With an overall length of 2" and a cut length of ½", these exact-cut scissors are sure to handle all your precision needlepoint and craft work. Large handles ensure easy control. Produced of surgical stainless steel and available in a variety of finishes. Contact Tamsco Precision Tools.

Craftlite’s 5" Lens magnifer has an LED light. The magnfier has 2X magnification and the double LED light gives enhanced clarity for needlework and hobbies. Includes batteries. Retail $24.99. Contact Craftlite.

Perfect for your little princess to carry! More styles available from Starke Art in this series. 13mesh. 3" tall x 4" wide. Contact CBK Needlepoint Collections.

A spinning optical illusion paper toy (thaumatrope). When the string is twirled quickly, the two pictures appear to combine. Chartpak includes string and perforated paper. Retail $10.00. Contact Calico Crossroads.

Romanian Point Lace by designer Elena Iove, Best Needleart. Model stitched with Valdani perle cottons. Contact Valdani.

Silk hankies are wonderful for silk fusion, needle felting, hand spinning, mixed media and more. Hankies, also known as mawata, are a 10 inch square of silk fibre formed by stretching silk cocoons and layering one on top of the other producing a natural selvedge. They can be pulled apart into gossamer thin squares or thicker layers. Hand-dyed in the Apple Festival colourway, these hues reflect the richness and abundance of this annual event in reds, pinks, russets, yellows, greens and bark. Retails at $11.95 Cdn per 10g package. Contact Treenway Silks.

Here’s Filbert the Frog on a cute little scissor slide, to keep you company and look after your scissors until you might need them for a little reverse stitching. The design is stitched using over one and over two cross-stitches, and back stitch. An easy-to-read chart with comprehensive finishing instructions included in the pamphlet. Contact The Cat’s Whiskers Design Studio.

Due to customer demand, Bright Ideas 14-count Aida is now available in 2-yard rolls. Bright Ideas is a selection of vibrant colors including Polar Ice, Grasshopper, and Lemon Twist. Made of high quality, locally-grown Carolina cotton, Bright Ideas is smooth, firm and heavy enough to stitch without a hoop. Made in USA. Contact Charles Craft.

New cotton releases for the Columbus market. The three new cottons from left to right: Mauvelous, Sea Shelley, and Mint Julep. 5 yard skeins. Cresecent Colours will also release 3 new colors of Belle Soie and Perle #5 cotton in Columbus.

This quaint and functional scissor case was designed specifically for the owl scissors. The verse reads "At night they watch for creatures small. While perched so stoic on the limb. With ears alert and eyes a glow. They await the moonbeam to show. Virtue of patience rends quick reward. Then settle in for night and softly ask Who Who." The case is stitched on 32ct linen with threads from The Gentle Art. Finishing instructions included with the chart. Contact Elizabeth Ann Talledo, Dames of the Needle/Finger Work.