Who are we?

Since we seem to have one or two new members and a couple of recent
returners, I thought it might be time for another round of "Who are
we?", so I'll start.

I'm Joan. I live on the eastern edge of North Dakota. I work in a
university library and have been here for over 30 years now (somewhat
shows my age!). I'm married, have 2 sons, 1 daughter, 1 brand-new
granddaughter and a yellow lab (Jasmine) and will soon to become
caretaker of DD's horse for the winter.

I mostly do counted cs but also knit, crochet, have done some crewel,
needlepoint, canvaswork and needle tatting. Some day I'm going to
learn hardanger, mostly so I can do justice to some of Thea Dueck's
(Victoria Sampler) designs that I have. I'm getting near the end of a
set of stuffed pieces for a Nativity set (Carol Emmer designs) that
I've been working on for a couple of years. Currently, I'm doing the
cover for a cs baby book (designed by Ellen Maurer-Stroh) for DGD.

I've been on this *wonderful* group since the mid-90s, I think.

Who's next?

Joan

Hi! I'm Arnhild. I live in the middle of Norway, a little bit south of
the Polar Circle.(65 degrees north) I've recently moved here, on
Friday, and am working half time at the high school library. Beginning
in September I will also be working half time at the public library.
I'm single, but live in a place where it looks like I can possibly
have two of the family cats move in with me.

I like to read a lot, and go to the movies. I do cross stitch, but
spend more time dreaming about what I would like to stitch then actual
stitching. At least that's how it feels sometimes! I crochet, knit
(poorly), have a Hardanger project underway, and would like to make a
quilt. If only I could sew.

I mostly lurk, and have been doing so for a few years, but only this
millennium.

Arnhild

I'm Bruce and I post here on behalf of my wife, Maureen, who enjoys
cross-stitch and blackwork. We've lived on the island of Stronsay in
Orkney, UK (59°09′19″N 002°38′29″W) since 2004. See my blog at
http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk

I'm Nancy and I live in Pittsburgh. I spent 25 years
as a computer programmer in exploration research
for a major oil company in Pittsburgh, Houston, and
Southern California. I retired 11 years ago
when, once again they decided to move and reduce.
Three years later I moved back to my roots here in
Pittsburgh. I "keep house" for DM who is 87 as well
as serve as chauffeur and gardener.

I've been doing some sort of needlework since I was
in Girl Scouts. Along the way I've done crewel,
a little crochet, latch hook and picked up counted
cross stitch about 30 years ago but got away from
it when I was living in Southern California.

I think I started lurking here in early 2005 and
started posted some later that year.

Nancy, who realized again she shares her BD with
the president. I liked it better, sharing with my
2nd grade teacher.

On Aug 4, 8:09*am, "Joan E." wrote:
Since we seem to have one or two new members and a couple of recent
returners, I thought it might be time for another round of "Who are
we?", so I'll start.

I'm Joan. *I live on the eastern edge of North Dakota. *I work in a
university library and have been here for over 30 years now (somewhat
shows my age!). *I'm married, have 2 sons, 1 daughter, 1 brand-new
granddaughter and a yellow lab (Jasmine) and will soon to become
caretaker of DD's horse for the winter.

I mostly do counted cs but also knit, crochet, have done some crewel,
needlepoint, canvaswork and needle tatting. *Some day I'm going to
learn hardanger, mostly so I can do justice to some of Thea Dueck's
(Victoria Sampler) designs that I have. *I'm getting near the end of a
set of stuffed pieces for a Nativity set (Carol Emmer designs) that
I've been working on for a couple of years. *Currently, I'm doing the
cover for a cs baby book (designed by Ellen Maurer-Stroh) for DGD.

I've been on this *wonderful* group since the mid-90s, I think.

Who's next?

Joan

*ahem* I am nobody, who are you? *duck*

Sorry, that pretty much tells you what you need to know about my
alleged sense of humor!

My name is Alayna, also called Lyn or Lynoth. I am 32 years old, and
I live in Hayward, CA (across the Bay from San Francisco). I used to
be on this group about a decade ago, but lost touch for reasons I
can't recall. I thought of you often though, and finally was able to
find you again the other day as I "frogged" a section LOL.

