The Complete Needlepoint Course Author:Anna Pearson This project-based course, devised by a well-known author, covers the full range of techniques from the tent stitch, excellent for pictures and shading, to stitchery, which can be used to create striking geometric patterns. Free embroidery and pulled-thread work are adapted for canvas work in attractive ways, and new materials provide anot... more »her starting point for updating traditional techniques, as in the chapter on using metallic threads.
Each technique (nine in all) is taught by means of two or more projects, the first being simpler and the subsequent ones being a little more ambitious. Full working instructions and charts are provided for over 20 projects, such as pillows, rugs, boxes, frames and samplers. Each chapter ends with design variations, suggestions for adapting the project designs, re-using elements of them in a different way, or new color combinations.« less