Needle Needs Addict

Over the years that I have been stitching, I have used many frames, but I think I might have found my favorite set up.

I never thought I would be able to lift and flip and like it with the Needle Needs Stand and Millennium Frames because I've always had frames that you rotated, but I was so lazy and would never undo the wing nuts, so over time the frames would turn themselves.

But now I have found the Needleneeds stands and frame it's so much easier, you can get to the back properly and the tension on your fabric is brilliant.

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The massive downside is the wait for Needle Needs products, it is soooo long and communication can be poor at times, and paying for things up front for such a long wait I didn't like, but I have to say, the quality of the craftmanship, outweighs the problems.

I had been on the waiting list for their Necessaire Floor Stand since September and still not available to order, which is a great shame, I was lucky I managed to get my hands on a 2nd hand one back in November from a FB group so I then got hooked on their products.

I then went on the waiting list for their Aristo Frame, and after a few phone calls over the months it has finally been maid.

I got an unexpected phone call from lovely Marisha on Monday asking for payment as I was on the waiting list and my Aristo was ready.  Well I was dancing round the room, with glee.

One good point to Needle Needs is once the items are despatched they normally come next day, so on Tuesday I was watching and waiting for the postman and YAY it arrived.

I am so pleased with the quality of the frame that I've been using it as much as I can this week.  I plan to go fishing soon when the weather gets warmer with my partner, while he fishes I'll stitch.

Here is my set up, but I have found if I use my smaller light and magnifier it sits nicely on my lap.

A very dear friend, gave me some side stretchers before Christmas, so I then ordered the 27" bars, so that I could stitch my On the Rooftops WIP, but I had to wait and push for them to be delivered and they arrived the week before Christmas and OMG so much better working on fabric that had tension.

So I have been checking Ebay every now and then to find more Millennium frames, they do come up to buy but not often and when they do, can get very expensive.

A week ago, I say the frame in the picture above and bid on it, not expecting to win it, but I did and now I have 2 side stretchers and 2 different sizes of extension bars, so I can now work on both frames.

Oh and then another very dear friend emailed me to say she was having a clear out and had some bars for sale, well you can't say NO can you, especially when the wait is so long for them to buy brand new.  

I now have the 16" and 12"  bars, but I'm thinking I really need to buy another 27" bar so that I can have On the Rooftops set up because getting my Gemini off the bars I have isn't going to be easy as it took me 30 minutes to get it set right on them.  But I'll have to wait a long time to get them unless I'm lucky and stumble across another 2nd hand pair.

So to sum up Needle Needs Frames, if you have the money and don't mind a good wait for their products to be made to order it is well worth the wait, these beauties will never break and are a heirloom piece for the Avid Cross Stitcher.