November-December 2004 issue of Needle Yarns, the newsletter of the North Shore Needle Arts Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America (North Vancouver, B.C.). It carries the president's farewell letter, meeting and stitch-in schedules, a nominating committee report, workshop and program listings, and a care article on washing needlework (Orvus paste, DMC instructions, and a reprinted 19th-century linen-whitening recipe). It also includes a local exhibitions and craft-fair listing, a BBC story on Siwa oasis women's embroidery for an Italian fashion house, a Seminar 2006 stitched-logo contest, and advertisements for needlework shops and framers.