I'm back
Posted by Robyn Nelson on Tuesday, July 6, 2010
So I wanted to add, my mom brought some more needle point projects over, one is of a slice of watermelon and the other is the expression "Give us this day our daily bread" with wheat, a loaf of bread and candle, and a rolling pin that I messed up already. There was a little bit done on it already, and it is really fairly big. Being I am still very new at cross stitch, I've only done a couple sets of pillow cases. I did try some ribbon embroidery years ago. So this is a pretty good size task I'm taking on.
It is kind of funny, of all the things my mom taught me (and she taught me ALOT), needle point isn't one of them. Although she also knows how to crochet she didn't teach me that either... wait I take that back, she did teach me the chain stitch, but I couldn't keep going with it. I have tried to do it, but just can't manage it. It gives me headaches. As a friend explained, it is because of how you have to hold your arms, hands & shoulders, that causes the headaches.
With the ribbon embroidery, I taught myself that, as one of my therapies. Since I suffer with S.A.D.s (Seasonal Affect Disorder ... or I call it, simply awful depression) Every year I try to teach myself something new, or take on a task or something. I start it in mid January and finish up the end of March or if I really like it, I will keep doing it.
Oh, so anyway, I got back into cross stitch this year, not just for the S.A.D.s but I'm trying to break away from the computer. I am spending far far far less time on it, and not missing it.
It is kind of funny, of all the things my mom taught me (and she taught me ALOT), needle point isn't one of them. Although she also knows how to crochet she didn't teach me that either... wait I take that back, she did teach me the chain stitch, but I couldn't keep going with it. I have tried to do it, but just can't manage it. It gives me headaches. As a friend explained, it is because of how you have to hold your arms, hands & shoulders, that causes the headaches.
With the ribbon embroidery, I taught myself that, as one of my therapies. Since I suffer with S.A.D.s (Seasonal Affect Disorder ... or I call it, simply awful depression) Every year I try to teach myself something new, or take on a task or something. I start it in mid January and finish up the end of March or if I really like it, I will keep doing it.
Oh, so anyway, I got back into cross stitch this year, not just for the S.A.D.s but I'm trying to break away from the computer. I am spending far far far less time on it, and not missing it.
