Needlepoint: A Foundation Course [Repost]

Become an accomplished artisan with the needle. Start by mastering four elementary stitches on six projects ranging from a needlecase to a chair seat. Graduate to advanced and decorative stitching techniques like crewel wool shading, petit point, tramming, beadwork, and waste canvas. Use them to create a picture frame, a rug with decorative panels, a Victorian Doll's-House carpet, plus a seat cover, cushion panel, cushion, and sewing box lid. Soon you'll have all the tools you need to design your own stylish needlepoint!
Master the four basic stitches of tent, basketweave, cross, and straight and you'll be able to handle a nice selection of designs with ease. Learn the more advanced techniques of beadwork, crewel wool shading, petit point, and decorative stitching and you can create an even greater variety of handsome projects. Move on to the chapter covering variation and experimentation and find out how to design your own work start to finish, making for virtually unlimited possibilities. The 18 projects are fully charted in black and white with accompanying color codes. Beginners should find the book quite approachable; more-accomplished embroiderer will appreciate the coverage of dyeing yarns and using stitches to best effect when inventing their own designs.