Sometimes, it makes no sense to ‘reinvent the needle’. There are some amazing resources on the web for needle workers of all types, and I am going to share some of the best and most useful ones I have found over the past few decades of needle working. Search the keyword ‘needlethread’ for all my posts showcasing helpful sites.

First is the RSN (Royal School of Needlework) Stitch Bank. This is a digital stitch dictionary for both surface work and counted work, as well as specialties such as mirror work. They are endeavoring to catalogue stitches old and new to make sure there is a record of them. So this is inherently a huge stitch dictionary, where you can search via technique, or stitch use, or merely browse the collection. And you can create your *own* library of stitches you can access on the site.

Each entry has a photo of the completed stitch, its name, some information about it, the stitched worked *with a click to flip* to see how it would be worked left handed! It also has a video showing how it is worked, and then what category stitch it is, common uses for it, what techniques use it, variants of the stitch, and related stitches. It also has each stitch documented, and examples of the stitch in use.


Please check it out.

It is wonderful to live in the future.