Just a heads up if you see either one of these women,  I suggest you not mention the words “pearl cotton”!!  They have personally been responsible for putting tags on each skein of them……all 10,080 of them!!!

The new tints :

Petal is the new member of the Pink Cocktail family, lighter than Pink Lady

Glacier is lighter than Blue Yonder in the Tried-and-True Blues Family

Posie is the lightest member of the Various Purple Things family, lighter than  phlox

Pearl is lighter than crab on The Seafood platter!

Keeping up with scissors, needles, etc is made easy with clip-on scissor pulls, needle cases and many assorted gadget bags!  Check out these new pulls and cases made just for The Bug!  The scissors are by gingher and priced separately and the needle case comes with 2 Bohin needles!  Also remember The Bug has an assortment of Walker mesh colored bags!

Really!! and for all of you that know how I freeze everyone out…now I have my own personal cooling system and it can go anywhere I go…it runs off either an outlet or batteries!!  Thanks Donna!!! O 2 Cool!

Materials

The threads used for stitching may be wool, silk, cotton or combinations, such as wool-silk blend. Variety fibers may also be used, such as metallic cord, metallic braid, ribbon, or raffia. Stitches may be plain, covering just one thread intersection with a single orientation, or fancy, such as in bargello or other counted-thread stitches. Plain stitches, known as tent stitches, may be worked as basketweave, continental or half cross. Basketweave uses the most wool, but does not distort the rectangular mesh and makes for the best-wearing piece.

Several types of embroidery canvas are available: single thread and double thread embroidery canvas are open even-weave meshes, with large spaces or holes to allow heavy threads to pass through without fraying. Canvas is sized by mesh sizes, or thread count per inch. Sizes vary from 5 threads per inch to 24 threads per inch; popular mesh sizes are 10, 12, 14, 18, and 24 (Congress Cloth). The different types of needlepoint canvas available on the market are mono, penelope, interlock, rug and plastic

• Mono canvas comes in the widest variety of colors (especially on 18 mesh) and is plain woven, with one weft thread going over and under one warp thread. This canvas has the most possibilities for manipulation and open canvas. It is generally used for hand-painted canvases.
• Penelope canvas has two threads closely grouped together in both warp and weft. Because these threads can be split apart, penelope sizes are often expressed with two numbers, such as 10/20.
• Interlock Mono Canvas is the more expensive because it is more stable than the others and is made by twisting two thin threads around each other for the lengthwise thread and “locking” them into a single crosswise thread. Interlock canvas is generally used for printed canvases. Silk gauze is a form of interlock canvas, which is sold in small frames for petit-point work. Silk gauze most often comes in 32, 40 or 48 count, although some 18 count is available and 64, 128 and other counts are used for miniature work.
• Rug canvas is a mesh of strong cotton threads, twisting two threads around each other lengthwise forms the mesh and locking them around a crosswise thread made the same way; this cannot be separated. Canvases come in different gauges, and rug canvas is 3.3 mesh and 5 mesh, which is better for more detailed work.
• Plastic Canvas is a stiff canvas that is generally used for smaller projects and is sold as “pre-cut pieces” rather than by the yard. Plastic canvas is an excellent choice for beginners who want to practice different stitches.

The wine & cheese reception for the Susan Roberts Trunk Show went real well…here are a couple photos from today!  Remember this trunk show will be at The Bug through June 28th!