Just playing devil's advocate here - I remember when I had my kids. I got more receiving blankets and other covers than I knew what to do with and eventually gave a few to the Goodwill. The really special quilt and afghan that I got (one for each child) I didn't want to use because I was afraid...

Puns du jour: Two TV antennas meet on a roof, fall in love and get married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I've lost my electron". The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive..." A jumper cable...

When you have something that is just right, it is SO frustrating to only discover the "newer and better" which you didn't want!! Gillian "Deb" wrote in message ... I am just tickled today. When I...

I don`t See Elizabeth Post ? is she ok , or has the storm reached Salem ??? mirjam

Just a note to let folks know our online catalog will be closing at midnight tonight until October 10, 2004. We will be in London doing research and conducting our annual needlework tour and unable to fill orders during that time. Tomorrow we'll mail any orders received until that time and then...

Does anyone know if there is a list of content for all the back issues of Sampler and Antique Needlework Quarterly? I've checked Hoffman's site but the store only lists the issues and not their content. TIA, Jeanine in Canada

I was trying to access the HNG's site to look up the content of some back issues of Fine Lines and I keep getting an error message. Does anyone know what's happening? http://www.historicneedlework.com I'm looking for a list of projects in Issues Summer 2000 and Winter 2002 - they are on sale and I...

Can anyone think of a way to crochet one handed? I really miss crocheting. Pat P

I know this subject has been mentioned before, but for the life of me, I can't remember what the end result was. I have a pattern that is meant to be cross stitched over a crocheted afghan with worsted weight yarn. I would like to try it on monks cloth using 6 strand DMC. I know that I have to wash...

The UPS guy arrived at my LNS this morning while I was buying floss. Guess what he had? Guess what I have? YAY!!! (On first perusal, this year's edition is a winner!) Jackie in Virignia

My memory fails me, but I remember sending a ladybug pattern to someone. Any of you who are bugs about ladybugs might enjoy the 30-plus ladybug items at www.serengeticatalog.com. Search for ladybug, of course. Felice

Customer's appreciation Baskets their will be Three Baskets given away on November 30th 2004! 2 will go to my pattern customers and 1 will be going to someone that has Donate to the basket. for more information on entering the drawing or if you are interested in donating to the baskets, please...

OK, all you guru's out there - a real honest to goodness stitching question! I'm working on getting my master's cert. in Canvas Embroidery. The step I am doing now requires the use of Norwich stitch "done correctly". Now, I have 3 books with the stitch and did a Google search on it. All show the...

How afre things in the Tasmpa Bay area? My son has friends there. Pat P

When I last heard from a non-stitching friend in Florida, dinner time last night, the power had already flickered a few times and she was going to turn off the computer till the storm had passed. At that point, parts of town had already lost power completely. She still hasn't picked up the e-mail...

Remember that dollhouse rug where I had to cover up the rat nest on the edge with stitchfray and bias tape? It has been finished for some time and I have posted it to rcnp. I scanned my rug as a bit rather than a jpeg file, and it took a while to figure this out. Finally, I changed the format. Now...

I'm surprised there hasn't been any talk of this issue. Is anyone planning on stitching anything from it? I plan to stitch about five of them, all on page 15. I still have about a dozen kitted from past issues. In this issue I was often asking myself "What kind of Christmas are these...

Hello, A new International Search engine devoted to the embroidery, the cross stitch and embroidered postal Art : http://moteur.pointdecroix.org/ -- Amicalement,

DH uses a One Touch Ultra for his blood sugar testing - when he tests at all. He seems to think he would test more if he could download the results into our own computer at home instead of having to stop by the Dr's office to do it on their computers. Does anyone out there know of a tester...

Has anyone preordered the new Monica Ferris book from Amazon or anywhere else? Just wondering. aeromom