What is NeedleWorkMonday?

#NeedleWorkMonday has been the go to tag for the needle arts for the past year on Steemit. It was founded in July of 2017 by Hive account@crosheille. She was later joined by Hive account@crystalize who took on the role as Co-Chair helping her to invite other needleworkers, organize and fund community projects, contests and giveaways as well as with curation. It started as a tag to help needleworkers find one another and share their work together on the Steemit platform. More and more needleworkers began using the tag which led to a community being born of over 40 active members that enjoy sharing their work every week. Today we introduce to you our new communal account: Hive account@needleworkmonday

Any handicraft that involves a needle is welcome. These crafts include but are not limited to:

• Sewing
• Crochet
• Knitting
• Cross-Stitch
• Embroidery
• Upholstery
• Needle Felting
• Quilting
• Beadwork
• String Art
• Appliqué
• Needle Lace
• Ribbon Work
• Tatting Work
• Textile Arts and Crafts
• Crewel Work
• Costume Artists
• Tapestry
• Macramé

Every Monday we get together and share our creations, patterns, tips, ideas, tutorials and shortcuts. We strive to support, inspire and motivate one another. If you read through the comment section on #NeedleWorkMonday posts you will see tons of encouraging remarks. Many have said #NeedleWorkMonday is the reason they decided to stay on this plattform because it made them feel at home by meeting people with like passions and interests.

Our Goal

We know that needlework is not the most popular category on this plattform but we are determined to change that. We want to fill up the Steemit blockchain with beautiful handiwork and inspire more Steemians to give this form of art a try. We are here to promote all forms of needle art!

What You Can Expect

We encourage needleworkers to share the process of their work with pictures to allow you to see how a project comes to life. When you see a project you may not know how much work was involved or all of the steps it took to complete it. Some handmade creations take hours, days and even weeks to complete. There is a lot of planning, frogging (taking stitches out and starting over), practicing, rough drafting and trial and error going on while creating these types of arts.

When you view a post with the #NeedleWorkMonday tag you can expect to see how some of the projects were created. Not only do we spend a lot of time on our projects but we take the time to make fun, quality and informative posts that displays our work.

Community Projects & Challenges

As of today we have completed two community projects. The first project was ‘Project NICCU Warmth’ where needleworkers crocheted, knitted or sewed preemie hats to donate to a NICCU near them. The second was ’Project Warm A Soul’ where the needleworkers used their skills to make scarves and placed them outside in the public for someone in need of warmth to grab.

We believe it’s important to use our skills and talents to give back to our community and to individuals in need. We plan to do more community projects where we challenge needleworkers to use their specific specialties to enrich the lives of others.

Contests & Giveaways

We love hosting contests! These are a great way to reward our members for their hard work. It takes great effort to create these handicrafts let alone taking the time to post about them. Members will be paid SBD rewards when they place in our contests.

We will randomly do ”just because” SBD giveaways. When you show others you appreciate their contributions it encourages them to continue contributing and doing what they love to do. We want to encourage the needlework community to keep posting their original quality work to share with the Steemit world!

Curation & Resteems

Needlework posts will be curated using this account. Several posts will be Resteemed on Monday to give them more visibility on the plattform and to showcase what our members are creating with their hands. The main focus of curation will be for the needlework arts!

How To Join

If you are someone that does any of the needle arts listed above we’d love to have you join us. Please use the #NeedleWorkMonday tag when posting about your work so we can find you. Also give us a follow so you won’t miss out on any upcoming projects, contests or announcements.

You’ll find all levels of skill from beginner to professional so we are always learning from each other and growing together. Many valuable friendships have emerged from this group and we hope you too will find some great like minded people to connect with.

Here are a few guidelines when posting using the tag:

• When using the #needleworkmonday tag your post MUST be needlework related. This includes writing or sharing about any type of art involving a needle.

• Your post must include your original handmade work and not have any plagiarism or filled with copy and paste content.

• If you do use sources as part of your post (pictures, content from other sites etc.) they must be cited correctly.

• Your posts need to be posted on Monday’s (according to your time zone). Posts that are uploaded all throughout the week using the tag will not be Resteemed.

• Feel free to copy and paste the logo to use it at the end of your needlework posts.