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Needlepoint - Threading a Needle and Starting a Thread

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Susan Battle
Owner, The Point of It All
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202-966-9898

For more than 35 years, The Point of It All has been known across the country for sophisticated, top-of-the-line needlepoint canvases and expert finishing. In 2007, Susan and Christopher Battle took the reins from founder Hyla Hurley. Hyla taught Susan to stitch more than 20 years ago and watched her passion for needlepoint flourish!

The shop features an unparalleled selection of hand-painted canvases by top needlepoint artists including Melissa Shirley, Amanda Lawford, Canvas*Works, Barbara Russell, JP, Julia’s Needleworks, Kathy Schenkel, Silver Needle, Clara Wells, and many, many more. If you are looking for a specific canvas but don’t see it in the shop, we are happy to order it for you. The Point of It All offers classes for children and adults of all skill levels as well as consultations on needlepoint restoration.

We also do a thriving out-of-town business—just because you don’t live in DC doesn’t mean we can’t be your needlepoint shop! You are now able to buy online and have us pull the fibers. Once you have stitched the canvas, we are happy to turn it into a magnificent pillow, beautiful wall hanging, or a fabulous purse. Our finishers are the best in the business!

Needlepoint - Threading a Needle and Starting a Thread

This video will show how to needlepoint and how to thread a needle and start a thread.

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Susan Battle: Hello! I am Susan Battle, owner of The Point of it All. This video is how to needlepoint and in this segment, I will be focusing on threading a needle and starting your thread in your canvas. One option for threading your needle is to use a needle threader. So what you are going to do, is insert the eye of your needle over the threader, put your thread right through there and pull, your needle is threaded.

Another method for threading your needle is to wrap the thread around the base of the needle, pull it off, so you have a tiny little bit, thread that through the eye of the needle and pull it out like this and your needle is threaded.

Now, I am going to show you how to start a thread. You are not going to put a knot here, essentially no knots in needlepoint, instead, you are going to come up from the back of your canvas and you are going to create a little tail, probably about an inch. You are going to hold that with your finger, then you are going to start stitching, which I am going to explain in the next segment and as you stitch, you are going to catch that tail and that will firmly anchor your thread.

As you can see from the back, we are just going right over that thread, right over that tail. In the next segment, I will be demonstrating the basic Continental Stitch.

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