This is the first issue of Needlecraft for Today. Besides the knit/crochet projects (including a tutorial in Mark Dittrick’s Hard Crochet technique), the issue contains:

• soft sculpture cornucopia (pictured on cover)
• cross stitch nursery-rhyme pictures and sampler
• needlepoint butterfly bell pull
• evening skirt make from blue jeans
• Egypt-themed pillow, wall hangings, and dolls
• shawls in various needlearts
• bazaar crafts
• macrame door curtain
• essay by Jean Ray Laury on combining crafting with home life

Magazine published in September 1978