We all have our views about what we enjoy in the cross stitching world. Some ideas really inspire us – and others leave us feeling deflated. I wonder what your views are. Here are mine:
What’s Hot!
1. Beautiful threads… satin threads, silks, metallics and blending filaments. Anything that gives us the choice of making our projects different and special gets my vote.
2. Great inventions that make stitching easier. Soluble Waste Canvas and ready-gridded fabric… need I say more! These new products allow us to enjoy our stitching, rather than spend time unpicking mistakes!
3. New stitches! Let’s conquer our fears of French knots, Colonial knots and Algerian eyes etc. They are fun, and you can do them!
4. Patterns Patch Club. As a member, you can download hundreds of patterns free of charge, as well as access articles and tips, and much more.
What’s Definitely Not!
1. Cheap threads. They are dull, lacking in sheen, and also non-colourfast, meaning that the colour runs if they get damp. They are a false economy.
2. Free kits from magazines. Is it my imagination, or are these kits getting smaller and more tatty as time goes on? Why not give readers something more substantial?
3. Quick-kits. Why does everything have to be completed so quickly? One of the pleasures of cross stitching is the joy of stitching; this does not mean that everything has to be finished in two hours.
4. A cross stitch website (you know who you are) that offers the service of making you a wish list that you can email to your friends and family, so that they can buy you the kits (from their site) for Christmas. What happened to the notion that it’s the thought that counts? This seems greedy and unpleasant to me.
Do you have pet loves and hates? Do share them with us.
Happy Stitching!
Iona
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jenna 12.19.08 at 4:46 pm
I don’t mind the wishlist. I like it. My family wouldn’t know dmc from splendor or linen from aida.