June 22, 2006

cross stitch

I used to did lots of cross stitches. These are some of my projects. (Designs are not mine, I stitched from published patterns.)

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Some of these are stitched with Danish Handcraft Design's Flower Thread, and I love, love, love its texture. It's thicker than DMC embroidery floss, and it's matte, does not shine like DMC. I would never have done cross stitch in the first place if I hadn't encountered the Flower Thread.

The problem is that I have never liked to use them as interior decorations. I think they are difficult to coordinate with other things... So I just put them in the closet, but fortunately they don't take up space like knitted sweaters unless you frame them.

I will go to the Black Sheep Gathering this weekend. Usually we have visitors from Japan this time of the year and I don't have time to go to Eugene, but this year no one came! I hope to find some spindles and fibers I like.

Posted by noriko at June 22, 2006 10:23 PM
Comments

Lovely cross stitches! Even though you don't use it as decoration it must be a pleasure to look at it once in a while. ;)

Posted by: mimi at June 25, 2006 06:06 PM

Thanks Mimi :-)

Posted by: Noriko at June 29, 2006 12:45 PM