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Gah! I was right with my F&W Media thread in March then. https://www.crossstitchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=31595 The weaving and spinning magazines owned by the same company have been bought from the buyer of Interweave by the former editor, so I was hoping sewandso would have found a buy...

Likewise Sew and So is my go to shop for cross stitching supplies so I'm also keeping fingers crossed.

F&W Media in the US have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, F&W Media International own Sew and So. I'm not sure if this will have an effect on the UK side of the business or whether the parent company will find a buyer. https://www.sewandso.co.uk/whoarefw" target="_blank But anyway ...

Most pregnant women would look at a 1 in 20 risk with horror and avoid as a result. Risks include Orf virus and anthrax. Tetanus jabs should also be up to date. It's not that you can't touch raw fleece or indeed work with raw fleece (I know spinners who spin 'in the grease') just that you should abs...

I quite enjoyed last nights programme, neither craft interests me but I enjoyed the silence and sound of crafting. Though I was yelling at the tv when they were working with raw fleece and ignoring the health and safety aspects. I can only assume the fleece had actually been washed and was not "...

Make! On BBC4 is covering cross stitch next Wednesday 28th March https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09x5z01" target="_blank "self-proclaimed 'manbroiderer' Jamie Chalmers, aka Mr X Stitch. Jamie has a huge following and is introducing cross-stitch to a new generation of embroiderers th...

That's looking lovely! So nice to have a dedicated space for crafts.

Thanks! I discovered yesterday as I was backstitching round the wing joint that there were about five dark green stitches, checked the chart - yes dark green, checked the picture - didn't look to be any green. Checked the TW site for errata, nothing listed, checked the Janlynn page but the kit is so...

Mabel Figworthy wrote:Looking forward to seeing the TW sampler again.

Thank you! Lovely to 'see' you again. Have made a new thread in SAL, can't quite get my iPad photos to upload the right way up but have stuck a link in for the TW so you can see it properly.

I used to have threads for each one, but I think a fresh start is warranted. I have three WIPs on the go, a TW Fantasy Sampler where all I have left to do is the backstitching and speciality stitches. I've been working on this one for nearly twenty years now. https://flic.kr/p/22L819i Second is Full...

I keep it in a bacon box! i.e. A Tupperware or similar box for storing bacon in. It keeps the needles safe from the cat and stops it getting tangled.

I love the organiser, it's essential for big projects and having lots of threads all ready to go means I do pick up that project more frequently.

<shuffles in> Sorry, I've been AWOL I think for about seven years. Lovely to see lots of names I recognise still. Basically I learned to weave and discovered Ravelry. And then I learned to crochet. And then I learned to spin. Plus adopting Cat 1 and after she died, Cat 2, means I have very little t...

Eek! It's been a year since a photo update! Very poor of me. Reached a milestone this weekend and finished page 1! http://www.crossstitchforum.com/gallery/pic.php?mode=large&pic_id=7499 Flickr link in case my photos disappear: http://flic.kr/p/ikURNC" target="_blank Been doing less cro...

Looking fantastic!

Mabel - such lovely buttons! Glad the course went well too!

I went on Saturday, massive train problems meant I was over an hour late meeting my friends - but they had had to queue to get in at around 11:30! Thought that the cross stitch stuff had decreased again for another year, very few stalls selling thread. Sewing was up this year - maybe an effect of th...

If I just fly a big American flag out the window of the car will everyone just get out of my way? Sadly no. Not unless we get reciprocal rights flying a British flag when in the USA :) Now, if I can keep from getting hit when I cross the road... In London in the tourist areas there are road marking...

Just wondering Im considering buying a macbook and getting rid of my laptop. Does anyone know if PC stitch runs okay on it? and If not any software that they could suggest instead :) You could buy a virtualisation software like VMWare Fusion or Bootcamp which will run a copy of Windows on your Mac ...

It's back! I do love this one.

Very sorry to see this. It's awful to lose a pet, they give us so much and life seems so empty without them.