Nature in Needlepoint Author:Eva Brent, Meg Merrier This stunning book captures the full beauty and elegance of nature's most striking wild creatures in twenty original designs for needlepoint. — Show in full color and in clear graph treatments, here are breath-takingly realistic portraits of exotic wild animals, including the lion, tiger, jaguar, cheetah and zebra, as well as enchanting... more » and charming owls, rabbits, swans and frogs.
The first part of the book gives all the basic instructions for expertly working the designs on canvas, complete with diagrammed stitches, guidelines for estimating yarn and canvas requirements, and explicit details for transferring graphed patterns to canvas. There is also an invaluable list of tips and rules that both the beginner and expert will want to refer to again and again to achieve truly professional needlework.
Full-page, color-keyed graphs are presented for each canvas design, accompanied by a descriptive text for each animal that describes in fascinating detail the natural habitat, distinguishing characteristics and special place in the animal kingdom that each creature holds. in many cases, key areas of the graphs have been isolated and enlarged for effective use as small needlepoint projects on their own.
For inspiration in creating original designs, Nature in Needlepoint gives information on all the newest sources for accessories, materials and methods of transferring patterns to canvas and finishing work off to perfection, as well as both a needlepoint and a nature bibliography.« less