Plus one on this choice!!
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Michaels has needlepoint kits under the name loops and threads. Hobby Lobby also has a bunch of needlepoint kits.
I have also seen them in independent craft stores.
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She isnāt local and honestly she would not want to do a class. She has self taught other crafty things so I donāt question that. However I could look local to see if there is somewhere that would sell kits I could see in hand - not sure we have anything like this anymore.
Michaelās is a good suggestion. On Amazon when I put in searches for needlepoint I am served mostly embroidery!
I enjoy needlepoint and easily learned through online tutorials. I started with stitch and zip kits, as mentioned above. If she wants something she can frame, Alice Peterson Co also makes Canoodle kits that are fairly small and come with everything. Many kits are quite expensive and the Canoodle kits are very reasonably priced so good for starting out.
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Do you have a local needlepoint shop? That would be your best resource. You could buy a small handpainted canvas for starters and give her a GC for the yarns. Printed (as opposed to painted) canvases can be iffy, although Ehrman kits arenāt bad. Kcneedlepoint.com is a good resource if you donāt have a local shop.
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Very helpful, thank you!
I am a huge fan of kits that include everything needed.
Can anyone explain why plain why cotton thread seems to be so prevalent? I prefer wool. Can anyone suggest a place that has kits with wool yarns?
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The aforementioned Ehrman Tapestry company has kits with wool.
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Our entire extended family was given something called LetterLoop, which is a sort of newsletter that the āmembersā generate by answering questions and adding photos. Thereās an app, and the website but you can also just use email. It is free to be part of ; a family member paid for the subscription that lasts a year. The questions arrive via email once a month, we have 7 days to answer, and then a week after that the LetterLoop arrives. It has really been a lot of fun, and is a nice gift for families that are far apart (we have 26 of us across the US and Canada). I thought people who might be looking for somethign non-material and different would like this, and I had never heard of it. It takes me maybe 15 minutes to do; DH takes longer because he thinks harder about the questions (which are everything from basic āwhatās your go-to cookieā to āhow bad was this monthā ā you can skip questions, and generate your own)
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I donāt buy presents for many outside my immediate family any longer. My aunt and uncle (we usually celebrate the holidays with them) and my husband and I now do donations instead of presents. Each gets to pick the place of the donation for the other couple to donate to. My uncle said he was going to copy my idea and suggest he and his siblings do the same thing. We do still buy presents for our ākidsā (youngest is 29), but we are all happy with this arrangement.
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Looks like you got a great fit packing up your suitcase. Have a great time with your family.
Iām in denial and I havenāt even asked what anyone wants this year. Ive bought a few things for the grandchildren and ordered a bike seat for one grandson since they were on sale.
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An excellent game of Tetris. Well Played.
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I am embarrassed to admit itās a 25 inch suitcase!! Lotta stuff in there. Several low key gifts for the families this year. Hoping the Tahoe trip in Feb counts as a bigger gift.
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We ( D2, SIL, me) are leaving on Sunday to drive to D1ās house. New house, first house, bigger house. So she wants āherā stuff and Iām more than happy to bring her her stuff. Original plan was for D2 and me to drive down and meet her SIL in Tx as he had work there this week but he decided to fly back today and drive us down. Well, that takes up room in the car! We are driving to bring the dogs. Two big dogs. Less and less room for taking stuff down. Oh well.
Iām setting out stuff and weāll take what fits and not worry about the rest. D1 wants blankets and at least one afghan her grandmother made, one of her stuffed animals from her youth (really? sheās almost 30), her Christmas stocking. I have lots of dishes and appliances she can use but honestly not worth trying to shove it all into a car I have to ride in for 10 hours and be squished. And of course the dogs donāt like to be squished.
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I saw this bargain on Good Morning America yesterday. Wal-Mart has Apple AirPods Pro 2 for $139, a savings of $100.
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I think Amazon in recognition of the potential Black Friday economic boycott, has dropped early Black Friday deals. As much as I dislike Amazon, my budget liked that the Raybans GosD wanted in my cart went from $199 to $139.
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I get deals from amazon daily and they had airpods for about that amount one day last week. I think they will come and go from now till Christmas.
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My DD moved to her first apartment in August, and she took a few of her stuffed animals from her childhood. Sheās turning 30 shortly. 
Come to think of it, I have 2 from my own childhood, in a box in the basement.
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Lots of places seem to be having Black Friday sales already. I have purchased lots of gifts in the last couple of days, and Iāve given up worrying about getting the best price. When kids were little I would buy gifts, and then sometimes rebuy them if they went on sale, and do lots of returns after Christmas. Now Iām just buying things and not worrying about saving a few bucks. (If I was buying something really expensive I would pay more attention). I will only ārebuyā if itās at a place thatās easy for me to return to and it saves me a lot of money.
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