Needlepoint/Cross Stitchers - need input

[Dar]

What do you think of this (http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=25009&PRODID=11794)?

I HATE using hoops, but it's all I have. I have some larger pieces, and some rectangular pieces I'd like to do. But the thought of using a hoop makes me not want to do them. :laugh:

I'm not sure what's included in this kit, though. I'll probably have to look at it at the store and just wait for another 40% off coupon.

Amazon lists this one (http://www.amazon.com/Needlework-Frame-Makes-Size-Frames/dp/B0007TZYCI/sr=8-11/qid=1158242229/ref=sr_1_11/102-7106425-1415357?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen), but I'm not sure if it's the same one.

Anyone have anything they like better, that's about the same price?

[KarenMA]

I have one like the one at Joanne's. I use it for needlepoint and a hoop for cross stitch. I actually prefer to hoop because it is small and easier for me to maneuver.

[Lisa]

In a past life, when I would do cross stitch, I just used a hoop. I always used a smaller hoop so it was eaiser to manage.

[Sheba]

Whoa I love the first one! Never used anything but the hoops before, I haven't cross stitched in years :nono: I really liked it too.

[Dar]

The problem is that the pieces I want to work on are kind of a 6-in-1. There are six different designs, one piece of fabric. If I have it all laid out where I can work on them all together, I think I'd save time. (i.e. do all the reds, then all the greens, etc.)

And I can never get the hoops to where I get the edges of the fabric taut enough and it looks funky. I just don't like hoops. LOL.

[KarenMA]

With the thing from Joanne's, you need to keep rolling the fabric one way or the other if you want to do all one color then another. That's why I used it for needlepoint because that I work one row at a time vs. color. With embroidery, I work an area at a time so the hoop works for me. And as Red said, I use a small hoop.

[Mootzee]

About a decade ago, I bought something that looked like that at a fair. It had the roller thing but it also had a thing I could sit on with a clamp on the end to hold the roller thing. Totally hands free. It was nice until one of my kids broke part of it. :getyou: I need to find a dowel the same size and replace the broken piece.

[Dar]

Oh, I wonder if the flea market would carry something? Hmmm....

[Dar]

I ended up getting this today:
http://www.joann.com/shop/shop_zoom.jhtml;$sessionid$4HZ5OMQAAELQOP4SY5NBIHR50LD3OEPO?CATID=25009&PRODID=47142&SKUID=49168&_requestid=287809

It's a 9x18 scroll frame, which I think will be the right size. $11.99 at the store minus 50% with coupon. :rock:

[Melissa]

I ended up getting this today:
http://www.joann.com/shop/shop_zoom.jhtml;$sessionid$4HZ5OMQAAELQOP4SY5NBIHR50LD3OEPO?CATID=25009&PRODID=47142&SKUID=49168&_requestid=287809

It's a 9x18 scroll frame, which I think will be the right size. $11.99 at the store minus 50% with coupon. :rock:


That is the one that I use and love it. I also use hoops, but only for smaller projects.