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That is a picture to really behold, superb progress on what is going to be something out of this world, can't wait to see the project finished.

WOW, those pictures are stunning, as a relatively new beginner to cross stitching I am amazed at how you keep control of all those threads. I'm sure I would end up in one big tangle.

Thats a very nice design and will look lovely when its finished and framed as in the picture on the packaging.

Thank you all for the welcome, it's good to be back among stitchers once more.

Hi all, Its nice to be able to get back to cross stitching after quite a long lay off. What with PC and internet problems I have been offline for quite a while plus my partners disability has become more severe requiring more of my care. Anyway now we are more settled and the internet is now more re...

Hi, I got into cross stitch a few years ago by my daughter getting me to go to the Harrogate cross stitch fair, I thought I would be the only man there but I was proved wrong. Went rather mad and bought lots of aida, threads and patterns and since then have built up quite a stash. I just need to liv...

Hi Ayna,

I bet that raised a few eyebrows, well I won't let my stash get any bigger as I want to get on with stitching what I have rather than collecting more that probably won't ever get started yet alone finished.

Clive

Well Carole with regard to a stash, it has grown so much recently that I think I need to live for anothe 90 years or so to complete them all. I already have about a dozen or so kits and a drawer full of "Must make that" patterns.

Clive

Hi, Thank you all very much for the warm welcome to the forum. Hi to you too Debby, in reply to your question I like mostly wildlife and nature cross stitch patterns plus fantasy, at the moment I'm stitching "Celtic Angel" from the series by Barbara Baatz an "American School of Needle...

Hi, My name is Clive and I live in Spalding in Lincolnshire UK, my daughter introduced me to cross stitching while I was recovering from open heart surgery to while away the days and a needle was about the only thing I was allowed to lift. I found it so relaxing and therapeutic that I have carried o...