American Needlepoint Guild: Frequently asked questions

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: June 11, 2004 | Copyright information

Here are some intriguing questions pulled from the American Needlepoint Guild's frequently-asked-questions archives. For more information, visit www.needlepoint.org.

-- What is needlepoint? ANG defines needlepoint as "any counted or free stitchery worked by hand with a threaded needle on a readily countable ground." Traditionally, needlepoint has been embroidery done on canvas, using wool to execute the tent stitch, but today's needlepointers have available a much broader palette of st...