Author and needlepoint designer, Shay Pendray captures in writing for the first time her award-winning tips and techniques for stitching, from the basics?starting and stopping thread, laying multistranded threads, and framing?to embellishing, combining stitches, and new innovative couching techniques. More than just an ordinary needlepoint book?enthusiasts will find answers to questions found nowhere else! Readers will learn how to select composite stitches; new couching techniques and using metallics on canvas and metal threads; combining counted needlepoint stitches and embroidery; and embellishing canvas with silk?there is not a more complete reference on the market that addresses silk?types of silk and when and where to use silks. Suitable for needlepoint stitchers of all skill levels this reference combines full-color photographs and illustrations to demonstrate each technique. Read Less