It's...What?...I DON'T KNOW!

In another installment of you don't have to be a journalist to write for the internet, HuffPo has shown off a cross-stitch needlepoint.

Photo by BriocheBun

Oh, for crissake's, people. Even Wikipedia gets it right. All of the stuff is called embroidery--although there is also something called surface embroidery which is specific rather than general. But cross-stitch, needlepoint, blackwork, and crewel (among others) are all embroidery. But you don't have to say "cross-stitch embroidery" or "blackwork embroidery" unless you know nothing at all about needlework and you want to make sure that granny stuff doesn't rub off on you. It's all done with threads, a needle with an eye, and ground fabric. The ground fabric and the threads are what distinguishes each type.

Fortunately, someone gave a sassy answer in the comments so I didn't have to heave my shoulders and sigh while rolling my eyes and writing another sarcastic response to people who don't know anything about a subject writing about it without doing any research.

The fact that this is a celebrity face in cross-stitch only serves to rub salt in the wound.

Around the Webosphere

Things happening. Time eaten. Snow falling. Talk amongst yourselves. Here are some topics.

• More in counter cross-stitch. I salute the attempt to deconstruct the sexism, but leave the cross stitch out of it unless you want to look like a bozo. It's counted. We count. We don't counter anything. I don't leave my stitching on the counter. Is that so counter-intuitive?
  

• Another Pearl dies. I am especially pleased to see another crafter dedicated to celebrity face in cross-stitch:

  Pearl, where I bought the stuffing for my giant squid. Pearl, where you can get castable silicon for making those orange Gaultier suspenders Leeloo wore in the Fifth Element for Halloween. Pearl, where I could usually find the colors of embroidery floss necessary for the skin tones in the cross-stitch I made of Ice Cube's face. Oh, Pearl, I mourn you. (emphasis added)

• For the Project Runway Fans, a "Make it Work" pattern

• Frankly, no one really wanted Elvis to live to be 75. But you can remember his younger days in cross stitch, from his military service to "Gold" Elvis to a Graceland Sampler. The latter includes my favorite piece of Elvis cheese, the TCB lightning bolt emblem (Taking Care of Business in a Flash, his personal motto. Which cracks me up still.)

• Sorry I don't have the story that goes with this one (from the Global Post Blog). The link is broken. But somewhere in Asia, cross-stitching facemasks (to protect oneself from H1N1) is a "booming industry." See, the Asians really will save us cross-stitchers (remember the Chinese weightlifting team?)

• The Brits are done with instant gratification. Cross stitch, thriving.

• World's Largest Cross Stitch. Twenty folk artists working "over 200 days." Yeah, twenty four hour days. Be sure to watch the video so you can get the scale.

• Doing Cross-stitch: it's how you can tell you are getting old. Add it to the old lady count. (Frankly, I've lost count.)