Filed under: 2025, Knotted Needle, National Academy of Needlearts (NAN), Needlepoint Shops, The Wool and the Floss
Yesterday, we really enjoyed the tour of the Motown Museum, and I really enjoyed the two needlepoint stores we visited afterward.
We stopped at the Knotted Needle first and then a half mile down the road to The Wool and the Floss. We’ll be going to The Needleworks (5 min from the Somerset Inn) as part of Dawn Donnelly’s class to buy our threads. And, Homestead Needle Arts is too far northwest.
Becky, the owner of Knotted Needle showed me around her store. The rooms are huge and filled with all sorts of goodies! She’s getting ready to display the new Radiance Metallics, adding to her 135 lines of threads. These photos don’t show the yarns for knitting, tables up front for casual stitchers to sit around, or the back room with more goodies and 2 more tables for classes! There is a finisher, the Finishing Fairy, Amanda Metes teaching there this weekend, and Julia Snyder in July.
I couldn’t resist the 2 books (more details another time), and I will definitely use The Thread Gatherer, Sea Grass, Tuxedo for my class piece. The thread stock listed online is accurate to the quantity available when you order it. A nice feature.
The women at The Wool and the Floss were all busy getting busy for their grand opening Saturday. They moved recently to this cute store. I hope to fit those embellishments onto my design too. And, I had to have a tiny laying tool!
The area is lucky to have both stores!
This thread will make great cording for finishing. I have it in red for my heart. Fireside Stitchery carries the thread as well.
We enjoyed a few hours in The Rock and Roll of Fame before arriving a day and a half early to get acclimated to the area (Troy, MI) where the annual National Academy of Needlearts Assembly for Embroiderers occurs.
We checked in, and I got my registration package. I bought the special 40th Ruby Anniversary needleminder/magnet (love Accoutrements Designs, Mag Friends). I am new to NAN and one of 21 “First-Timers.” There are around 100 attendees.
My husband and I went to PF Changs (love their chicken lettuce wraps) and then strolled around the “rich” side of the Somerset Collection Mall! Wow. One store was serving drinks to their shoppers.
I happened to see a window display and knew it’s the one for my class with Dawn Donnelly, Project Runway! I probably should not blog about this design since Dawn is encouraging us to submit it to the exhibit next year. But, it is more “whimsy” than what you would normally see me do. But, that’s what I like about class, it’s about trying new things.
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