Look who's stitching now!

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On Apr 1, 8:54�am, Susan Hartman wrote:
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As soon as DB walked in the door the other day he handed me the
front page of the WSJ and pointed this out to me. I had a DU, a
steelworker, who did needlepoint.

Nancy

On 01/04/2010 14:40, Nancy wrote:
On Apr 1, 8:54�am, Susan wrote:
DD sent me this article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...57513999085743...

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As soon as DB walked in the door the other day he handed me the
front page of the WSJ and pointed this out to me. I had a DU, a
steelworker, who did needlepoint.

Nancy

In WW2 my late FIL was a Physical Training Instructor who became a
Warrant Officer in a Royal Marine Commando unit and took part in raiding
parties into northern France. In his spare time he did cross-stitch and
produced exquisite designs which were so neat that you couldn't tell
which was the back and which was the front.
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
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On 01/04/2010 14:40, Nancy wrote:
On Apr 1, 8:54�am, Susan wrote:
DD sent me this article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...57513999085743...

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Susan Hartman

As soon as DB walked in the door the other day he handed me the
front page of the WSJ and pointed this out to me. I had a DU, a
steelworker, who did needlepoint.

Nancy

In WW2 my late FIL was a Physical Training Instructor who became a Warrant
Officer in a Royal Marine Commando unit and took part in raiding parties
into northern France. In his spare time he did cross-stitch and produced
exquisite designs which were so neat that you couldn't tell which was the
back and which was the front.
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
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I knew a Narc (a New York Narcotics Cop) who knitted beautiful sweaters in
his spare time.

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On 01/04/2010 14:40, Nancy wrote:
On Apr 1, 8:540 DD sent me this article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...57513999085743...

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Susan Hartman

As soon as DB walked in the door the other day he handed me the
front page of the WSJ and pointed this out to me. I had a DU, a
steelworker, who did needlepoint.

Nancy

In WW2 my late FIL was a Physical Training Instructor who became a
Warrant Officer in a Royal Marine Commando unit and took part in
raiding parties into northern France. In his spare time he did
cross-stitch and produced exquisite designs which were so neat that you
couldn't tell which was the back and which was the front.

My DH used to embroider.
When he was in Malta and I lived out there with him, just after our
marriage. I took a table cloth with me to embroider.
He asked me to show him how to do it because it was a hobby that did not
take up much space in his small locker. He did all the chain stitch,
lazy daisy, french knots and feather stitch. Then brought back to me to
do the satin stitch. It is still in use 55 years later.
Hugs
Shirley
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Shirley Shone

www.allcrafts.org.uk

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In message , Bruce Fletcher
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On 01/04/2010 14:40, Nancy wrote:
On Apr 1, 8:540 DD sent me this article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...57513999085743...

--
Susan Hartman

As soon as DB walked in the door the other day he handed me the
front page of the WSJ and pointed this out to me. I had a DU, a
steelworker, who did needlepoint.

Nancy

In WW2 my late FIL was a Physical Training Instructor who became a
Warrant Officer in a Royal Marine Commando unit and took part in
raiding parties into northern France. In his spare time he did
cross-stitch and produced exquisite designs which were so neat that
you couldn't tell which was the back and which was the front.

My DH used to embroider.
When he was in Malta and I lived out there with him, just after our
marriage. I took a table cloth with me to embroider.
He asked me to show him how to do it because it was a hobby that did
not take up much space in his small locker. He did all the chain
stitch, lazy daisy, french knots and feather stitch. Then brought back
to me to do the satin stitch. It is still in use 55 years later.
Hugs
Shirley
Sorry to follow my own post.
I should have wrote he was in the Royal Navy and took the needle work to
sea with him
Shirley.
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Shirley Shone

www.allcrafts.org.uk

Susan Hartman wrote:
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I well remember when my late husband was stationed aboard one of the
VERY earliest Polaris Subs. Very early 60s. He had a good friend who
spent spare time knitting twin-sets for his wife.

He was a delightful person, and he and his wife were friends of ours for
several years.

Those that remember those days realize that was a fine yarn, and small
needles. The men were incommunicado from the outside world from 60-90
days. If I had died in childbirth, as I nearly did, he would never have
known until the patrol was over.

I suspect that made us tough women. LOL

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On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:28:46 +0100, Shirley Shone
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Sorry to follow my own post.
I should have wrote he was in the Royal Navy and took the needle work to
sea with him
Shirley.

Now why did I know that as soon as you mentioned Malta? lololol exRN
wife.

Out there 1954/57. Lived in Senglea.
Shirley
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Shirley Shone

www.allcrafts.org.uk

On Apr 1, 7:54*am, Susan Hartman wrote:
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Forwarded to DSis, whose son is a trucker between ND & TX.

Thanks!

Joan