Too much stitching???
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Too much stitching???
Last night I thought I would stay up and get some peace to stitch but I ended up falling asleep holding the frame and threaded needle for over an hour!!
Do you sit and stitch far too late into the night?
Do you sit and stitch far too late into the night?
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- 3madspaniels
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Re: Too much stitching???
I haven't actually fallen asleep whilst stitching.......yet! However, if I pick up my stitching during the day you can guarantee tea will be late! I also tend to stitch until too late at night, "I'll just finish this colour............!" 

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Re: Too much stitching???
Me too! Never have fallen asleep stitching, but I've been "sleeping" with my eyes open while doing it; never fails that's when I screw up.
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Re: Too much stitching???
I stitched far into the night and ended up with blurry eyes and sore the next day. I was straining my eyes too much. So now I stitched whenever I can and if my eyes get sore, I take a few days rest from stitching.
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Re: Too much stitching???
LOL.Like_Fine_VVine wrote:Never have fallen asleep stitching, but I've been "sleeping" with my eyes open while doing it; never fails that's when I screw up.LOL


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Re: Too much stitching???
Not yet! It's when reading ot watching tv that I drop off.
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Re: Too much stitching???
I'll add my agreement.. absolutely when I stay up to "finish that colour" I end up having to redo everything the next time I pick it up.thatrabbitgirl wrote:LOL.Like_Fine_VVine wrote:Never have fallen asleep stitching, but I've been "sleeping" with my eyes open while doing it; never fails that's when I screw up.LOL
Yes, that's me, too. I sometimes sleep with my eyes open while stitching, and I almost always end up having to frog
the stitches I've done while not paying attention.

Re: Too much stitching???
Hahahahaha, so the conclusion is: do not stitch while you're sleepy in order to avoid the
yep? 


Re: Too much stitching???
Many times. I have a habbit of falling asleep with my needle halfway through the fabric.
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Re: Too much stitching???
Actually stitching is what keeps me awake. I am like Fljotsdale if I am just watching TV it puts me to sleep but stitching while I watch keeps my eyes open.
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Re: Too much stitching???
In the middle of the night and into the wee hours of the morning is when I usually stitch. My hours are a bit wacky, but regardless of when I stitch, I absolutely have to stop when my eyes start crossing and I'm tired. I can't count how many times I've tried to finish a section or color and had to redo it all. That frog...he must be a night owl. LOL 

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Re: Too much stitching???
i cant stitch if i am even a bit tired...so i have not fallen asleep stitching. I tend to stitch more in the morning, sometimes i wake up at 4am and if i dont start work till 2 pm, i''ll stitch till about 9am, go back to bed for a few hours and then go to work. I tend to get more done then as i know i am going to work...on a day off i tend to take my time and put it off...yet i have all day to stitch then..how weird 

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Re: Too much stitching???
Too much stitching is absurd! However, late night stitching can get you in trouble with the
. Sometimes I do stay up later than I should because I am enjoying stitching.
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Re: Too much stitching???
I have stitched late into the night and I know when i've stitched to mutch I get very fidgety and thtas when I should stop because if I don't a have a little green visiter the next day.
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Re: Too much stitching???
Yes I too have fallen asleep whole stitching. I have only done it a couple times but it has happened nonetheless. Lol.
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Re: Too much stitching???
maggs wrote: have a little green visiter the next day.
Love that expression.
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Re: Too much stitching???
Too much stitching for me = sore eyes and tendinitis. I wish I could stitch enough to get to that point
Not enough time for stitching.

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Re: Too much stitching???
"I just want to finish the color" seems to get me too a lot of the time. "Finishing the page" is the longest one though . . . Been up to 1 am before on that one. If I am really tired though I do pack it up for the night. I too have been visited by the
when I stitched when I was sleepy.

Re: Too much stitching???
Yup! Have done that several times Have also found cross stitches going over three squares instead of 2 as well on the following morning..courtesy of the
LOL ..But this doesn't stop me from going on late into the night cos its so addictive and fun!! I'm at my sewing until 3am on most Friday nights and 2am Saturday nights!!That's when I really pack it in.
There's no such thing as too much stitching, I believe!! only too little time!!!

There's no such thing as too much stitching, I believe!! only too little time!!!

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Re: Too much stitching???
I totally agree with lilyrags comment, but I must admit I have nodded of more than once whilst stitching 

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