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Alphabets


All volumes by Tink Boord-Dill. Paperback with plastic comb binding.


Alphabets Tantalizing & Terrific (orange cover)   $15

Alphabets Wild & Wonderful (purple cover)   $15

Monograms, Mayhem & More for Needlework:

How to Design with Alphabets and Wordforms   $25

Color Guidance


Color Sense: Creative Color Combinations for Crafters Susan Levin   $19.95


Color Works: A Crafter's Guide to Color Deb Menz   $24.95


Cross Stitch and Surface Embroidery


Naughty but Nice Claire Crompton   $22.95


Autopsy of the Montenegrin Stitch Exhumed Amy Mitten   $35.95


If you have the original edition, the author includes this in her Foreward:


I can assure needleworkers and collectors who have the first edition that “Exhumed” is like adding a whole new resource to your needlework library. The stitch diagrams and numbers are larger and clearer and there is a great visual Table of Contents, complete with arrows for quick reference.”




 

For the Collector

History of American Needlework

Woman’s Day Book of American Needlework  1963   $20
Rose Wilder Lane


For Those Who Want to Push the Envelope


Making Mathematics With Needlework

Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Carolyn Yackel, Editors   $35


This unique book isn’t as far-fetched as one might think. Several schools in Marin use crochet as a means of teaching math to kindergartners. The kids love it, because it’s so tactile. Teachers love it, because it focuses the students’ energy. WOW! If this method had been used when I was in school, I might have actually developed something of an aptitude for the subject.


176 Amazing Stitches
Julia Key H. Snyder and Patsye B. Hardin   $34.95

 

The best description I can give you is it’s an Advanced Placement course in stitches! The book is small enough to fit in your stitching bag with very few of the “usual suspects."


Instead, you have nearly 20 variations on the Rhodes, 10+ Jessicas, a Stacked Open Lazy Daisy that would make an ideal tiny Menorah, a few blackwork offerings, and several Rhodes, just to name a few.


The best feature of this book is that each diagram is on the left. On the right is graph paper that truly replicates canvas weave. If you’re inspired to design your own stitch, you’re all set.

 

Iconography


Church Hassocks
Designers Forum
Cardstock Foldout   Circa 1980s   $10

 

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Project-Specific Stitch Guides


Broad Stripes and Bright Stars
Michele Rogers   $30


This book is a fabulous encyclopedia Ms. Rogers wrote to accompany the large American flag canvas from SASI that is composed of 1” squares. You do not need the design to use the book. “Glory” is available for $175.


Stitch Encyclopedias


Needlepoint Book, The
Revised and Expanded Edition
Jo Ippolito Christensen   $30


Considered “The Bible of Needlework.”

I sell these with a black comb binding for easier use.


I also have a gently-used original edition available for $15


A Background Stitch Reference Book
Golden Gate Canvas Workers Chapter   $25.95


SuZy’s Portable Stitches II
SuZy Murphy   $24.95

 

Complete Needlepoint Guide

to 400+ Needlepoint Stitches
Susan-Sturgeon-Roberts     $19.95

 

Stitches listed alphabetically, not by category! Terrific out-of-print guide! If you’re looking for directions to Chottie Alderson’s plaid, it’s here!


Something to Make You Think


Embroidering Our Heritage:

The Dinner Party Needlework
Judy Chicago  1980 Hardbound 287 pages $50


This volume is a synthesis of photos and drawings of Ms. Chicago’s 1974-1980 installation artwork The Dinner Party that chronicles the role of women in Western Civilization. Places are set for attendees ranging from the goddess Sophia to Hildegard of Bingen to Susan B. Anthony. It is now on permanent display at the Brooklyn Museum.

 

 

June McKnight



Bling, Glitz & Glamour for Needlepoint
2012 200 pages   $45.95


Spooky Stitches
2011 169 pages   $37.95


Colorful Stitches for Over-dye Threads
2010 143 pages   $37.95


Christmas Bargello Medallions
2008 100 pages   $37.95


Knitting


Wooly Thoughts: Unlock Your Creative Genius with Modular Knitting
Pat Ashforth and Steve Plummer   $8.95


Pints & Purls: Portable Projects for the Social Knitter
Karida Collins and Libby Bruce   $17.99


Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter
Alison Hansel   $14.99


Knitted Toy Tales
Laura Long     $22.95


Vogue Knitting on the Go! select titles. Some copies are gently used.




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