What brand name is it? We`d need to know that first. Pat P "Kristy Malarkey" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone might know where I can find some #10 Turquois crochet thread. My grandma is looking...

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Does any one know where I can find free cross stitch patterns concerning African Americans?

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: Jeeks and not jeeks , i am embroidering little images , with sewing thread , and whatever i do it gets too tight and the background keeps being Bubbly Sewing thread had less "give" or stretch than regular embroidery threads. One reason to tightly stretch fabric...

Mirjam wrote: I added some Charms and oother Holeless things by making little covers of tule net ,, made it rather Mysterious !!!!! than used same idea to make little `balls` of leftover thread ends ,,,, it is really magical !! .... Here's another question -- I bought some plastic...

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There are three sets of numbers which I require to be reported. These are the number of stitches per inch you used and the number of threads in the needle; plus the amount of floss of each colour you used to do the cross stitching. I suggest you do all the cross stitching first, and measure how...

I have done a symbol count of Cherub with Tree as best I can. I am sure the results are not accurate down to the last symbol. But they should be good enough for the purposes of this little experiment. However, if anyone else cares to do a count, we could compare figures, and try and come to some...

I finally received the Trebizond silk needed to finish the Sweet Pea Gazebo sampler I started in June. I happily stitched along for a good two hours with one length before it occurred to me that it seemed awfully thick to also be used for the Smyrna crosses over 4 and regular cross stitches over...

In a recent post, Ruthie mentioned using waste canvas to stitch a shirt. Has anyone tried using linen instead? In a XS magazine I read a while back (The Cross Stitcher, I think), they had an article about how linen was so much easier than waste canvas. It seemed simple enough from the...

My favorite LNS (Hook 'N Needle in Westport, CT) has closed. Does anyone know of another shop in CT or NY that is accessible by train? I don't drive, and I keep finding about shops in places that I can't get to at all. We do have JoAnn's, Michaels, etc., but I'm looking for specialty threads...

Just found out the new book ; that must be why you ask ---! It is African animals cross stitch; nothing like the Redoute' flowers.....alas.

Anyone hear what her new book is?

I did the first part of a two day course today at my local guild on Myreschka embroidery. Always wanting to know the traditions behind these sorts of things, I asked the teacher if it was traditionally worked in white on white or in colour. She didn't know the answer. Does anyone here know...

I hear you quite well, Mirjam. Also, thank you for taking the time to send the alephbet earlier. chris c

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Mirjam, Your post is a timely commentary as I'm in the midst of the doing the same exact thing except my ripping out was on a smaller scale having to rip out a section of stitched tiny, tiny seed beads! After stitching a section of tiny, tiny Japanese seed beads in curlicue line patterns on the...

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Has any one checked their credit card to see if they were charged yet? I set my fax machine up to send my application in automatically while I was at work. According to the log the fax did go through but my card has not been charged yet. I checked back from last year and I think it was only two...

I have a rather simple question. What resolution has been found the best for scanning pictures for charts? It would appear to me that if one scans at a high rate of resolution that one can contaminate the chart with a lot of non essential confetti stitches. Pictures are made up of colored dots...