Just starting out with needlepoint? Our Needlepoint Academy series is here to help!
Published across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, this free 30-day series is designed to share tips, tricks, and techniques to help you get started on your needlepoint journey.
In this series, we're not prescribing the "one right way" to stitch, but instead trying to share some of the tools that we find the most helpful when stitching and enjoying the craft of needlepoint. As you learn, you'll develop your own methods that work best for you, which is part of the beauty of this joyful hobby!
We cover topics such as canvas mesh sizes, thread types, threading your needle, securing your thread, selecting your first project, the Continental stitch, the Basketweave stitch, color swapping, and more!
We've linked each episode on YouTube below:
Day 1: What is needlepoint?
Day 2: What you need to start stitching
Day 3: Canvas mesh sizes
Day 4: Picking your first project
Day 5: Thread types
Day 6: Opening a skein of DMC pearl cotton
Day 7: Thread length for stitching
Day 8: How to read the canvas
Day 9: How to thread a needle
Day 10: Waste knots
Day 11: How to hold your canvas
Day 12: The Continental variation of the Tent Stitch
Day 13: How to pause stitching
Day 14: Securing the thread when you're running low
Day 15: The "undo" button in needlepoint
Day 16: What does "kitting" a canvas mean?
Day 17: Untangling the thread
Day 18: The back of the canvas
Day 19: Strategizing your stitching sequence
Day 20: Jumping across the back of the canvas
Day 21: Getting out of a corner
Day 22: Stretcher bars
Day 23: Stitching tricky shapes
Day 24: Stitching a background
Day 25: The Basketweave variation of the Tent Stitch
Day 26: Color Swapping
Day 27: Combining Continental and Basketweave
Day 28: Blocking & canvas warping
Day 29: Finishing overview
Day 30: Celebration!
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Welcome! We're so excited to have you as part of our needlepoint community 🧡💙
