Cross-stitch cafe 2010

thifty

kezbabybabe wrote: »

What do you use to do your parking and stitching? I use this:
http://www.sewandso.co.uk/ran573-0.html (third one in the list)

Certainly worth investing in for large projects with quick changes of colour.

I haven't cross-stitched for about 2 weeks now, I'm sure I'll get into it again soon.

Thanks for suggesting this. Normally I just leave the needle in the last stitch and start a new needle with the next colour so it ends up looking like I am making lace! Can get a bit fiddly so i might be tempted by that gadget!

Emzy81 wrote: »

Well iI think my nights of not sleeping have finally caught up with me....I slept for 11 hours last night :eek: and im still tired lol im not sure stitching today will be a good idea or ill be unpicking it all tomorrow!
Thrifty Glad you found a nice stitchy group and good luck with learning to knit, thats far beyond my talents lol id be terrible

Hugs to anyone who need them xxx

Thanks. I have borrowed a childs book from the library to show me how as my son wanted to learn, we started something, he had enough so I now have to finish it! I have done the knitting bit of it and now have to sew it up and stuff it. He can make the felt eyes and ears and stick them on. I want to start my scarf.:D

Challemge up-date I have done one more lavender flower head almost so that's another 110 french knots done.:j I have 2 more flower heads to do then that's it. Thanks to all the rain I can't get on my allotment so am getting more stitching time than normal for this time of year.

Happy stitching tomorrow!

craftygranny

Ruth Honey , My beautiful bear kits arrived today thank you i think kobie will love them he sneaked one off the table and was kissing the packet shouting ahhh baby.lol.


lol at you lot and sweetcarers leather gift . What are you like . I did think something similar though.


Kezybabe I have one of those too they are brilliant . I use mine when ever i stitch a biggish kit.

pamperedprincess

You have mail

shelly

Here's this weeks update,

Last week....



and this week...




Didn't stitch at all yesterday and probably won't today either. My Dad was taken into hospital again late Wednesday night, another Angina attack.
Hopefully he will be home today, though he's annoyed not to be home already, he has a job he wanted to get finished today (he's a self employed tiler)

Going to try and get ironing done quickly this morning so I might get a few stitches done before visiting this afternoon

*Louise*

Hope your Dad is ok and gets home soon shelly xxx

maria_and_the_imps

crafty gran you have mail
both of the dream catcher designs are beautiful and welcome jlp123
what a bargin chicky cant wait to see what you are going to do with it
coming along lovely shelly and hope your dad feels better soon
xx

maria_and_the_imps

awesome2

the england pattern i sent you i was looking at the other day and realised all the symbols are really similar so i have worked out how to print it out so that it is coloured blocks rather than symbols which has made it a million times easier to read, let me know if you want me to email you this version, i deleted your email address lol so will need it again

happy stitching

shelly

Thanks for the good wishes ladies. He's fine in himself but just waiting on the docs being happy with his heart rate.

I got my ironing done in super quick time so done a little dusting aswell. When hubby notices tonight he'll say I need a hospital bed too.....I hate cleaning as a rule

Now.....do I do some stitching or surfing? Maybe an hour of each before lunch

craftygranny

Shelly thats looking lovely. Hope your dad gets home today.

Pampered princess and Maria thank you both so much.

chickywiggle

just incase anyone fancies a try at getting a cheap piece of afghan - I know there was someone else - there is this one on ebay?? Obv I don't know how high the bidder has set their max to but worth a try.


ohh and tis ok you guys can talk again now - am logging in at lunchtime for my MSE CSC fix. I was distrought - this is the only thread I subscribe to that actually had any new posts since last night!!