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How to make a 12"x15" needlepoint that moves through color changes and tonal variations to create a rainbow-on-the-bias. Worked in the triangle stitch.
AMERICAN HOME CRAFTS Spring-Summer 1978 (v.6#2) pg. 86, 114

What needlepoint directions don't tell you. Additional information for needlepointers working from either kits or patterns.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Nov 1976 (v.54#11) pg. 98

How to select needlepoint thread. A checklist of the most common kinds and their characteristics.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Aug 1978 (v.56#8) pg. 166

How to join two pieces of needlepoint canvas.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Feb 1979 (v.57#2) pg. G10 (166+)

Facts to remember when working with plastic needlepoint canvas.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Feb 1980 (v.58#2) pg. G5

A guide to working with plastic needlepoint canvas.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Feb 1981 (v.59#2) pg. M4

How to join two or four pieces of needlepoint canvas.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Apr 1981 (v.59#4) pg. J5

Teach yourself needlepoint. Part 1. Make a three-dimensional solid sampler (a stuffed ball) with twelve faces that are worked in thirty different stitches.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #65 Oct 1978 (v.6#5) pg. 44

Teach yourself needlepoint. Part 2. More stitches for the solid sampler.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #66 Dec 1978 (v.6#6) pg. 54

Teach yourself needlepoint. Part 3. More stitches for the solid sampler. Stem stitch, wrapped stem, mosaic, Rhodes stitch, tied cross, and slanted encroaching gobelin.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #67 Feb 1979 (v.6#7) pg. 17

Teach yourself needlepoint. Part 4. More stitches. Includes herringbone-gone-wrong, chain, upright cross, upright gobelin, French knots and long satin stitches.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #68 Apr 1979 (v.6#8) pg. 20

Teach yourself needlepoint. Part 5. Additional stitches. Includes double leviathan, mosaic, cut turkey work, tent, split gobelin, sheaf and Algerian eye stitches.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #69 Jun 1979 (v.6#9) pg. 20

Teach yourself needlepoint. Part 6. Stitches for the final face of the solid sampler. Includes tent, upright gobelin with backstitch, woven cross and Hungarian point. Also gives instructions for assembly of the dodecaneedlon.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #70 Aug 1979 (v.6#10) pg. 20

Needlepoint calligraphy. A combination of two crafts.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #82 Aug 1981 (v.7#10) pg. 36

Award-winning needlepoint designer Dorothy Kassel describes how to blend yarns for color gradation. Pattern and instructions for a Pennsylvania Dutch folk art triptych included.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Oct 1976 (v.7#1) pg. 20

Waste canvas stitchery. How to stitch a design on delicate or non-washable fabric. Design is stitched through the canvas and then the canvas is pulled out, thread-by-thread.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Sep 1980 (v.11#7) pg. 62

Matisse-inspired needlepoint and decoupage.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS May 1981 (v.12#4) pg. 47

Chinese pattern needlework. Includes framed vase needlepoint, kimono, appliqued pillow, bird needlepoint, and dainty flowers and butterflies on a bordered pillow.
FAMILY CIRCLE Mar 17 1981 (v.94#4) pg. 96

Erica Wilson looks at the history of Bargello and gives step-by-step instructions for creating Kaleidoscope Bargello.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING NEEDLECRAFT Spring-Summer 1978 pg. 22

General rules for working needlepoint.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING NEEDLECRAFT Spring-Summer 1979 pg. 16

Erica Wilson's guide to Crewelpoint, a combination of crewel and needlepoint on canvas.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING NEEDLECRAFT Spring-Summer 1981 pg. 8

Needlepoint how-to. Instructions for starting a canvas, the continental and diagonal stitches, how to block, and how to follow a chart.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Spring 1978 (v.23#1) pg. 26

Tips on when to use or not use hoops and frames for embroidery and needlepoint.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Feb 1989 (v.34#1) pg. 45

A needlework primer. Tips on having fun with needlepoint.
NEEDLECRAFT FOR TODAY Jan-Feb 1984 (v.7#1) pg. 21

Tip: Use a rubber jar opener, cut into circles, as "needle grabbers."
NEEDLEPOINT PLUS #95 Jan-Feb 1990 (v.16#5) pg. 21

Tip on photocopying a needlepoint chart and using a highlighter pen to mark the last line worked on.
NEEDLEPOINT PLUS #96 Mar-Apr 1990 (v.16#6) pg. 25

A look at some of the most popular types of Victorian fancywork.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Sep 1974 (v.2#9) pg. 9

Needlepoint frames for tabletop or floor are adjustable for various size tapestry or needlepoint projects.
POPULAR MECHANICS Feb 1983 (v.159#2) pg. 72

Seven texture stitches for needlepoint that will produce more interesting backgrounds.
THREADS #5 Jun-Jul 1986 pg. 62

Color blending in needlepoint. Technique uses vertical half-cross skip stitch.
THREADS #10 Apr-May 1987 pg. 24

Upholstering a chair seat with needlepoint. Describes blocking, adding supportive webbing, padding and attaching the needlepoint.
THREADS #19 Oct-Nov 1988 pg. 44

Banishing needlepoint bias. How to end distortion in needlepoint by using a two-step stitch. Also explains the basket weave stitch, which doesn't bias the canvas.
THREADS #24 Aug-Sep 1989 pg. 40
Correction THREADS #26 Dec 1989-Jan 1990 pg. 4

How to use double-thread Penelope canvas to mix petite and full-size stitches.
THREADS #56 Dec 1994-Jan 1995 pg. 56

Helpful hints in working needlepoint.
WORKBASKET Jan 1980 (v.45#3) pg. 40

A guide to working the continental, plain cross, half cross, cashmere, mosaic, and Byzantine stitches.
WORKBASKET Feb 1980 (v.45#4) pg. 40

How to work the gobelin, milanese, and leaf stitches.
WORKBASKET Mar 1980 (v.45#5) pg. 47

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