I'm a big fan of cross stitch, but most kits on the market aren't to my taste. Kittens, cherubs and country scenes are all very well and good, but not something I want to spend hours and hours ...

Are you ready to go beyond those traditional needlepoint kits and create something truly your own? We showed you how to unlock the process of designing your very own large format needlepoint pattern, ...

Beth Gantz is poking holes in a preconceived notion about a crafty leisure activity. Gantz owns Stitches Etc., on Dover Center Road in Bay Village, a supplier of needlepoint, and cross-stitch ...

Parker Posey (a longtime needlepointer) on everything a beginner needs to know, from the eyeglass-case kits that quickly made Cameron Diaz capable to the 1973 pattern book written by an NFL legend.

A love of embroidering on cloth or canvas to create useful items or works of art makes needlepoint a fun hobby. But turning your passion for needlepoint into a profitable venture takes business acumen ...

Hungarian design student Zsanett Szirmay has transferred folk embroidery patterns onto strips for a punched card music box, which plays the traditional motifs as sounds (+ slideshow). For her ...

Clyde is the greeter, welcoming visitors to The Elegant Needle, then whisks them away to a Never Never Land, where time stops with a needle and thread. "Clyde is our shop dog," Catherine Pletsch said.