Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Little Cat Stocking





This is the little Cat Stocking I stitched in December. I love the kitty's furry back!


Posted by Barbara Norris at 1:16 PM

5 comments:

AngelSan said...

All that needlepoint is fantastic ! I love the texture of the patterns due to the different points... Especially the singing santa !

Do you design them yourself, or do you get charts/kits?

5:23 PM
Barbara Norris said...

Thanks for the compliment!

They are handpainted (in color) canvases. However, the fibers, stitches and shades are selected by the stitcher. The singing Santa is from a chart - the outlines of the shapes are drawn on the canvas and the stitches are described in the charting guide. They are LOADS of fun to do!

5:46 PM
AngelSan said...

do you have any interesting brands and designers? over here needle point is only half stitches !!!

6:06 PM
Barbara Norris said...

Yes! Try nordicneedle.com. There are others. There are others, too. I'll check and get back to you!

11:21 PM
Unknown said...

Thank you for posting in my blog. I am glad to see someone in Project Spectrum who is not knitting. Several of my friends knit (and even spin and sell stitch markers!), but I don't. Your work is LOVELY. I have many books of intricate stitches (and even a sample stitch pumpkin that is an old time WIP), but with the Pineapple Fish I felt that complex stitches would mute the effect of the varigated threads. I spend a lot of time placing the different variation in a non-pattern so it looks more like sunlight shining on the sea.

Looks like I will need to start up some of my Melissa Shirley Halloweentown needlepoint. There is more opportunity there for interesting stitches. Meanwhile there are also a few cross stitch works that need finishing.

2:11 AM

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