I absolutely love this topic! And boy do I have a lot to add! So here goes..
On the topic of what people call it my partner calls the bag I have my stuff in my 'sewing bag' which isn't too bad but he does it to stir me up!
I hate it when people call the thread "string"!
I am a thread licker all the way and I also have the bad (?) habit of putting the needle between my lips when I don't have anywhere to put it momentarily.. I was at a friend's place on the weekend who is new to cross stitching and I think she was quietly horrified to witness me doing these things!
I love buying aida, charts, books, kits and all the rest and have no plans to stop.. I love buying Dimensions Gold and Maia kits and have not yet done one..
I have such a beautiful range of fabric colours but am reluctant to use them and take them from my stash.. But my latest project is on one of these pieces and I am loving working on the pretty colour so I may be getting better! I do normally like to replace what I have used though..
My cross stitching is not allowed to accompany me in the car if I am going to the gym. I have been known to get side tracked and not leave the car/car park due to getting involved in my stitching!
Nope don't really mind that I have messy backs! They aren't too bad but they aren't too great either!
I photograph any new kits I get so that I don't have to sort through them to see what I have.. Sometimes I forget if I bought the kit/chart or just looked at it!
Sometimes I just grab the iPad and browse through my collection!
There are so many projects I want to stitch but when I finish one and it's time to start a new one I have trouble choosing! I am a stitch one project at a time person, there is a name for people like me isn't there?!
At work I am preoccupied by what I want to stitch, what I am stitching and what I want to buy.. I'm also thinking what design I can put on what colour fabric to make it look nicer.. I tell very few people about my hobby, I don't think it's because I'm embarrassed but I am not really sure why..
I always take my project off my hoop but I never loosen my hoop. I pull it on on over my work so it's tight but try not to do it where it is stitched. I'm pretty sure this is bad but u wouldn't do it if I thought it would hurt my stitching in any way..
I only ever frame projects I have stitched for presents. I will get around to framing and displaying my work but I am very fussy as to how they frame it. I did do a small cow and calf picture for my Mum for Mother's Day this year. At the same time I stitched a mare and foal from the same magazine and when I went to get the one for Mum framed I got the other one done too.. So I have one small framed picture which I have not given away!!
I always have good intentions of stitching a card or some other present for someone's birthday but I normally am so caught up in my current project that their birthday comes and goes and I haven't stitched anything for them.. But I did THINK of doing it for them..
I try and get my daily jobs done as soon as possible so I can stitch freely knowing everything is done.. I normally set myself a time when I should stop and go to bed but I go past that time.. I get addicted and I use excuses like "I will just finish this thread" or "This colour is nearly done it won't take long"...
When my partner and I watch TV or a movie I nearly always fall asleep, but if I am stitching I can stay up for hours and hours until I really must go to bed! On a sick day off work I have been known to stitch for 12 hours non stop, but it's a good medicine when you are meant to be resting..
I'm sure there is more that I will think of but that is a good start! Not sure if I feel better or horrified now that I have typed it all out