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You Know You're a Stitcher When....
You check the small carry-on bag with your clothing, and carry-on the 28"
suitcase with your scroll bars. -- Finished 12/14/03 -- Mermaid (Dimensions) WIP: Angel of Autumn, Calif Sampler, Holiday Snowglobe, Guide the Hands (2d one) Paralegal - Writer - Editor - Researcher http://hometown.aol.com/kmc528/KMC.html |
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In article , Deb Milner
writes: I have an Olympia Sports Plus roll tote (sort of a stripped down backpack on wheels with a handle), that fits my computer bag AND my scroll kit just perfectly...and keeps me under the carry-on limit. I have a soft-sided Lands End carry-on, with a pocket for the computer (in a bubble-pak envelope) and big enough to hold the 18" scrolls (but not the 24s) in the main compartment, plus the munchies, radio (for that two hours on the ground at DFW), book (in case seatmate snarls about stitching or is a chocolate-fingered toddler), etc. With the shoulder strap for carrying, Mom will tell you there have been times she's wondered whether the carry-on itself is heavy enough to max out my luggage weight limit. But I'm a big girl, and even with two tons in there, I swing it around like it's nothing, so no one has ever asked me to put it on the scale. I just make sure that Mom doesn't try to lift it, because that would give me away. -- Finished 12/14/03 -- Mermaid (Dimensions) WIP: Angel of Autumn, Calif Sampler, Holiday Snowglobe, Guide the Hands (2d one) Paralegal - Writer - Editor - Researcher http://hometown.aol.com/kmc528/KMC.html |
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I tried this morning, in vain ;-), to work on my WIP while on my
exercise bike. No problem the way the bike is designed to balance my needed materials within arms reach. Started working along and had about 10 stitches done in one color and then realized that I was " off " on my count and just stopped .... 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 ;-) ... so I stopped immediately and will take out the needed stitches later on and then get back to it. No more trying to work while on my bike .... Julie |
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koalamom wrote:
I tried this morning, in vain ;-), to work on my WIP while on my exercise bike. No problem the way the bike is designed to balance my needed materials within arms reach. Started working along and had about 10 stitches done in one color and then realized that I was " off " on my count and just stopped .... 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 ;-) ... so I stopped immediately and will take out the needed stitches later on and then get back to it. No more trying to work while on my bike .... Julie I put "Cutwork" up by my exercise bike. I'm going to read a chapter while I ride every day. -georg |
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I read on my ski machine and also while using my Healthrider. I had never
though of trying to stitch while exercising and it sounds like that wouldn't have worked anyway. Think I'll stick to reading. Lorraine -- Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield -author unknown "georg" wrote in message .. . koalamom wrote: I tried this morning, in vain ;-), to work on my WIP while on my exercise bike. No problem the way the bike is designed to balance my needed materials within arms reach. Started working along and had about 10 stitches done in one color and then realized that I was " off " on my count and just stopped .... 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 ;-) ... so I stopped immediately and will take out the needed stitches later on and then get back to it. No more trying to work while on my bike .... Julie I put "Cutwork" up by my exercise bike. I'm going to read a chapter while I ride every day. -georg |
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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 |
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"Lorraine" wrote in message ... I read on my ski machine and also while using my Healthrider. I had never though of trying to stitch while exercising and it sounds like that wouldn't have worked anyway. Think I'll stick to reading. Lorraine Well, there's just no way I can read or stitch during my exercise routine. I swim. |
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