Fiber Dreams

1. Do you lend your books to other people? If so, any restrictions? For the most part, no.
2. Do you borrow books from other people (friends or family—I’m not talking about the public library)? Again, for the most part, no.
3. And, most importantly—do the books you lend/borrow get returned to their rightful owners?? When I’ve lent books, either they’ve come back highly damaged or they’ve not come back at all, which is why I’ve given up the practice. If there’s something I really want a friend to read, I’ll usually buy it for them. The few occasions I’ve borrowed books, I’ve always returned them, usually fairly quickly, and always in the condition they were in when they came into my possession.

I’m a bit behind on the stitching blog, so here are the two most recent ones.

Do you find yourself stitching faster when you are getting to the end of a design?

I don’t know that I actually stitch faster when I get near the end of a project, but if I’ve been working on something for quite a while and it’s nearing its end there’s a certain rushed feeling I get—a feeling that if I don’t hurry I won’t be able to finish or something. No, that’s not quite right. Perhaps it’s more of a breathless anticipation of completion, and I must hurry to finish before I run out of air or time or something. The very last stitches, though, are to be reveled in. As soon as the last stitch has been sewn, the thread tacked down in back, cut off, I turn it around and hold it up to see, to show the world, look! I finished! I’ll never win a marathon, but my own personal race, the feeling of accomplishment, a project well done, has got to feel about the same as crossing that finish line. I’m done!

Do you use your needle, a seam ripper, or something else when you have to frog stitches? Why do you use the method that you do?

I use a needle to frog stitches. I don’t trust myself not to cut the background fabric if I were to try to use anything sharper. Perpetual klutz, that’s me. Don’t want to risk it. It’s worth the time ensure the fabric itself won’t be damaged accidentally.

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