I love hand embroidery. I just had another eye operation and the stitches came out yesterday. On the 22nd, I'll have another eye surgery, so that should help. i'm getting my carpal tunnel done on my left hand and probably right hand. Now i can see and i can see what i do. Looking forward to hand emb. and counted dross stitch. It's a lost art, especially with all the mach9nes. I was a casket embroiderer and it was a fun good job. Hopefully, now i can go back to sewing by hand again. Oh, and with these operations, i'll be stitching up a storm.