Ridgewood Needlepoint Stitch Guide for Raymond Crawford's New

Stitch Guide for

Raymond Crawford’s New Jersey Star

Created by Gretchen Viggiano

February 2019

Materials List:

Beading Needle Chenille Needle Stretcher Bars 2-9-inch sets Tapestry Needle

Beading Thread Gloriana #096 (Green) Impressions 1115 (Tan) Kreinik 101 (Silver) Pepper Pot 002 (White) Pepper Pot 004 (Grey) Pepper Pot 016 (Red) Pepper Pot 080 (Bright Green) Pepper Pot 105 (Light Blue) Pepper Pot 199 (Dark Red) Pepper Pot 205 (Green) River Silk 4 mm 157/236 (Red) River Silk 4mm 23/25 (Purple) Silk Lame SL01(Black) Silk Lame SL111 (Gold) Silk Lame SL124 (Blue) Silk Lame SL140 (Teal) Silk Lame SL191 (Orange) Silk Lame SL34 (Yellow) Sundance Beads Rhinestones Scarlet BDS-RH0007 Vineyard Silk C-164 (Yellow) Vineyard Silk C-229 (Gold) Vineyard Silk T-807 (Brown)

Please Note: Diagrams for the various stitches can be found on the last page.

Background: • The background is stitched using Pepper Pot 105 and Silk Lame SL124 using the Hesitation Stitch.

Northern Red Oak: • The acorn top is stitched using Vineyard Silk T-807 in the Trellis Cross Stitch. • The acorn bottom is stitched using Impressions 1115 in Kennan Stitch. • The leaf is stitched using Gloriana #096 (3 ply) using the Alternating Continental Stitch.

Lighthouse: • Stitch the roof using Pepper Pot 016 stitch using the Continental or Basketweave stitch. • The silver lines are stitched using Kreinik 101 #12 using the tent stitch. The white glass panes are stitched with Pepper Pot 002 using a Cashmere Variation. • The top red row is stitched using Pepper Pot 016 in tent stitch. • The middle red row is stitched using Pepper Pot 119 using Slanted Gobelin. • The bottom red row is stitched using Pepper Pot 016 using Slanted Gobelin. • The body of the tower is stitched using Pepper Pot 002 and Pepper Pot 004 in Interlocking Gobelin. • The window is stitched using Silk Lame Braid SL01 using tent stitch. • The house roof is stitched using Pepper Pot 016 in Diagonal Mosaic. • The walls of the house are stitched using Pepper Pot 002 and Pepper Pot 004 in Slanted Gobelin Stitch (over 2). • The water is stitched using Silk Lame SL140 using Woven Plait. • The sun is stitched using Silk Lame SL 191 using Basketweave or tent stitch.

Lightbulb (Edison): • The lightbulb is stitched using Silk Lame Braid SL34 and SL111 using the Knotted Stitch. • The base is stitched using Kreinik 101 #12 using Kalem Stitch going horizontally.

Eastern or American Goldfinch: • The tree branch is stitched using Vineyard T-807 Alternating Oblong Cross going horizontally, tent stitch the branches. • The leaves are stitched using Pepper Pot 080 and Gloriana 096 (4 ply) using Slanted Gobelin stitch. • The body of the Goldfinch is stitched using Vineyard C-164 using the Diagonal Roumanian stitch. • The black wing is and crest are stitched using Silk Lame Braid SL01 in Diagonal Mosaic stitch. • The gold wing is stitched using Vineyard C-229 using T stitch. The beak and legs are stitched using tent stitch. • The white dot is stitched using Pepper Pot 002 using tent stitch. Copyright 2019. All rights reserved. The guide may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from Ridgewood Needlepoint, 391 Clinton Ave., Wyckoff, NJ 07481. (201) 612-7770.

Common Blue Violets: • The leaves are stitched using Gloriana 096 (4 ply) using basketweave or tent stitch. • The petals are stitched using River Silks 4mm 23/25 using a Chenille Needle. Bring the ribbon up at center going to the outer edge of petal and then pierce the ribbon and pull gently leaving a small curl at the edge of the petal. • Overlap each petal slightly. • Center of flower is stitched using Vineyard Silk C-164 in French knots clustered to fill center.

Crown and Roses (Atlantic City/Miss America): • Note: Do not stitch the three round circles. • The crown is stitched using Kreinik 101 #12 using basketweave or tent stitch. The three circles are covered by Sundance Beads-Rhinestones (Scarlet) using beading thread. • The leaves of the roses are stitched using Gloriana 096 (4 ply) using Slanted Gobelin. • The roses are stitched using River Silks 236/157 using the twisted ribbon technique. Cluster the roses together. o This stitch is done by bringing the ribbon to the front and then twisting the ribbon from needle to canvas making a loose coil. Go back into the same hole pulling ribbon gently and guiding ribbon with your free hand. The ribbon pulls into itself forming a ribbon rose, stop before you pull your rose back through the canvas. Use your beading thread to tack the ribbon down and securing it. ▪ This is a hard stitch to explain, I would recommend that you visit You Tube and look at Needlepoint Ribbon Roses. There are some very good videos of this technique.

Happy Stitching!