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its fantastic hun well done

Aww, what a lovely pincushion, well done! It seems a shame to put it in a drawer and forget it though....... if you don't have a use for it yourself, perhaps you could make it a gift to someone?

I was thinking of NIL, she does knitting, but needs to sew bit together (right?? I'm not imagining it? But no-one else does anything else with needles )

ive just had an idea...not sure how well it will work, but I could pop a magnet iside it, then one onto my frame, and voila a pincushion on my frame

That would be great idea!!!!!!! it is to pretty to hide in a drawer.

Sounds like a good idea -- as Rose says, it's too pretty to disappear! Perhaps at the same time you could pop in some dried lavender or whatever your favourite scent is (mine would be cloves and a cinnamon stick!) so you'll have a nice smell whenever you pop in your needle ?

So beautiful!

I the pin cushion Lisa! Hope you can get a magnet in it, seems too pretty to ignore.
Let us know what you get worked out in the end wont you.

The Pincushion is great

sorry I had to use the flash

and here is what I bought off ebay for £4 delivered



I have had to spread them over 3 bobbins each otherwise they are too bulky

Oooh, lovely blingy threads! Are they some of those sparkly rayon/silks?

The bookmark has turned out really well

the letters are a blue treasue braid, about 5 stitches in the scarf of the penguin a is light effects, all the rest are the cheap ebay threads

Erm, I meant the new stash you had acquired...

The bookmark turned out wonderful! I bet Paul loves it!

sorry i knew that really. not sure bought cuz they are pretty

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Yay! you have some too

The bookmark has turned out to be a wonderful finish. I am sure it will get lots of use.

The threads are so nice and sounds like a very good bargain.

Lisa wrote: sorry i knew that really. not sure bought cuz they are pretty

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I am sure you knew that!!!!!!!!!!!! You were just testing the rest of us. Right

Such a lovely finish for the bookmark! ...and those new threads are really yummy-looking!!!!

Have you had a little try of the threads now Lisa? What are they like?

It says they are viscose threads, so I'd expect them to be a bit like rayons, very springy and very shiny!