A very nice lady I know who lives in N.S. sent me a lovely package today. Marmite!!! Holy crap, it has got to be the most foul tasting, gut wrenching, disgusting thing I ever tasted. I'd rather lick an old boot. No wonder you guys came to America - to get some decent food. Barf I think the...

I'm having this problem with my left arm the top muscle from my shoulder is swelling up and ive had a sore shoulder to

On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 02:15:29 -0800 (PST), Barb L wrote: On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 5:35:48 AM UTC-7, Sandy Cowan wrote: You can find conversion charts on the web. Bucilla kits use Bucilla thread numbers which can be converted using the charts. Best Wishes ...

They are calling for freezing temps here for the rest of the week, in the 20s on Saturday morning.Ordinarily, this is no problem, turn over and go to sleep. However Thurs, Fri and Sat are the Annual Neighborhood Yard Sales. Usually 80-90 houses have stuff out. I have to be up and out around...

This article appeared in Saturdays Sydney Morning Herald. Thought it might interest someone. http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/young-artists-embrace-their-inner-nanna/2009/04/24/1240079859653.html Edna in Sydney

Hi everybody, With my luck, this is a question that only museum employees or needlework historians will know. Have any stitches been lost over the years. I mean, we have cross stitch, algerian eye, gross point, daisy stitch etc. But are there any stitches from history that have been forgotten...

I am seriously thinking along those lines. My fingers are getting sore, and I really have no desire to do any projects. My walls are full and there is no one I want to make anything for. Should I wait a year, or just tote all my floss, Persian wool, crochet needles etc to the next local craft...

We have satellite TV and I love the range of show out there that are far more to my taste than the standard network fare. This is what is on during stitching time and some of my housework time First choice - craft shows excepting anything on scrap booking. I'll include any antique shows with this...

I wish you all a wonderful new Presidency !!!! mirjam

I recently received a stamped cross-stitch that my grandmother did many, many years ago (at least 40). It had been professionally framed under glass; however, she had been a very heavy smoker, and the protective covering on the back has been torn. I don't know if it was torn while it was hanging...

A few weeks ago I posted the following query: I decided to try my hand at some Hardanger and so have been working my second project which is the Hardanger Box Lid Design of May/June 2003 by Roz Watnemo http://www.nordicneedle.com/free/2003_05/index.shtml . I've been doing it in DMC 504...

I'd love to hear from you good folks regarding your various floor frame experiences, likes, and dislikes. I'm thinking about upgrading again, and while my current floor frame is adequate, I'd like to find something that can easily handle larger scroll frames and stretcher bars. Thanks for your...

My wife does a good bit of hardanger, along with related embroidery techniques. She's interested in software that would help her design patterns more easily than with pencil and paper. Can anyone suggest a software package they've had good results with? Windows or Macintosh is fine. ...

I immediately thought of you when I saw this article in the Hopkins alumni magazine: http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0903web/bigques.html It's about manners and civility, and he states the root casuses of our modern-day lack of civility very succinctly, I think. In fact, I tried to think if there were...

Hi! I was wondering how people care for cross stitched towels (or bibs, pillowcases, etc.). Can I machine wash, or should I hand wash? Is machine drying okay, or hang dry only? Thanks for your help!

I am currently working a counted canvas chart and the directions are making me crazy. (My sig is out of date, so don't look there.) I can figure out what and where to stitch easily enough, but the copyediting is atrocious! Once and for all, PLURALS DO NOT NEED APOSTROPHES! To all designers: I...

I have a lot of projects in progress right now, although I've finished up a bunch in the past month. I have: - 3 sewing projects (2 dresses and a buttondown shirt) - finishing/hemming of a JCS ornament from several years ago - tropical fish on black linen - The Ocean from Cross My Heart - blouse...

Hi there, does anyone know of a web site that has conversion charts for Appletons needlepoint wool to DMC wool? I have some gorgeous patterns i want to try but want to use DMC thanks

Can someone tell me - is the Evangeline showing on MLIs site supposed to be 'our' Evangeline as romanticized by Longfellow ? I hope not as Evangeline lived a very peasant life, did not wear flowing gowns and was said to be pretty. The statue at Grand Pre more truly represents the grit of...

Just curious - why is it so bad to lick the tip of floss? Best, Christine