Picking back up my Cross Stitch again has been absolutely fantastic. I feel so calm and content when I stitch – maybe it is the whole online life overload where it is emails/news alerts/twitter feeds/facebook updates – I have been feeling more and more like I have had enough of the whole thing!
Cross Stitch is definitely a stress reliever. Stitching at lunch time means that I am getting real downtime away from a computer and even though my commute is short, stitching on the subway makes it even shorter.
I recently finished another bookmark and a small wall hanger –
I have been limiting myself to small projects just because they fit in my handbag easily. But that has changed. I now have two larger projects on the go. Including one that mum and dad bought for me from their recent trip to Tasmania, which is a gorgeous stitching of one of the historic cottages at Arthur’s Circus in Battery Point, Hobart. Especially perfect as we drove around there the night we all went to dinner at D’Angelo’s which is just up the road. The one challenge with this is the pattern is pretty hard to read from as it is hand drawn… some of the symbols are squiggly lines. Eeek!
It is so addictive and with these two large projects on the go, it makes me so excited to see the finished project! It is sad though as it seems with everyone picking up scrapbooking/cardmaking and crocheting, craft stores stocking cross-stiching supplies are dwindling or they are only selling really cheap kits with nasty thread that knots and twists all the time. I now have a selection of good online stores bookmarked and depend on them to buy kits and needles.
If you haven’t tried cross stitching, it is well worth it and again, sooooo relaxing!!