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Grafitec: large-format needlepoint kits (and ho...

There are kits you finish in three evenings and kits that are a winter project. Grafitec's are the second kind. It is the Greek house of large-format needlepoint pictures: pharaohs,...

Grafitec: large-format needlepoint kits (and ho...

There are kits you finish in three evenings and kits that are a winter project. Grafitec's are the second kind. It is the Greek house of large-format needlepoint pictures: pharaohs,...

Royal Paris: what their needlepoint kits are li...

When we talk about French needlepoint kits, SEG de Paris and Margot de Paris nearly always come up. But there is a third house that turns up in many inherited...

Royal Paris: what their needlepoint kits are li...

When we talk about French needlepoint kits, SEG de Paris and Margot de Paris nearly always come up. But there is a third house that turns up in many inherited...

Gobelin, tapestry and needlepoint: what each wo...

"I want to stitch a gobelin", "do you sell canvas for gobelin?", "I was given a Gobelin L kit". All three arrive at the haberdashery every week, and all three...

Gobelin, tapestry and needlepoint: what each wo...

"I want to stitch a gobelin", "do you sell canvas for gobelin?", "I was given a Gobelin L kit". All three arrive at the haberdashery every week, and all three...

Inherited a Needlepoint Kit? How to Identify It...

It happens at our shop every few weeks: someone walks in with a printed canvas found at their mother's or grandmother's house, wanting to know what it is, when it...

Inherited a Needlepoint Kit? How to Identify It...

It happens at our shop every few weeks: someone walks in with a printed canvas found at their mother's or grandmother's house, wanting to know what it is, when it...

¿Has heredado un kit de bordado? Cómo identific...

Nos pasa cada pocas semanas: alguien entra en la mercería con un cañamazo impreso que apareció en casa de su madre o su abuela, y quiere saber qué es, de...

¿Has heredado un kit de bordado? Cómo identific...

Nos pasa cada pocas semanas: alguien entra en la mercería con un cañamazo impreso que apareció en casa de su madre o su abuela, y quiere saber qué es, de...

DMC Retors Mat Art. 89 Thread: what it is, how ...

If you embroider needlepoint, sooner or later you will come across it: DMC Retors Mat Art. 89 is the go-to thread for tapestry and needlepoint. But it raises very specific...

DMC Retors Mat Art. 89 Thread: what it is, how ...

If you embroider needlepoint, sooner or later you will come across it: DMC Retors Mat Art. 89 is the go-to thread for tapestry and needlepoint. But it raises very specific...