I would love to get some LNS recs for my upcoming trip to England! I play alto sax in a community band in Northern Virginia, and we are going on tour from June 30 - July 8, playing three concerts (Bath, Bristol, and London) and doing lots of sightseeing. Because it's a very rigorously...

I've recently been dragooned into joining a SAL with quite a few others who have had TW's The Castle chart for years but for one reason or another have never done so. Now, I KNOW I had the original chart way back when it first came out because my SO was enamoured of the dragon. I can't find that...

Anyone ever make it in a cast iron pan, if so, can I get the directions? Thanks A Bunch, Carol In WI

Back in April I wrote about starting chemotherapy for breast cancer. Here is my update for those who may be interested. Several of you replied before and it really helped at that time in my life. I finished Chemo on July 13. I had about a 3 week break and then the radiation began. Yesterday,...

I'm cross stitching a baby afghan - 28 squares, with alphabet fairies in the squares. I put a hoop around the square I'm stitching, but that leaves a large amount of material to try to deal with. Any suggestions for what you do with excess material in a project like this? SueW

I am wondering what would be the best way to do the border with the "Emerald" Watercolors so I get the most variegated effect. Do I stitch all the way up one side and down the other? Will that effect how it looks at the crossing junctures? Here is a photo of...

This isn't a happy dance about finishing a project (which would be a BIG HD), but rather a "happy feet" moment about a reunion. As do most of you, I have waaaay to many projects in my rotation. And others pop up - an ornament for so-and-so, a bookmark for so-and-so, this design just...

Good news - for those of you who care/remember my whining about the dog, Puckster, getting whacked in the eye by some metal left by a builder guy. Having now visited the doggie cardiologist - for his fascinating echocardiogram - we then finally got in to the cat/dog ophthalmologist, what fun. ...

In the WSJ on Oct 25 (yes, I am just getting around to reading last week's papers) is a brief article on what a dentist hands out for Halloween. To wit, chocolate with a cocoa content which may help protect teeth against cavities! HUZZAH! Cheryl

Hi all, I've been mostly a lurker here for about 10 years with the occasional posting so I'm hoping that someone can help me out on this. I decided that I'm going to stitch Thea Gouverneur's St. Petersburg for my niece for her graduation (she just started college and is majoring in Russian so I...

Since this group was so helpful and kind I am back :) I use a regular embroidery type hoop to make my little projects. I keep breaking the wood ones and the plastic ones don't hold very well. Do you have brands or types that you like? How do you decide what size to use? Dana

Every morning, DD and I have been headed off to the garden for about an hour, doing some of the heavy work of pruning dead branches and such. Needless to say, I am getting sore, especially from using the pole saw. Well, yesterday, I grabbed the capsicum based cream and rubbed in to an especially...

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: Monday starts another day of this fight. Most world leaders and people who understand what is really going on , understand that this is our standing , against the Terrorist Movements to start an all over world fight. My friends , closest to the border who are...

I recently ordered a kit for a Châtelaine mystery design. It is only available through European Crosstitch Company www.europeanxs.com (Cindy Ward, Tennessee) and I can't tell you how pleased I am with the packaging. All of the flosses are full skeins in Floss Away bags on a ring. The beads...

I just finished "Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument" by Allen StJohn. What a great read. I had checked it out for DH to read, but, since he enjoyed it so much, I read it. Now, I can't play guitar, but I do enjoy listening to guitar music in many forms. Well, I...

Yes, I do get excited over very mundane things. I consider myself a fairly novice stitcher, as in, I have a few stitches in my repertoire and they serve me very well, thankyouverymuch. So whenever a discussion popped up over the years regarding the double running (Holbein) stitch, I just...

How about iron on transfers for your cousin's art? Quick and easy to use by lots of different crafters - punch needle, free hand/surface work and all those other forms (paint, stampers......) Cheryl

I finally managed to get an account on Google, so that I could post, as well as read. Our trip has been great. We left Florida in mid-May, and have been seeing the sights and wonders of North America. A large amount of time was spent going "up" the Rockies. we started with Teton NP, and then...

I use to be very active on RCTN years ago and drifted away. My cross-stitching addiction has become complacent in the past couple of years and I just cannot seem to get back my enthusiasm. Please do not flame me...it is an innocent question...Ebay no longer seems to be the place to unload stash. ...

One of my treasured possessions is a vintage crochet book. Unfortunately, many of the patterns call for yarn/thread that is no longer being made, at least not by what the book calls them. A project I would really like to work on calls for "crochet cord" but no size is indicated (it's a set of...