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Needlepoint Instruction and TipsBasic needlepoint instruction, for learning how to complete a needlepoint canvas, is fairly straightforward and we have these instructions right here. However, there are useful tips and ways of doing things to make life easier. That is what this page is all about. We also ask you to share your needlepoint tips and techniques so that we can deliver the best of the best in terms of tried and true ways of doing things. There is a form at the bottom of the page for you to use. Please share your ideas. General Needlepoint Instruction and Tips1. Stitch the smallest areas of color first. In other words, stitch in the detail before you stitch in the background.2. Do not run your thread over to a new color area if it is more than one inch away. This will prevent long stretches of thread running across the reverse side of the canvas and getting into a tangled mess. Instead, snip off and start again. 3. Cut your yarn into 12"-18" lengths before you use it. This will avoid you cutting longer and longer yarn lengths as you stitch, which only ends in knots and in some cases shredding of the fiber. If you are using an exotic fiber, like silk, velvet or metallic, cut the lengths even shorter. 4. Hold your canvas up to the light when you have finished stitching it to make sure there are no missed stitches. 5. Use a needlepoint frame only if you feel like it. A frame helps to keep the canvas taut and prevent it distorting, but it is not an essential item. Some people love them, some people....not so much. 6. Slide the needle along the thread every few stitches. This will prevent it wearing down the thread in the one spot. 7. Tape the edges of your canvas with masking tape, or sew around it in a zigzag stitch. This will prevent the edges from fraying and catching on your threads. 8. Protect your canvases once they have been stitched by spraying them with Scotchguard or other brand of fabric protector. We know this barely covers all the possible advice and needlepoint instruction out there. Now it's your turn. Please provide us with your favorite needlepoint tips and techniques. Questions about needlepoint instruction? Click here to send us an email. Have A Great Needlepoint Tip or Useful Needlepoint Instruction? Do you have a great little piece of needlepoint instruction or a tried and true needlepoint tip? Don't keep it to yourself. Share it below! Needlepoint TipsRead Others' Needlepoint TipsRepair a hole in needlepoint canvas. I found this set of instructions for how to repair a hole in needlepoint canvas and thought it would be useful for readers to know about. It is on About.Com Needlepoint. by Sandy (California, USA)
Clear storage bags for threads. A little hint -when my needlepoint kit arrives, I separate the colors and place each color in a "snack size baggie" with the number and name of color on the outside of the bag. And as I can see the color thru the bag it makes needlepointing all the easier to do. by Barbara (Lady Lake, USA) Thread Snip Scissor. Last month Brenda mentioned methods of ripping out stitches. Here's a dandy little scissor that, should you ever have to remove stitches, does the job as easy as that chore can be. The website is www.keepsakeneedlearts.com"Petit Thread Snips" #80107 $8.95. The one they show seems a little shorter than the one I have. Maybe that's even better. By Jill (Fort Myers. FL )
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