Old 08-13-2023, 01:06 AM
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Railroadersbrat
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Default Very early Sunday Morning

Leave it to me, I finally get the project loaded into my floor frame, pull up Pattern Keeper on my Chromebook, get about 30 some odd stitches into it and now I have the hiccups. Good thing I'm dealing with tapestry needles instead of sharps like we quilters use, I don't want to have any blood letting going on right now, lol. Of course, tapestry needles can still draw blood if you stab yourself hard enough with them, that's why I'm taking a break to get the hiccups under control before I keep going.

The trials of a cross-stitcher and a quilter - they just never end.

Plan today is just to stitch, I am allotting myself two hours every day, with an additional two on Saturdays and Sundays, then sit and stitch all day when I don't have my other half in the house. Every day that I stitch, I'm allotting myself 30 full minutes of nothing but stitching, followed by breaks. I'm having a hard time with my left shoulder, which is riddled with arthritis and since I two-hand cross-stitch, my left shoulder is dipped because I use my left hand for the back part of the piece. I'll be keeping track of how many stitches I do a day, which Pattern Keeper will keep track of all stitches total, it's a new app for me so I don't know if it'll break it all down to stitches per day.

Okay, hiccups are gone - back to the needle!
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