Cross Stitch Cafe 2011

*Louise*

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Re bobbins - I thought I was the only one to use them I find winding them is very therapeutic. Do those of you who do this store them in number order or colour groups (I've got boxes for reds, blues, neutrals etc).

Number order - much easier to find what I need.

I quite like winding them tbh, as you say it's very therapeutic



Hope everyone who is living close to riots or has family trying to help is okay (((hugs))) Shocking the extent of it, mindless thuggery :mad:

*Louise*

*Sigh*

Just can't get into this Corrie stitching at all

Grid lines too faint, and I realised when I was looking at the backstitch that it's all 'between the holes' I should have checked sooner, I would have used evenweave instead of the aida that was supplied.



I'd rather be doing all the blue stitching in Touched by Magic lol

chickywiggle

ohh no *louise* its horrible when you start something you grow to hate.

23rdspiral

Hope everyone is safe? I just can't get my head around these riots. I live in a little rural market 'town'. But work in the county town... There were so many police on the market square yesterday lunchtime, and 3 police vans went by my work place. Very odd atmosphere. People were talking about planned riots in town and the next town along.

The police were there to provide a reassuring presence apparently, but really it made people more worried.

Well done on those fab finishes!

I'm facing a dilemma on wether to work sat. I do have morning plans but the extra hours TOIL would be good. Argh!

chickywiggle

ohh toughie 23rd.

:j:j:j 12 hours sleep with nooo gettups for tinywiggle last night :j:j

must be those solids he's getting (unless the HV asks you inwhich case its just fab mummying :rotfl:)

i am sooooo excited. we're going cumbria bound at the end of september - going up sunday, staying at travelodge in preston.
- monday up to see HIS family, then back to travelodge in preston
- tuesday home

have just looked and blackpool is only 30mins away and will cost us £10 rtn on train so :j:j:j get to go see the illumination (babywiggle will LOVEEEE them.)

tellmeitsfriday

Oooo holidays Chicky - how lovely

I am off for a week after next Friday (that's right, 9 days, 7 hours, 3 mins and 2 seconds to go ). but I am not actually going anywhere! Whoop! I think we all know what I will be up to!

maria_and_the_imps

morning all, not much happened re looting and riotting near me last night im in orpington but the night before they did a few shops 5 mins from my front door, and someone filmed it and put it on youtube, some people are so simple hubby has to walk past our new hobby craft on the way to work so i rang him as soon as i got up to check it was ok lol, only local place i can get supplies

kids wana watch films all day so i guess thats a day stitching for me then, wahoo

hope everyone is ok
xxx

PerfectParadox

Morning all!
Slept like a log (appart from the abligatory let the bf out at 4 am) and only just work up....

Ebay person has replied, supper apologetic, believes its a packing issue which they are looking into, "martin" has personally handled my second set (I'm hoping he didnt realise that this list of shades he sent me for the second one means it should contain 52 skeins not 50) and as soon as I send back the first lot they will send me out the RIGHT package refunding all p&p costs for all the items.

yay yay yay.....

but with all this talk of bobbins is making me consider them for tidy's sake... at the moment my skiens are kept in those little plastic banking bags in a wicker draw thing...

oh what to work on now.... flowers and butterflys? or teddys drinking tea... hmmm tea.... thats what I'lll do.... have some tea

*starts mummbling and humming like every other day

tellmeitsfriday

Oh I don't like those bobbins - I keep mine in a box... and (for me) part of the fun of a new project is poking through the box to see what I have. Sad. Ok. Sorry!

PerfectParadox

i dont think its sad.... yesterday I got all my colours out to see how much of the rainbow I had......