needlepoint Canvases on display.\u00a0 A LOT.\u00a0 I was more interested in the fibers and flosses at first, but when I saw the Treglown booth with the new Kooler Design Studio hand-painted canvases, I started looking more closely at the canvases.\u00a0 And, I decided then and there to break out of my counted-thread-on-fabric mold and learn needlepoint.<\/p>\n<p>I have some stitches in on my first canvas and I am beginning to see what the differences between cross stitch and needlepoint are.\u00a0 Needlepoint is not as easy as I might have thought!\u00a0 It requires different techniques to stitch on canvas than it does to stitch on fabric.\u00a0 I am going to pick out most of my first stitches because I am finally getting the hang of it and I can see my initial errors!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/shopproductdetail.aspx?ProductID=371&amp;StoreSect=Kits\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-167\" title=\"J023-0262_Rose_lg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J023-0262_Rose_lg-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Baatz Hillman Rose Needlepoint\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J023-0262_Rose_lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J023-0262_Rose_lg.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Design by Barbara Baatz Hillman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you are a beginning needlepointer, you might want to try out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/shopproductdetail.aspx?ProductID=371&amp;StoreSect=Kits\">Rose Needlepoint Kit<\/a>.\u00a0 It is designed by Barbara Baatz Hillman and has her trademark dewdrop included.  It&#8217;s a simple project.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a long-term needlepointer, look for the latest stitch-painted canvases from Treglown Designs that feature KDS designs at your local needlecraft shop.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t see them, ask for them by name!<\/p>\n<p>xxConniexx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basha and I recently attended the TNNA trade show in Columbus, Ohio.\u00a0 There were a lot of Needlepoint Canvases on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}