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Thank you everyone for all the lovely comments!!

Fljotsdale wrote:I know what you mean about nicer material - I prefer the look of things stitched on linen, myself.

I would dearly love to do this on linen or evenweave - but fear 'small holes' as I just can't count the threads in two's any more!! .... mind you, I did invest in a pair of glasses from the chemist (for the grand price of 10€!!) so might just give it a go!!

As a matter of interest .. has anyone ever bought hand dyed Aida? I love the look of the linens, but don't know if it would look anywhere near as good in Aida.

ali-cat wrote:Thank you everyone for all the lovely comments!!

Fljotsdale wrote:I know what you mean about nicer material - I prefer the look of things stitched on linen, myself.

I would dearly love to do this on linen or evenweave - but fear 'small holes' as I just can't count the threads in two's any more!! .... mind you, I did invest in a pair of glasses from the chemist (for the grand price of 10€!!) so might just give it a go!!

As a matter of interest .. has anyone ever bought hand dyed Aida? I love the look of the linens, but don't know if it would look anywhere near as good in Aida.

Is it from Passion Fil? I love it.

About the handdyed Aida, check out Polstitches. I bought a "grabbag" with handdyed aida from them, to see whether I liked it or not and I must ay I loved it. The grabbag has only smaller pieces in ot but I might take some nice coupons of aida later on.

I received some hand dyed Aida from silkweavers.... I looooooooved it. It's what I used on my satisfaction blackwork design and the recent I Stitch therefore I Stash design.. I loved it because it was soooooo soft compared to how stiff Aida normally is.
Faith

I was given a piece of hand-dyed aida and really liked it, it was soft and the colours lent extra interest to it; I used it for my Reindeer christmas ornament.

Oooohhh!! Thank you, everyone!! I'm getting excited now!! That's actually quite sad, isn't it!!

Ingahaim wrote: Is it from Passion Fil? I love it.

Oops, got so excited about the Aida I forgot to reply to your question!!

It's from 'Mains & Merveilles - Point de Croix'. I found the 'Passion Fil' above my stitching level .... so I sent it to Mabel!!

I bought a few copies of Passion Fil on ebay. It's above my level too, but I love the designs in it. Might try them once. I just hate it that I have to buy it on ebay, cause I can't find it here. And on ebay they charge like 200% of the original retail price.