My mother taught me to do counted cross stitch when I was about 10 or
so; I had the obligatory "too cool for that" pause as a teenager but
have only rarely put down my needle since I was about 18.

I tend to heavily favor fairies and dragons, although I have stitched
projects all across the spectrum as gifts. You can see a FEW of my
completions hehttp://www.facebook.com/album.php?
aid=2034902&id=1044404255&l=2c913dd3e1. This is in no way everything
I've done, just what I thought to snap a picture of before I rehomed
it LOL

I recently completed Dimensions Gold "Elegance of the Orient" and have
just begun TW's "Celestial Dragon;" you can track my progress he
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...5&l=1c9ba04828

When I can be coaxed to put down my needle I am a full-time student at
Chabot Community College where I am taking my lower division classes
before transferring to Cal State East Bay to complete my BA in
Psychology. I enjoy competing with the Forensics (Speech and Debate)
team and took 3rd at Spring Fling P

My 12 year old son, long-suffering DSO and cat put up with me for the
most part

Of potential import: I suffer from a fairly severe mental illness (I
won't bore you with the details) so if I seem....off....at times I beg
your forgiveness and tolerance in advance. I TRY to keep a lid on it,
but some days it sneaks up on me, ya know?

I am SOOOOOOOOOO happy to be back!

Oh, and my mum is going to ATTEMPT to teach me to knit this coming
week when we go on vacation. Wish us BOTH luck and patience!

A

I'm Mary Lou currently in Jeffersonville, IN, but still consider myself a
Louisville, KY girl at heart. I root for all the local teams, UK, UL and IN
but when and if they play each other, I'm a Louisville Cardinal. I'm single
and have two dogs, Jackson (shih-tzu) and Suki (shorkie). Both were shelter
dogs.

I've been a lurker for years. I feel like I know most of you personally. I
cross stitch, knit, crochet and needlepoint. I have sewn in the past and
next Sept when I retire, I plan on doing some quilting. I am also an avid
reader of all types of books except for science fiction and vampires.
Mysteries are my favorite. My hobbies are getting in the way of my job
which is an enrollment specialist for a large insurance company.

I prefer cs patterns with only whole stitches. I hate 1/4, 3/4 etc.
stitches. I can tolerate some backstitching. A friend and I were
discussing hobbies just the other day and she said she used to cs but,
because it is so expensive to frame things, most of what she did is stuck
away in drawers. I had to agree. I guess the pleasure for me is in the
rythmn of the stitching and seeing the pattern develop. I have passed on
several things to family and friends but most of what I've stitched is in a
drawer.

I really enjoy hearing about what you're stitching and even read your
"arguments" some of the time.

I wonder how many times I have written a "who I am" here on RCTN over
the years???

Maybe 10 or so? I've been lurking or posting here since '95 or '96. I
forget.

I'm the wife of a retired Army officer and moved a gazillion times in
those military years. We live in northern Virginia now, or as the new
slang puts it, the DMV - the District, Maryland, Virginia - which
sounds snazzy than the oh so stuffy National Capitol Region.

Enough geography. I stitch. Anything. And everything. I don't have a
favorite technique, though I sometimes lean one way or another.

My current large projects a a stumpwork piece designed by Luan
Callery, a counted canvas piece by Tony Minieri, the Thistle Threads
Goldwork Masterclass, and because it's summer, Michelle Ink "Captain's
Rellek" with a pirate ship and a mermaid and treasure, oh my.

I've got at least 35 other projects in some state of completion. And
that's too many, I know. But I love to start things, what can I say?

Was going to write more, but DH just called for his pick-up at the
Park and Ride.

Donna in Virginia

"kylou" wrote in message
m...
I'm Mary Lou currently in Jeffersonville, IN, but still consider myself a
Louisville, KY girl at heart. I root for all the local teams, UK, UL and
IN but when and if they play each other, I'm a Louisville Cardinal. I'm
single and have two dogs, Jackson (shih-tzu) and Suki (shorkie). Both
were shelter dogs.

