Another Day With No New Cross-Stitch Projects!
And just to make sure such a crazy thought was COMPLETELY driven from my mind, I did another thread on the unending cross stitch project to reinforce how mind-numbingly slow it is, and I think that has done the trick. The problem is, of course, that I can see how it's relaxing. One sort of tunes out, concentrates on itsy-bitsy tiny squares of fabric, and must spend time accomplishing very, very little. I think this is probably good for such a type-A person as myself. I also think it would be completely daft to think I'll ever complete TWO of the blasted things. I spent a bit of time on Ravelry queuing up lace weight projects just to remind myself that there is knitting that can be tedious and slow as well, and plan to bribe myself with some new seed bead colors next time the need-to-buy urge strikes me. In addition to the 365 ornament madness for next year, I thought it would be a good challenge to tackle some of the lace weight. I purposely d...