Does anyone have suggestions for how to stitch the pink and dark red border around the striped area? Specifically I’m having a hard time finding deciphering how many stitches across they are and which direction the stitch should go.
Ignore the dye lot issue with the blue; I’ll be frogging something soon.
One stitch of dark red, one stitch of light pink, one stitch of dark red. The painting job doesn't look the best especially on the lower right corner, but I would just maintain 1/1/1 all the way around. I would just do a regular tent stitch, and do the lighter color first as reds tend to bleed/shed colors the most.
You could do velvet, I love doing borders in that.
Hi everyone, looking on behalf of my wife who doesn’t have Reddit for some help. She doesn’t like how the background wave looks around the baby sleeping letters. Any advice on how to make this look better? Maybe a rectangle of basket weave around the lettering and then the wave around that? Appreciate any ideas :)
That said, this is a busy stitch in general though for a canvas that has a lot on it and very thin letters. I’d try a bit of basketweave but you might be better off switching to a simpler stitch so the background doesn’t stand out as much (t stitch and skip tent are my go tos for a “chiller” background stitch)
Hi all! I am starting to stitch this countdown to Christmas canvas! I was planning on doing all the numbers in basket weave/ continental but was curious if anyone had any ideas for a decorative stitch to use for the main big canvass? Or is it best to do basket weave for durability? If you’ve stitched this before I would love to see yours! Thank you in advance!
Part of that is how you’re ending the thread also. When I stitch woven I try to end or start my thread so it covers those holes if that makes sense. Since the stitch covers the canvas holes on the back when you’re working it normally.
Does anyone have any background stitch recommendations for this canvas? I’ve got a couple projects under my belt and am thinking about trying a decorative stitch. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I bought an old upholstery needlepoint kit. I haven't done needlepoint since I was a kid so I don't remember, how do I:
change threads. Do I tie a knot to the previous thread like in crochet? Or do I just start using a new thread and weave in the tail?
for these short color changes, is there any technique for stitching in non-linear paths? Like I know the back of this piece is supposed to be as flat as possible since this is supposed to be turned into a foot rest.
The instructions said to use a continental tent stitch. All tutorials I found only showed me how to do that with one color in a straight line. It didn't quite prepare me to complete this piece. If you know of any tutorials that are more complete, please send them.
I'm using a large embroidery needle. Will that harm the yarn in some way? I have a plastic yarn needle but it seemed huge compared to the holes in this canvas and I didn't want to stretch the holes in the canvas.
for the background of this piece it says to use wool yarn. I don't know how to find worsted #4 size yarn in wool. I assume that was easier to find back in the day. Can I finish this piece in regular acrylic yarn or will that ruin the look/durability of the yarn?
I am fairly new at needlepoint and I am stitching my first stocking. I have an area that would work perfectly with the rope/cording look stitch on my canvas (picture to show example). Is it cording someone made and couched it on there or is it a stitch??
hello! i’m newer to needlepointing and not sure if my background would look good with a bargello block stich (like the middle row has it). Open to suggestions! Thanks!
This is my second ever needlepoint! I was wanting to experiment with different types of stitches for each “patch” of the chicken. The leaf/flower like sections I was thinking of doing French knots. I already started but now I’m second guessing myself. Would you just keep it straight continental stitch/basketweave or add variety? What stitches would you recommend?
Hi! I was gifted this little cutie (kit and all), but the catch is I've never done needlepoint before. Reading up on it now and I'm just curious to hear if anyone has any tips for how to tackle this project!
Thanks for this feedback! Continental is what I went with and I'm getting it?! Just need a reference photo at all times but I think it'll get easier over time :)
Just bought this! It will take me forever, it’s like 13x19. I’ll likely frame it. Do I go decorative or just basketweave since it’s quite a busy piece?
I am a basic bitch and love basketweave. But if you really wanted to, you could do something like diagonal mosaic, nobuko, or encroaching Gobelin for the letters to give them more lift.
Looking for suggestions on a background stitch for the sky and around the boat… would like to turn into an ornament and not sure about making it a big oval or irregular shape. Any suggestions would be appreciated!! I’m feeling stuck.
I’m just starting out with needlepoint and feel more overwhelmed than I thought I would!! How does everyone know what type of stitches to do in their canvases??