I've been a lurker for years. I feel like I know most of you personally.
I cross stitch, knit, crochet and needlepoint. I have sewn in the past
and next Sept when I retire, I plan on doing some quilting. I am also an
avid reader of all types of books except for science fiction and vampires.
Mysteries are my favorite. My hobbies are getting in the way of my job
which is an enrollment specialist for a large insurance company.

I prefer cs patterns with only whole stitches. I hate 1/4, 3/4 etc.
stitches. I can tolerate some backstitching. A friend and I were
discussing hobbies just the other day and she said she used to cs but,
because it is so expensive to frame things, most of what she did is stuck
away in drawers. I had to agree. I guess the pleasure for me is in the
rythmn of the stitching and seeing the pattern develop. I have passed on
several things to family and friends but most of what I've stitched is in
a drawer.

I really enjoy hearing about what you're stitching and even read your
"arguments" some of the time.


Arguments, us, said she innocently ?????? lol

I'm Lucille, currently living in Florida but still a Noo Yawka at heart. I
have one furkid, a Maltese named Puff. I moved here when I retired some
time ago.

I've tried every type of needlework except tatting but mostly enjoy cross
stitch. I used to do a lot of knitting but my hands and wrists wont allow
too much of that now. I've done some quilting and didn't like it very
much, would crochet more but I can't figure out what to do with the finished
pieces, tried hardanger, which is very pretty but doesn't fit my décor, did
a few blackwork pieces which were fun to do, lots of needlepoint and petit
point over the years, made all my clothing, including coats and suits for
years but lost interest in that in this laid back informal life style, and
hooked some rugs. I'm sure I'm leaving something out, but that's because it
probably didn't stick with me.

I'm in a lot in this relentless Florida heat and humidity and without cross
stitching and reading I think I would be a raving lunatic.

I love this group. It never fails. If you want to know what book to read,
ask here. If you need a needlework supplier, ask here. If you want to
know how to raise a chicken, ask here. Someone will know the answer or
point you in the right direction. Can you think of anything better?

Lucille

On Aug 5, 1:09*am, "Joan E." wrote:
Since we seem to have one or two new members and a couple of recent
returners, I thought it might be time for another round of "Who are
we?", so I'll start.

I'm Joan. *I live on the eastern edge of North Dakota. *I work in a
university library and have been here for over 30 years now (somewhat
shows my age!). *I'm married, have 2 sons, 1 daughter, 1 brand-new
granddaughter and a yellow lab (Jasmine) and will soon to become
caretaker of DD's horse for the winter.

I mostly do counted cs but also knit, crochet, have done some crewel,
needlepoint, canvaswork and needle tatting. *Some day I'm going to
learn hardanger, mostly so I can do justice to some of Thea Dueck's
(Victoria Sampler) designs that I have. *I'm getting near the end of a
set of stuffed pieces for a Nativity set (Carol Emmer designs) that
I've been working on for a couple of years. *Currently, I'm doing the
cover for a cs baby book (designed by Ellen Maurer-Stroh) for DGD.

I've been on this *wonderful* group since the mid-90s, I think.

Who's next?

Joan

Hi, I'm Sandy, an expat now living about 90 km south of Sydney
Australia, in a town called Wollongong (steel mill, mining & beautiful
beaches). JB is a high school math teacher who in 1972 asked if I
wanted to come to Oz for a 2 year stint...been here ever since. I
have 2 sons, 2 wonderful daughters-in-law, 3 grandsons and one very
spoilt cat. I work partime at an inbound call centre doing directory
assistance. I am first and foremost a cross stitcher, with a love of
redwork, but in recent years have dabbled in lots of different
techniques.

I came across this site after reading the first 8 Monic Ferris books
last year when I was confined to bed and couldn't stitch. Have loved
meeting new friends on this site.
Sandy

On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 08:09:48 -0700 (PDT), "Joan E."
wrote:

Who's next?


I'm Sara, from Delaware. I've been on RCTN since MarthaBeth published
an article about on line stitching resources in JCS about a hundred
years ago.
I'm about to have a round numbered birthday (yikes!) and live here
with my DH of 25 yrs and our 13 yo DS and cat Tony.
Mostly I do xs, currently working on Chatelaine's Pompeji Garden, but
I also enjoy canvas. I've done a little Hardanger, but I always come
back to xs.