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Intro
I delved into many of the needlepoint projects for several decades, needlpoint
primarily, though liked crewel as well. Did several afghans as well, and quilts. The only `method' I
didn't like was cross-stitch, grates on me like nails down a chalkboard.
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My very first one.
Nancy, my first wife did the toes, then I said, "let me try that," and finished it.
There are over fifty colors in the body. |
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I found that crewel was fast, so it was fun to do.
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Cross-stitch by Nancy for my mother.
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I went through a phase that there were no needlepoint's
worth doing being produced.
So I started creating my own patterns.
This was actually a cover on an issue of National Wildlife
magazine.
Course today I have a computer program that can convert
pictures to patterns. But, back then I had to do
it by hand, tracing the picture over carbon paper onto graph
paper and then counting the squares and converting them to a blank
needlepoint canvas.
These large ones are approximately 2 feet by 3.5-4 feet.
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Started by Nancy before our divorce, it was my last
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This was a picture that I took and then freehanded in the bamboo. |
The eagle and tree stump were actually a wood carving,
the photo was in the paper as it was stolen from the artist.
Freehanded in the flag and background.
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A crewel pillow on one of my knitted afghans. The
pillows took a couple of months the afghans took a couple of years.
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These two I've added here, but are not in the
pdf book. Click on them for the full view. |
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. . .I really am!
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Of course, I had to do one of my birth sign! |
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Prologue
I've got many other "projects" I was doing, both finished and unfinished.
But, have not touched them in almost ten years.
Different times, different hobbies. |
