CANVAS: PENELOPE is the classic canvas which is used in Traditional Needlepoint. It is a double woven fabric with pairs of horizontal and vertical threads which form the mesh. When doing regular needlepoint, the stitches are worked diagonally over two horizontal and two vertical threads. For Petit Point, the double vertical thread is separated and [...]

Working With Plastic Canvas When buying your canvas, remember that several different manufacturers produce plastic canvas. Because of this, there are often slight variations in canvas, such as different thicknesses of threads or a small difference in mesh size. Because of these variations, try to buy enough canvas for your entire project at the same [...]

With a deeply colored stone as its centerpiece, this necklace suggests the riches of a mysterious woman. A peyote-stitched bezel—worked with seed beads that decrease in size to hold the stone in place—is held aloft with lacy layers of netting. Design By: G l e n d a P a y s a n o [...]

Materials: Choose one of the following threads in White or Ecru: Clark’s a.N.T. Mercerized Crochet, size 20, 16 balls. J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, size 20, 12 balls. J. & P. Coats Big Ball Best Six Cord Mercerized – Crochet, size 20, 7 balls. Milward’s steel crochet hook No.8. When completed, centerpiece measures about [...]