Hot House Petunia Designs

While on the road in Nashville for the TNNA Nashville show we had a visit from Susie Porter of Hot House Petunia Designs.  Susie was showing off her catalog of fun punch needle charts she is selling through Cross My Heart Ltd.

Here are just two of her designs...

Hearts Desire #PN02
This cute design uses Kreinik Blending Filament in color # 032 Pearl to make a scrumptious cupcake.   Need another reason to buy this chart?  A portion of the profit from the sale of this chart will be donated to breast cancer research.

 

Snow Birds #WM03

This design features a cute cardinal and bear enjoying the snow unlike some other snow birds we all know hiding out down south.  This design also uses Kreinik Blending Filament in color #032 Pearl.

To buy these charts or any of Hot House Petunia Designs visit Cross My Heart Ltd located at 1141 Kenny Centre Mall, 43220-4036, Upper Arlington, OH, USA - Phone:  614.442.0820.  Visit them on the web at:  http://crossmyheartltd.com/cmh/about

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Pizza Dip

An oldie but a goodie from our archives back by popular demand.

Pizza Dip

Ingredients:

• 8oz. Cream Cheese
• 1/2 cup Sour Cream
• 1/8- 1/4 teaspoon Red Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Oregano

Mix above ingredients and spread in a shallow dish (I use a quiche dish or pie plate)

Top With: 

• 1/2 cup chopped Pepperoni
• 1/2 cup chopped Scallions         (optional)
• 1/2 cup chopped Green Peppers      (optional)

Cover with:     

• 1 cup Pizza sauce (I use Don Pepino)
• 1 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until cheese melts. Serve with corn chips or crackers.

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Knitting with Kreinik

Over the last few weeks Kreinik has been on the road at TNNA Phoenix and CHA Anaheim shows.  During these shows a new knitting book was released with some projects featuring Kreinik threads.  The book is titled Betsys Beads and is written by Betsy Hershberg (pictured right with Doug Kreinik).

The book features Tech trials to teach easy and effective ways to knit with beads.  It also boasts  more than 30 projects  whimsical to elegant—bring the design process to life with simple approaches, focused insights, creative coaching, and plenty of “What if . . .?” options.

Projects in Betsys Beads Featuring Kreinik...

FOUR SEASONS

Betsy Beads page:106-111
Kreinik Silk Serica in 4093 Light Icy, 8055 Medium Dark Ash Grey, 1032 Lightest Pink, 1205 Dark Victorian Rose, 4096 Dark Icy, 4196 Dark Jade,2067 Very Dark Pumpkin, 1117 Very Dark Christmas Red, 3062 Lightest Henna, 4193 Light Jade, 6083 Light Grape, 6116 Dark Wisteria.

 PRECIOUS HOOPS

  

Betsy Beads page:54-57

Kreinik Cable in 002P Gold 

SILVER ORBITS

Betsy Beads page:112-115
Kreinik Cable in 001P Silver

Betsy Beads is published by XRX books.  To get your copy just visit the Knitting Universe website.

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Looking ahead to 2012!

New Metallic Colors

Its been a great 2011 and Kreinik thanks you for your support.  Looking ahead to 2012 we have some fun new products we are working on.  This post will focus on some projects we are working on for 2012.

1. New Facets & Petite Facets colors.  We have added Copper and Pearl.  These colors are amazing.
2. New Metallic Thread Colors.  We're not sure how many colors we will have but we have a sneak preview below of some colors tying to make the final cut.
   
3. Dyed Silk Gauze.  Look for several colors of silk gauze dyed in colors like dark green and red.
4. New Stitch-A-Pen designs.  We are working on several new designs for our popular Stitch-A-Pen Series.
5. Signature Series Assortments.  Available in most metallic and silk threads, these color themed 4-packs will feature the top selling colors in each color family.
   
6. Piping.  A product fly fishers/fly tyers will love.  We can make our piping in just about any metallic thread color.
   
7. Glow In The Dark Dubbing.  We will have 6 colors of dubbing for our fly fishing/fly tying customers.

New Facets

Glow Dubbing

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Holiday Giving

Years ago, we stopped giving each other gifts at the annual Christmas Party and began collecting different items to give to various agencies in the Parkersburg area.  This year, the employees decided to collect for two different local organizations.  Nearly seventy-five pounds of canned goods and pasta were donated to the Catholic Charities of West Virginia.  As well as twenty-five sets of mittens and toboggans were donated to the Parkersburg Neighborhood Network.

Hope you all have a Happy Holiday and see you when we get back in January.

Pictured Left to Right:  Cynthia Hudson of Catholic Charities of West Virginia, Beth Judy and Julie Boyce of Kreinik Manufacturing.

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Hanukah or Chanukah or Hannukah

Hanukah or Chanukah or Hannukah – there are many ways to spell the holiday. This is a fun time of eating greasy food like latkes and fried donuts, having family get-togethers, and of course exchanging gifts. As a special Hanukkah spotlight on the Kreinik web site this year, we partnered with Michele and Renee at the fabulous needlepoint shop Gone Stitching (www.gonestitching.com) to offer new projects featuring Menorah and dreidel designs. The first four projects are stitch guides for painted needlepoint canvases (available through Gone Stitching), brought to gorgeous life with Kreinik silk and metallic threads. Click on this link to see the models and download the stitch guides: http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/home.php?cat=399 .

The 8 Projects of Hanukkah on www.kreinik.com also includes four Stitch-a-Pen projects.  The designs are from Gone Stitching, one from Jonathan Siegel (the renowned graphic designer whose art appears on the redesigned movie poster for Sony’s Taxi Driver) and one from our own Dena Lenham. These projects stitch up so quickly, you have time to order the supplies and stitch them for gifts or for yourself for the holidays this year. My mom, who is in her 90s, stitched a pen project in one evening, She especially liked the pen because it is easy to hold and uses a Parker Pen refill.  The pens are fast and easy projects, all using Kreinik Metallics and/or Kreinik silks on perforated paper. Watch for new and exciting designs this next year. 

Have fun and enjoy the season.

Doug Kreinik

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25 Days of Free Christmas Projects

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, it is time for family, friends, food, and free Christmas projects from Kreinik!

Last year's calendar of 25 Days of Christmas Projects on www.kreinik.com was so popular, we brought it back to celebrate this year's season. Handmade gifts mean so much more than generic, mass-produced, mass-marketed, store-bought gifts — and they can save you money, too. With 25 fresh stitching, sewing and crafting ideas on www.kreinik.com, simply run, Rudolph, run to your local needlework store to get anything you may not have on hand. No local needlework store? Buy anything Kreinik from www.kreinikmall.com, or from many other online retailers.

Five new projects will be released each week until we get to 25, so check back often on www.kreinik.com. Merry Christmas!  Click here to see them.

PS - Look for the 8 Days of Hanukkah Projects right here.

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