In my last post I mentioned that the internet has opened up an entire new world and as someone who grew-up in the 60s and 70s, all those differences strike me so often.  I see it in how my grandchildren relate to their electronic devices and computer technology.  With crafting and needlework, beyond the ease of shopping for supplies online, there’s a vast universe of information on websites and social media.

Lately I’ve been watching a lot of needlework videos on YouTube, so I’d like to share some videos, I have found interesting and provide a little information on them.  First up, Lindsay Weirich,thefrugalcrafter, who has hundreds upon hundreds of crafting tutorial videos on many artistic endeavors, to include,  crafting, painting, needlework, scrapbooking rubber-stamping, and lots more.  A common dilemma for many needleworkers is framing your work, especially if custom-framing isn’t in your budget.  Lindsay takes you through how to properly stretch and mount needlework like a pro.  The thing I like about her videos is below her videos she lists all the supplies you will need and directions, so you don’ have to keep pausing the video to jot down notes:

I’ve been watching a lot of embroidery videos from all over the world and the thing I realized is that even the ones in foreign languages or with no speaking are easy to follow along if you know some basic embroidery.  One of my favorite needleworkers on YouTube is Shagufta Fyms.  I am not sure where she is from exactly and a commenter on one video said the language she is speaking is Urdu, but she does mix in some English words here and there too.  I can follow her videos with no problems and her embroidery is amazing:

I came across a British lady, Sarah Homfray, who has excellent videos of embroidery basics, plus a website:

The last thing I want to mention is “floss tube” on You Tube, which is a large counted cross-stitch community, where stitchers post videos about their counted cross-stitch.  The videos vary in quality and length, but you can learn a lot watching many of these.  I fast forward through some of the more long-winded ones, but here are few of my favorite floss tube stitchers so far:

Elizabeth Andrus makes the most adorable Christmas ornaments:

Vonna Pfeiffer offers tons of good ideas and stitching advice:

Mary Rose provides fascinating history lessons along with her needlework expertise.  This one is about heroine, Violette Szabo, a WWII British spy:

I plan to watch many more floss tube videos and become familiar with the stitchers.

Oh, I almost forgot about, Charisma’s Corner, has video on her wool penny embroidery project, which is really lovely:

Happy Stitching:-)