{"id":1132,"date":"2012-12-24T22:16:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T22:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designneedlepointkits.com\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2012-12-24T22:16:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T22:16:05","slug":"the-needlepoint-stocking-of-his-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlepaint.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/the-needlepoint-stocking-of-his-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"The Needlepoint Stocking of His Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

My wife was inspired last year by the “war and peace”\u00a0stocking<\/a> Peggy stitched for her granddaughter last year. \u00a0After seeing it, she decided she wanted to make our\u00a0nephew his own needlepoint stocking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not being a very experience needlepointer, I’ve been impressed. \u00a0At Peggy’s suggestion, we bought the NeedlePoint Book<\/a> by Jo Ippolito Christensen, and really had a good time with it. \u00a0Rather than doing all tent stitches, she found it a lot more enjoyable to follow Peggy’s lead, and do most of the sections in different stitches.<\/p>\n

\"Max's<\/a>

Max’s Needlepoint Christmas Stocking<\/p><\/div>\n

As time went on, she got better an better, and now with another addition to the family this year, I’ll have to start thinking of a new needlepoint design<\/a>\u00a0to make on NeedlePaint!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My wife was inspired last year by the “war and peace”\u00a0stocking Peggy stitched for her granddaughter last year. \u00a0After seeing it, she decided she wanted to make our\u00a0nephew his own needlepoint stocking. Not being a very experience needlepointer, I’ve been impressed. \u00a0At Peggy’s suggestion, we bought the NeedlePoint Book by Jo Ippolito Christensen, and really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,23,25],"tags":[84,239,284,286,307],"yoast_head":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\r\n