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Emma Homent with a selection of her designs This interview is part of my Stitching Conversations series on YouTube, where I sit down with designers, authors, educators, shop owners, and other creative voices from the needlepoint and wider needlecraft industries. For this conversation, I was delighted to welcome Emma Homent, founder of The Makers Marks and author of Needlepoint: A Modern Stitch Directory and Next-Level Needlepoint. When people talk about the resurgence of need

Anna is the founder of Evergreen Needlepoint, a company she now runs together with her mother and sister. What started as her own initiative gradually became a true family business—one that reflects not only their shared history with needlepoint, but also their individual perspectives and ideas.

When I recorded this conversation with Line Bruhn Andersson, I realised very quickly that I would probably spend most of the interview nodding. And watching the video back later confirmed it — I look a bit like one of those little dashboard figures with the wobbling head. But the reason is simple: so much of what Line shared resonated deeply with what many of us experience when we stitch. Line is a craft practitioner, educator, and specialist in craft psychology — a field tha

Starting needlepoint can feel like stepping into a secret club. Everywhere you look, people are talking about WIPs, mesh counts, frogging, and tent stitches, and if you don’t know the words, it can feel like you’re missing half the fun. The truth is: learning the lingo makes the hobby more enjoyable and freeing.