The Newfoundland, Josh, took BIS at Westminster KC moments ago (Pacific time, anyway). As a big-dog (Irish Wolfhounds) fancier myself, I'm lovin' it! It's nice seeing a winner that's bigger than the cup. Darla Sacred cows make great hamburgers.

Those of us in the north east are getting snow - 6-12 inches of the white stuff! I've got milk, food stuffs and stitching... But DD's Holiday concert will be postponed. C

Just announced today -- DMC (including all of their floss lines) has gone into bankruptcy. I imagine a run on most of the needlework stores just to stock up. Anyone heard anything yet? Johanna

For the last week or so I have had no more than 10 posts a day here. Has there been more activity, or is everyone busy stitching instead of reading newsgroups?? Gillian

Thanks my darling - this ****ing company we're with never sends any kind of notice - they just love ****ing you off for the whole ****ing day - hate the useless *******s. If I send you a cheque, can you buy me one of those tickets? Hate ****ing Aliant - hate the ****ers - *******s!!! Hugs -...

escapee said: You do know that when you seek a marketing company, you do have some say about how they market your stuff, right? She knows exactly what's going on. Poor thing only makes a dollar on her designs. What a load. Cozit/Liz opined: You *do* know that she...

Actually, that's in Hawaii. :P Okay, so I haven't done an exhaustive search of the island yet but the only cross stitch fabric I've been able to find so far has all been of the Aida type and in very limited colors. White, cream, a shade of tan and black is all I've seen. I have yet to find a...

Is there a good book on the modern history of needlework? In a book I'm outlining, I need a throw or coverlet from the late fifties/early sixties stitched with a pattern of Lake Minnetonka. What form might this have taken at that time? How might it be dated? (I mean in, say color or kind of...

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...

Hi Everyone! Please indulge me just a little. I work in a needlework shop and have just come home from two really busy days, where classes were being held in the shop. I have read many a post here about the rudeness of certain shop owners and hope you will listen to a little bit of it from the...

How do they do it? Yesterday I was with DD at an audition (college admission related). Knowing that I'd be sitting around awhile, of course I brought a little project, and the waiting time maybe didn't quite fly, but at least wasn't painful to me. But I was amazed at how many people just...

I am sure this issue has been thoroughly discussed before, but I am wondering about the legality of lending magazines to friends to stitch from, or for them to photocopy patterns from. For many years I had been searching for a pattern and when a coworker was looking for an idea for a gift, I...

If I need to cover an area with a knot, I just wrap until the 'coil' is long to extend between the two points. However, quite often a design says make a bullion knot with x number of wraps. My problem with this type of instruction is that I don't know how much of a 'gap' to leave between the...

I know this has been asked and answered a gazillion times, but I'm dense and I never really paid attention. I got extremely frustrated this afternoon looking for a certain color of DMC thread (I never did find it) and I decided it's time to do something about my messy system. So what's the...

Got this from a friend: The History of APRONS FW: The History of Aprons (not a joke) I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath. Because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less...

I had a phone call with my stitching friend in the hurricane zone. She's fine, her house is fine (damp, but drying out). She says she doesn't need anything herself. She works for United Way. The office was completely underwater, so they've lost their computers and paper files, and are operating...

it seems there's a significant population of UK folk here. I suspect because needlework is a more-established "hobby" (using the word loosely) there than in the US? the "Rule Britannia" post got me wondering. Never heard of Crackers until I became a 'net wanderer. Despite living in London for 2...

Is there anyone on the rctn today?? I think I saw a couple of posts this morning, then nothing else. So strange!! Gillian

Recently, I've been discovering wet, as in dripping, mugs in the cabinet. Now, I carefully dry all the glasses and cups before I put them away. HOW THE HELL ARE THEY GETTING WET???? Yesterday, I watched DS open the cabinet, grab a mug, run the tap, drink some water and put the mug back in the...

I see that both of you are ever so baseless angry , so i decided to send you both a nice snail postcard , it is soon our New Year , I really wish for both of you that you overcome whatever it is that makes you agressive ,,,We eat apple with Honey , for our New year !! you might try it !!! your...