S (Karen C - California) wrote in message ...
In article ,
(koalamom) writes:

it was harder than I thought to
count on 18 count black Aida when I couldn't hold it perfectly still
because the legs were pedaling the bike

For a while, I was riding a bus that hit a lot of potholes. I got a 10-count
kiddie kit for that trip, which worked much better than the 18-count.

Or maybe you'd do better with knitting or crocheting while you ride?

Hmm .... I have tried my hand at knitting but it is very much at the
basic " this is a needle, this is how you cast on stitches, etc. "
introductory stage. I enjoy it but don't actively do it at the moment
for several reasons. I enjoy my cross stitching too much to put it
down. I can see results instantly in stitching and for knitting you
really have to do a bit of it over time to see any results ( see the
work grow in size, see different sorts of stitches as you go and so on
). Also, we are in the beginning to middle stages of planning a major
move and the knitting needles and " how-to " book are packed up right
now. I mentioned this once as a side bar to a thread many months ago,
but the move on deck for us is overseas. Right now, I live in Ann
Arbor, Michigan. My husband is Australian with PR in the US. We are
moving back home to his native country at the end of this year. Our
target date for hopping on the plane is 20 December. The visa
paperwork for the permanent move on behalf of myself and my teenage
daughter ( my husband's stepdaugher ) is in the pipeline at the
Australian Embassy in Washington. We expect that back in a April to
June timeframe. Once we have that visa back, then we can purchase
plane tickets, one-way thank you ..... Anyways, so many things
to do to get ready. Oh, the crocheting you mentioned ? I tried that
at some point when I was in my teens, it was cool and I enjoyed it.
But I don't have time right now to pick that up again either.
Knitting though, I do have needles and instruction books, so one step
better than crocheting, which frankly, although I enjoyed it, I have
forgotten how to do it. But I know that it is fairly simple though
...... Julie