Very creepy. Our back deck seems to have become the final resting place for heaps of caterpillers. The yard must have been too wet for them so they tried to move to higher ground. Epic fail. So for the last few days we've been doing crazy little dances as we negotiate the caterpiller free spots on the deck.
So another Monday bites the dust. Nuff said about my day :p
I went back to work today and the city is slowly starting to look "normal" again. Saw helicopters flying over regularly and from my building could hear the trucks pumping water out of basement car parks.. Apart from that if I hadn't known there was a flood last week I wouldn't have known. Oh crap.. I can't believe I just typed that LOL
I've been doing some thinking about the frames I use for cross stitch - as in the working frame. I've been using hoops forever but I'm thinking the JBJ chart is just wayyyy too big for a hoop. My wrist starts to ache after a while. Although, maybe its not related to the weight of the aida and just my age? Anyhoo.. I'd love some feedback on what you use. I'm looking at the doodler frame from the Fox Collection but its exy and want to know what its like before I fork out for one.
Watched The Horse Whisperer last night. Oh man.. Robert Redford is just divine.
Yawn.. I really have nothing tonight. Should quit and adjourn to the couch.
xx
About Me
- Shelley
- Bon Jovi rocks my world. So do the two little men in my life, Zak (13) and Robert (3). I love scrapbooking and cross stitch and, in a past life, ballroom dancing.
3 comments:
Sorry, I'm no help with any frame advice...I only stitch in hand =]
Ewwww ~ caterpillars!
I use q snaps which I love. They come in different sizes and I find they hold your fabric much more taught than hoops do. Plus they don't tend to hurt your wrist because you can rest the back of the fabric on your hand if you want.
Here is a website to show you what they are if you don't know already.
http://www.123stitch.com/QSnapFrames.html
I'm sure there must be an Australian site somewhere too. I picked mine up from a craft show in Melbourne.
We had the same thing happen at our place, but it was earth worms not caterpillars. it was so odd.
I use a wooden frame like these ones.
http://www.needlegraphics-downunder.com/ezimerchant/category90_1.htm
I sit with my legs crossed and the frame resting on my knee so I can have one hand underneath the frame and one above and I get no pain in my wrists :)
Spotlight has a few different sizes and they are a lot cheaper than the doodler frame.
But really in the end it comes down to what you are most comfortable with using. :)
Happy Stitching
xo
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