for valentine's day
ben
gave me this kit -- an eggplant designed by kaffe fassett. i have been wanting to do canvas needlepoint for a long time. i have always loved how it looks -- much more than i like cross-stitch (which i do not really like at all).
when i was a kid, both of my parents did canvas needlepoint. i remember my mother transferring a drawing i had made when i was about four, to canvas, and stitching it -- in garish colors that were historically correct considering the photowhite drawing paper and felt tip markers i had used to make the drawing. it was never completed, this canvas, and i had it in my possession for awhile, but think i have since thrown it out.
i remember my dad working on, in fact, a chart of a green pepper. he used a book -- this is a real thing people and i am entreating him to look for it in his house to prove it -- called rosey greer's needlepoint for men. yes, that rosey greer -- the thing with two heads, o.j. simpson's spiritual counsellor, and, oh, wasn't he a football player? and needlepointer. again, i have asked my dad to look for the book but know that i run the risk of him not finding the book but instead "finding" a bunch of other things that he will then try to bring here. the man needs to learn to use ebay. (well, except for that oak sideboard, daddy).
the eggplant i believe is meant to be a seat cover or maybe a pillow but also maybe a wall hanging, so it will go on the wall down in the grotto. there is precious little info online about best practices in canvaswork. i am remembering what my parents used to do, i guess, or at least trying.