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Am I the only one who doesn't know what Tandem Cottage is? Am I being silly???

Great design Jenny - and looks so effective already!

In my small, yet frustrating experience of HAED - be prepared to break ALOT of needles!!!! I buy these from Ebay in bulk (of 50's) to keep me fully stocked!

I also have a needle threaded for every colour so I need quite a stash! £4.50 for 50 gold needles, including delivery! BARGAIN!

Out of interest what size aida are you working on?

Not silly at all; Tandem Cottage is a needlework shop in the Peak District, although I've only bought online. It's a small business (husband and wife, I think), but always very helpful and willing to find things for you if they don't stock them, and very reasonably priced. You can find them here.

I love working with gold needles, and as yo say you can find great bargains on eBay; one shop there does 50 needles for 4.95 and you can choose different sizes (e.g. 25x size 24, 20x size 28 and 5x size 28) -- is that the one you found?

Yeah that's the one Mabel - 'wendyanne23'. Brilliant value eh?

Thanks for the info on Tandem Cottage - going to have a gander now. Oh no....will try to be good and not add to the stash!

Nic i didnt no what it was either so u wasnt alone there, kept meaning to ask but just forgot lol. Thanks for asking, also ty for the head up about the needles lol, one day ill do a HAED but when is another question, but i will do one.

Thanks for the link Mabel off to look to now.

I haven't posted an update for such a long time so the lack of progress is embarassing but here it is:


Jilly the needle has made such a difference thanks again!!

U have done great progress, any kind of progress is good progress

WELL DONE

I think you have make great progress. Look you have the wave and part of the ship. It is coming along fine.

I agree!
Look at it in the blocks you've gridded and each time you complete one (or even half of one) look at it as an achievement and tell yourself how well you're doing!
That's what I do on anything that seems a little daunting. Pick out so much of it and set yourself that as a goal and then once you've achieved that, set another goal.
Small achieveable goals are the way to go and you'll be surprised how much quicker you seem to get along.

I agree, any progress is progress and I think you've made great progress

Well done! It's beautiful.

It does look good, the colours are lovely

This looks like such a fun and colourful design. You're making good progress! Looks great what you've done so far, keep it up :D

Well you have made great progress, well done

Thanks for all the encouragement guys!! I am really enjoying it-just wish I had more time(maybe I should call on mum for a days babysitting?)

This is LOADS of progress!

Well done mate - this is looking fab!

Great progress.

Well done, looks just great.

Thanks for the progress pic! I had been wondering about this one. I can't believe the detail in just one square.

I'm guessing the project must seem daunting at times, but it will be SO worth it.

Slinky