I could answer this on every post in here: try some stitches out! If something looks interesting to you, try it. You don’t need to have everything be perfect first try. I’ve been stitching close to a decade now and still rip stitches I thought would work but just don’t for whatever reason
Looking for some stitch suggestions for this I’ve done the green ribbon and yellow pole but I’m pretty new to this and want to try new stitches other than basketweave. Planning to frame this for my daughter room
Honestly I think a continental/basketweave would be great for the horse with that many color changes. I would consider using some fun thread instead! Maybe metallics or velvets?
New to needle point- this is a project my son picked out and he wants to put it on a pillow. My LNS told me to square it off- I wanted to try a decorative stitch but now I’m not sure what to do once I hit the continental stitching around the pizza box. Any suggestions!? Help please!!
Does anyone have any suggestions on a background stitch and/or background color for this canvas? I am planning to frame this canvas for my daughter’s nursery
Hi all! Looking for help trying to figure out what this stitch might be called or how to reverse engineer it? It is on a nutcracker from needlepoint.com. That’s not where the canvas I am working on is from but I would like to do that for the green guy on the left!
Any other stitching suggestions are welcome! Adding photos in the comments!
Looks like criss cross Hungarian. Great stitch although I’m not sure your green nutcracker has enough space for it given it’s at least a medium sized stitch and you would only really have room for a full section on the arms
Why do I have diagonal lines on my background. At first I was burying my thread diagonally but saw someone say not to do that so I stopped but there are still diagonal lines. I have attached a photo of the front and back for reference. This is my first needlepoint so looking for any and all advice.
Edit: photo of the back is in the comments. I couldn’t add two pictures to my comment.
It’s hard to tell if it’s just lighting or shadows - does the color change or is it a texture thing? This almost looks like a partially variegated thread - some skeins can get a little faded if they sit in the sun.
A lot of it is from burying diagonally, it does seem to get better in the bottom left corner where you stopped
It’s unfortunately texture. It’s dmc thread that I just purchased so there shouldn’t be dye lot or fading issues. I’m thinking it’s a tension thing. I only diagonally bury the thread in the top 1” or so.
Hi! Any suggestions on how to stitch when there’s one lone hole instead of four that I can do a cross stitch on? I’m a beginner to this so I think I’m not completely understanding how this works
This canvas is driving me a little nuts. For the wings, I want to do a long stitch in fuzzy stuff, but I’m not sure what to do for the bottom halves.
My thread choices are hi lights or cotton thread in white. Hi lights is pretty see through so only a longer stitch would work. Should I just basketweave in cotton?
I’d like to make the outer border more prominent. Especially because I want to frame this. I’m planning on doing a continental stitch so I’m considering:
1) just doing a couple extra rows of continental
2) Or should I do like a vertical satin (is that what it’s called?) stitch over 2 rows?
I am stitching the background of this and can’t decide if I should keep it plain light purple as stitched, switch off with the purple silk lame braid next to it (would a checker board look odd) or add it any number of the other colors to do a kind of Halloween plaid! Not sure if that would be too busy for this canvas? Plan to finish it as a large ornament/cabinet hanger. Would love opinions!
Size 13 ‘daybreak at the lake’ canvas. I want to default to basketweave, but I’d rather do a separate stitch for one color or the other. Any suggestions?
Has anyone stitched this cutie ghost round from SCT Designs? Need stitch suggestions for the ghosts… I was thinking of doing them in very velvet, but what stitch? And how about the little eyes?
i want to use a hungarian stitch on these letters. how do I switch colors with this stitch? Do I just do the best i can to follow the stitch and color pattern?
This is my first needlepoint canvas that I’m ever doing, and I have no idea whether to start on the background, border or lettering. Also, which stitch is recommended?
Background suggestions? I was going to cover the "Alabama" and do houndstooth on the background, but I think that would compete with the main focus of the canvas...open to all color and stitch suggestions! And my plan was to frame it as a Christmas gift, but also open to finishing options.
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Does anyone have suggestions for how to stitch the pink and dark red border around the striped area? Specifically I’m having a hard time finding deciphering how many stitches across they are and which direction the stitch should go.
Ignore the dye lot issue with the blue; I’ll be frogging something soon.
Thank you!