Linda Crespo says that she remembers her maternal grandmother doing needlepoint and even inherited her “stash” when she passed away in 1995. “I was in my 20s then and didn’t really have that much ...

From the outside, The Elegant Needle is a simple, green one-story house nestled along Government Street. Inside the quaint home-turned-craft store are colorful patterns on the walls and the faint ...

Village Needleworks in St. James Crossing shopping center in Westmont is for sale. Cheryl Horvat, co-owner of the store, started the business in November 1999, but she said it’s time to move on. She ...

Cross-stitch, needlepoint, knitting, and crocheting all experienced mass surges in popularity in the idling days of the pandemic. Driven in large part by social media—and because with both hands ...

When it comes to needlework crafts there are so many different styles and techniques to try that it can be hard to know where to start! People often start with cross stitch and then might try their ...

Walk just north of Rice Village’s modern retail shops and you’ll find yourself in front of not one, but two, stores focused on an ancient art: Both offer thread, needles and classes to a small but ...