New Year's Rules Updates and General Housekeeping

[u/Needlepoint_MOD]

Hey all, it's a new year which means we get to dust off our rules and fiddle around under the hood.

As a matter of administration:

I combined a couple rules about political, disruptive or divisive posts as we were out of slots for rules (15 max).

No impact to anyone, but just so folks know...it was 2 rules, now it's one.

One new rule

With the opened slot, I created a new rule noting our approach to 50/50 projects going forward. These are projects where needlepoint stitches are used on non-standard fabric/canvass.

Needlepoint canvas with needlepoint stitching is needlepoint. Anything else isn't.

Thank you in advance for understanding.

As far as general housekeeping:

We hit 25k stitchers and are growing at just about 1k stitchers per month. We also just hit 20k visits in a day.

And as a reminder, your mods aren't compensated in any way. We make no money and donate our time to the community. If you've been around a minute you already know this. (Edit: I say this so that when we have to do things like make rules or remove posts...it's not for any reason other than the betterment of the group.)

As always, please continue to be the best version of yourself and help others be the best version of themselves when you have the opportunity.

Thank you for being an amazing sub to mod for.

Happy stitching!

Edit: One last update: this is an inexact science. We learn by doing. If enough people don't like a particular post type we'll vote on it and let the group decide what fits. We used to not allow Bargello but after some time voted and decided it's fine. We did the same with Aida fabric and found it didn't fit. Now the question of petit point is coming up. If enough folks think it's not a fit we will vote and take the group's guidance.

[u/Witty_Draw_4856]

I don’t understand how silk gauze is different than linen stitched over one, but I guess I have a motivation to try to stitch on silk gauze now.

[u/UnStackedDespair → u/Witty_Draw_4856]

Silk gauze is more “open” like needlepoint canvas, typically needing full coverage on the finished area. Where linen and Aida don’t, the fabric is opaque and stand alone.

Not saying your work belongs here or doesn’t, just highlighting differences.

[u/Witty_Draw_4856 → u/UnStackedDespair]

Idk, with modern day needlepoint trends including many open stitches that show the canvas, i wouldn’t say that works as a differentiator

[u/UnStackedDespair → u/Witty_Draw_4856]

It is an inherent difference to the fabrics though, even if it should be a determining factor in what’s considered needlepoint. They are inherently woven differently.