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Needlepoint Links

Here are some of my favorite needlepoint links. They include sites, blogs, directories, and other crafts sites that you will find interesting.

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Needlepoint Sites

These sites are primarily about needlepoint and include shops, designers, and personal sites.
  • Napa Needlepoint - Site for Janet Perry's needlepoint stitch guides, books, projects, and custom work.
  • Needlepoint For Fun - Needlepoint ideas, "how tos" and designs to suit your lifestyle, decor and desire for a relaxing hobby. Find needlepoint kits and projects you won't see anywhere else.
  • Kreinik Mfg. Co., Inc. - Silk, Metallic, Iron-on, & Real-Metal Threads plus Embellishments and Needlework Tools.
  • Needlepoint Now - Deligthful site for needlepoint's leading magazine.

Needlepoint Blogs

These are the needlepoint and stitching blogs I check every day. If you want an easy way to keep current on your blogs, try Google Reader, it's such an easy tool to use and let's you see, at a glance, which blogs have been updated.
  • Nuts about Needlepoint - My own blog, the most quoted needlepoint blog, with news, information about my projects and products, reviews of threads, books, and products, and lots of information.
  • Needlework at Craft Gossip Must reading for all kinds of needlework news, not just needlepoint.

Craft Directories

These links are to general or needlework directories of other links. They are outstanding to use when you are searching for something.

Needlework & Crafts Sites

This is a potpourri of links, some are to information sites, some to shops. All of them are worth exploring.
  • Coolest Handmade Crafts - The Coolest Handmade Crafts on the Web! - A CraftSite Directory listing the best of the besthandmade crafts and craftsman along with lots ofcraft information, resources, craft supplies,equipment, and more.
  • Embroidery Methods - Great instruction on all aspects of embroidery from starting, to stitching to finishing.
  • Blue Castle Fiber Arts bringing the magic of natural dyes to the world of fiber.
  • Craftpersons Self-Employment Opportunities Marketplace
  • Potential income opportunity for accomplished crafts people with innovative functional art designs.
  • Beads and Artifacts - BEADS BEADS is one of Southern California's oldest and mostrespected bead shops. We offer a large selection of beads, gems and supplies for the do-it-yourself craft and jewelry enthusiast.
  • Better Cross Stitch Patterns - Find printable counted cross stitch patterns and alphabets, all free, for beginning and accomplished stitchers, as well as floss conversion charts, stitch count conversion table and graph paper. Learn from tutorials, how-to tips, illustrations and photos. Patterns and lessons added often.
  • Learn Jewelry Making with Christine at How-to-Make-Jewelry.com This is a great site for learning all sorts of techniques and there are lots of free projects too. Don't forget to check out Christine's blog for even more handcrafted goodness. If you sign up for her newsletter you'll get a free tutorial too!
  • The Best Homemade Gift Ideas The best homemade gift ideas is loaded with projects and instructions for any kind of gift giving. Creative, handmade gifts for all occasions and all different kinds of people.
  • La Boheme Crafts Beadazzle your needlepoint and embroidery projects with seed beads and craft beads from La Boheme Crafts.
  • Hobbies and Pastimes An encyclopedia of great hobbies and pastimes including crafts, collecting, science hobbies, money making hobbies and others.
  • Bedazzle Bead Offers great value beads and beading supplies for making unique handmade jewelery or gifts. Wide range of glass beads, as well as jewelery making tools, jewelery making kits & storage supplies. Also includes findings & thread. All with free UK delivery.
  • Quilting Tips - Making a quilt is relatively easy once you understand techniques and ideas that are built on a foundation that came long before you and I. Once you learn a few basic steps you adapt your learning curve to suit your style. It's easy.
  • Glass Etching Secrets - A site about the art and craft or glass etching for personalizing mugs, cups, mirrors, and windows.Also, learn about stencils used for etching or engraving glass.
  • Crafters Love Crafts - Learn how to make original arts & crafts for fun & profit. Whether you are new to crafts or have crafted all your life, you'll find what you need here. There are free craft projects for everyone.
  • Craft a Project - Crafts and patterns to make easy homemade gifts; craft ideas for Easter, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas crafts, easy craft ideas for Halloween; sewing, crochet and knitting patterns; decoupage, recycling, nature, kids crafts, DIY, how to Satisfy the need to create. Instructional videos included .
  • Cross Stitch Centre - A large selection of needlepoint, embroidery and cross stitch kits, charts, threads and fabrics. All at discount prices, available for delivery worldwide.
  • Crafts For All Seasons Craft projects for every season of the year!  Free step by step instructions and photos to help along the way.  Many easy craft projects for children, and more challenging projects for adults.
  • Beads & Beading All areas of beading. Explains in detail all the jewelry making materials required for making beaded jewelry. Easy to follow instructions that take the frustration out of learning how to bead.Tips, techniques, a question and answers page to help make beading for beginners easy, have lots of fun, relaxing, and a page to share their projects.
  • Creative Cross Stitch This site is dedicated to assisting others inlearning cross stitch. The pages will provideinstructions and information about this craft.

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  • Sewing Is Easy - a retailer and educator for people wanting to learn to sew that produces and sells DVDs as well as having online help.
  • Easy Knitting Instructions For Beginners - Easy Knitting Instructions For Beginners of allages! Become Knitter In A Day! Learn basic knittingstitches with fun and easy knitting instructionsfrom casting on, knit, purl, decrease knitting,increase knitting, ribbing, cable knitting,binding off and much more.
  • Christmas Craft Ideas Looking for more Christmas fun? Visit Christmas Customs for more crafts, gifts and Christmas decorating ideas.
  • Tong's Paper Cutting A beautiful unique paper-cutting website. You'll learn how to do paper-cuttings. Lots of free patterns for you. You can find everything about paper cutting in here.
  • Charming Jewelry Making Jewelry making ideas with different types ofbeads,gemstones,seed beads, buttons, craftfindings and polymer clay. We love simpletechniques( simple loop making,stringing...),beading( right angle weave or bead embroidery,fringe making)to make creative jewelery.

Miscellany

Lots of other great links in all manner of subjects. If you've enjoyed the needlepoint links, check out these other great sites.

I hope you have some fun time searching my favorite needlepoint links and links to other sites.