An 11 yard skein of tap wool will cover now many square inches .......

Y'know, I don't know that I've ever seen coverage for needlepoint discussed in all the years I've been on the ng! Jim Cripwell did a study for ccs but I don't remember if he ever posted his results, either.

I feel your pain, though. I had that happen to me *years* ago. I wrote and asked the company to send me more of the wool yarn (I even sent along a swatch) and they sent back some polyester! Didn't match in sheen or color. :(

Maybe an email to the yarn company will help?

Good luck! And post the answer here if you ever find out, please.

Nah- I'd rather buy a ton of new and get on with the project.

I once ran out of a color in a kit and the bums mld me about a foot of wool. I had to stagger it in here and there.

This is an interesting question, can i ask you something Is a ready painted canvass ? from your question i assume it is, because if it was your own image , you just could change the background , or make it from more than one shade of that wool. And here is my answer to you ? you still can change the colors of that canvass , once you bought it and intend to keep it you can do with it what ever you want a background that is not Monochromatic might be interesting mirjam

NOT a painted canvas.

from your question i assume it is, because if it was your own image , you j ust could change the background , or make it from more than one shade of th at wool.

nvass , once you bought it and intend to keep it you can do with it what ev er you want

It is not a painted canvas. The design is just too busy and I want a solid black background. I am having a hard time finding supplies too. I just loo ked at the site for needleworkcorner.com and they are sold out of the Elsa Williams tap in black. I will have to call to see how soon they can get it or ...... The, too, maybe their site is not updated.

By the way, I found some old notes of mine.

"40 yd. skein wl cover 26 sq. inches on 12 mono."

That sounds = reads very impressive ,,,,if it is so busy why not change the background to grey or White? mirjam

I am having a hard time finding supplies too. I just looked at the site for needleworkcorner.com and they are sold out of the Elsa Williams tap in black. I will have to call to see how soon they can get it or ......

Update: I spoke by phone with a shop owner who talked me into that silk an d wool blend. I'll be calling her Tuesday with my order - need to figure y ardage and she was very busy, it being a Saturday.

Someone asked why I didn't go to cream or white. I can't. The original ba ckground was black ( this is a stamped kit ) and no way would anything else cover that black. Plus I am blotting out part of the pattern. They put a Greek key type of border in a blue which I think clashes badly with the flo wing lines of the flowers. (I am also not crazy about vases or bowls of fl owers - I want a pillow I can toss any old way and have it look good where it lands.)

I ran out of the black cuz I fudged the original plan in covering that blue , and there was not enough black in my stash to finish it off. So much for changing horses in midstream and a meager stash.

Does any project ever go off without a hitch?

Life is never dull, is it? Good luck

Second update: The silk and ivory arrived on Tuesday and the project is DONE. I have never seen stuff pull so nicely thru canvas - it was like greased lightning.

I would be tempted to do all backgrounds with this stuff, if I ever buy another kit. The time and boredom eliminated makes the price well worth paying.

Now - to figure out how to make this into a pillow....

Congrats! Now you need to join rctnp so we can see a picture of it! :)