Who stitches outside

I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but unless it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but unless
it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl


I used to stitch in the car way back when, but always with the windows
closed.

Outdoors here is impossible. It's either too sunny, too humid or pouring
rain.

Lucille

On Jun 4, 7:56*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but unless it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl

Me. I love to stitch outside. One our small front deck. Under the
umbrella. But once the temperature hits 80 it's usually to humid for
me to handle. That's why I like the spring and fall.

Donna in Virginia

On 6/4/09 8:17 AM, in article ,
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On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:56:19 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but unless it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl


Not me. As a child, maybe 5/6 at a convent school, we stitched
outside one day. Maybe I was distracted but somehow I caught a stitch
through to my skirt. I was beaten for it with the bamboo stick by the
nun, so I am now averse to stitching outside ! Pavlovs dog syndrome.

That happens a lot. The catching stitches to clothes. Hopefully the other
part doesn't any more.

Cheryl

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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On 6/4/09 8:17 AM, in article ,
" wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:56:19 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but
unless it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl


Not me. As a child, maybe 5/6 at a convent school, we stitched
outside one day. Maybe I was distracted but somehow I caught a stitch
through to my skirt. I was beaten for it with the bamboo stick by the
nun, so I am now averse to stitching outside ! Pavlovs dog syndrome.

That happens a lot. The catching stitches to clothes. Hopefully the other
part doesn't any more.

Cheryl


Stitching to clothing I do fairly often. Fortunately stitching to my knee
not quite as often, but on a rare occasion it has happened.

"lucille" ) writes:
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but unless
it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl


I used to stitch in the car way back when, but always with the windows
closed.

Outdoors here is impossible. It's either too sunny, too humid or pouring
rain.

Lucille


Absolutely, at the cottage. The light is fantastic. I have two places.
On the deck, with a small round table and an umbrella over the top. And
in my boat. The boat is sheer luxury. It is a "deck" boat; basically a
pontoon boat on a hull. It has a comfortable chair for the driver, and a
table is in just the right place. There is a bimini for shade. Tied up at
the dock, there is often a very gentle rocking motion from the water.
There is a radio, CD player, and it is just ba wonderful place to stitch,
once the weather gets warmer, and the flies and mosquitoes disappear.

On 6/4/09 9:25 AM, in article ,
"lucille" wrote:


"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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On 6/4/09 8:17 AM, in article ,
" wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:56:19 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but
unless it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl


Not me. As a child, maybe 5/6 at a convent school, we stitched
outside one day. Maybe I was distracted but somehow I caught a stitch
through to my skirt. I was beaten for it with the bamboo stick by the
nun, so I am now averse to stitching outside ! Pavlovs dog syndrome.

That happens a lot. The catching stitches to clothes. Hopefully the other
part doesn't any more.

Cheryl


Stitching to clothing I do fairly often. Fortunately stitching to my knee
not quite as often, but on a rare occasion it has happened.



Do I want details?
C

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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On 6/4/09 9:25 AM, in article ,
"lucille" wrote:


"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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On 6/4/09 8:17 AM, in article
,
" wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:56:19 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but
unless it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl


Not me. As a child, maybe 5/6 at a convent school, we stitched
outside one day. Maybe I was distracted but somehow I caught a stitch
through to my skirt. I was beaten for it with the bamboo stick by the
nun, so I am now averse to stitching outside ! Pavlovs dog syndrome.

That happens a lot. The catching stitches to clothes. Hopefully the
other
part doesn't any more.

Cheryl


Stitching to clothing I do fairly often. Fortunately stitching to my
knee
not quite as often, but on a rare occasion it has happened.



Do I want details?
C


It's Florida and I'm often wearing shorts. I don't really like a sit-on
frame or a standing frame because it forces you to sit up straight and
generally I prop my hoop or roller frame on one knee when I'm doing
needlework and just let things fall into my lap when I'm doing a hem. I sit
crunched into a corner with one leg under me and the other bent with knee
up.

I know, I know that's not a pretty picture. lol

Every so often I'll pick up the very top layer of skin on my bony knee and
not even feel it until I tug the thread to see where it's stuck.

Most of the time I do it so efficiently and delicately that it doesn't even
bleed, but on occasion I've had to drop everything on the floor to avoid a
stain. Not too smart, but too much of a habit to try to change now.

says...
Does any one here stitch outside?

I used to. Lately though the pine trees which were mere saplings when I moved
in 16 years ago are putting out so much pollen that in a matter of minutes, my
nose clogs and little flecks of yellow/green stuff attaches itself to the work.
--
another anne, add ingers to reply

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I can stitch on my porch, or in the car with the windows open, but unless it
is completely windless, I can't just stitch out side.

Does any one here stitch outside?

Cheryl


Me, me, me!!! I love to stitch outside - on the deck, in the car, in the
park, at the pool....anywhere. My absolute favorite is at a music
festival/outdoor concert - the combination of outdoors, people-watching,
live music, and luscious stitching is sheer nirvana.

Sue (hoping the weather and my calendar cooperate for a fiddler's
convention this weekend)


--
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
www.dirtylinen.com