Building Your Confidence
You love to start new projects but often find yourself getting stuck, and your stash (along with a few UFOs) is beginning to grow. You’re making progress, but you still run into skills you wish you had, and sometimes those gaps keep you from starting a project you’d really love to do. You’re mastering the basics of needlepoint and building confidence in your abilities, but you’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of everything this hobby has to offer.
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A silver thread student is starting to see and recognize the first glimmers of knowledge opening her mind.
✔ I really want to use some decorative stitches on this new canvas I just bought, but I have no idea where to start!
✔ I don’t know which threads I should use, let alone which stitches would look best.
✔ Overwhelmed by all the choices: threads, stitches, canvases
✔ Unsure of myself
✔ Afraid of making a “mistake” when choosing stitches (and threads) for a project — I don’t know where to start
✔ Understand the differences between the different kinds of tent stitch
✔ May have tried to choose stitches before, but gave up in despair
✔ Don’t know what to look for when purchasing a canvas
âś” May have several projects in progress
✔ Buy canvases without much thought as to how they’ll be finished
âś” May have worked a small painted canvas with a simple stitch guide
âś” Frequently fall back on basketweave/tent stitch because it feels safe
Has all the skills of a stage 1 stitcher + the following...
✔ Can competently work diagonal tent (basketweave) in
curved areas/spaces
âś” Understands basic compensation
✔ Can work at least six different decorative stitches
✔ Understands and works from charts and simple stitch diagrams with confidence
To move to the next stage, you’ll need to…
âś” Complete one small project in basketweave that includes both convex and concave curves.
âś” Complete two small projects using at least one decorative stitch on each. The decorative stitches must include simple compensating.
âś” Complete one small project using a professionally written stitch guide that includes at least three decorative stitches that must be compensated.
✔ Practice the Silver Thread stitches and add them to your Stitch Reference Notebook
âś” Complete the Needlepoint Made Easy™ course. (Recommended)Â
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