No, this is not an Oprah A-HA moment. This is a straight up Homer Simpson D'OH moment. Awhile back I wrote about my
new adventures in cross stitching with a creepy zombie hand.
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| This guy, right here. |
Well, I thought everything was going fine until I was having trouble bringing my needle through occupied holes. I thought to myself, "Could it be maybe I'm so incredibly weak that I can't push a needle through a tiny hole?" No, this could not be. So I skimmed the first few pages in the little instruction book that came in the kit and low and behold, my answer. Apparently I must not have been paying attention to the basic cross stitching instructions before starting this project because I was unaware that you do
not use all 6 strands of the floss, but use only 2 or 3 strands!! Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! That's why my stitches are chunky monkeys! Great. Project spoiled. I was so upset with myself for being such an impatient little bugger that skips important instructions, that I threw the whole damn thing out. Arg. Not to worry, my cross stitching friends! I have not given up on stitching all together. Just on this one. Lesson learned, I hope.
So the moral of the story is
ALWAYS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!
In my next post I promise to show you what I'm working on now. I'll also show a secret project that I just finished and can't wait to show it off! I better go charge that camera battery!
Good night fellow crafters!
Not read direction has been my down fall for many years. Now at 59 I over read directions. I hope it doesn't take you as long to learn because it does save time and problems. Can't wait to see the finished project.
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