Member Advice on Hobbies

An absorbing Hobby.

Advantages: Great fun, easy to learn, rewarding
Disadvantages: Can be expensive, time consuming

Cross stitch in general: Cross-stitch is my favourite hobby; I love sitting watching CSI and making pretty things. It has a reputation for being a bit old fashioned but the range of contemporary designs, fabrics and threads you can get these days in ama ...

donnabroom 09.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Member Advice on Cross Stitching

Have I Been Stitched Up

Advantages: makes beautiful pictures for your home, cheap sometimes, kits available, great hobby
Disadvantages: Can be expensive

INTRODUCTION I have been cross stitching on and off for years now and still to this day I enjoy it, I am glad I have taken it up as one of my hobbies but like any other hobby it can be quite expensive. I don't have a lot of time at the moment for my hob ...

AngelEyes76 05.02.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Member Advice on Cross Stitching

It will make you cross eyed

Advantages: A relaxing hobby
Disadvantages: Can be expensive, your house will be full of incomplete projects

I have recently gained interest in a brand new hobby, which has even took me away from the many an hour I used to while away on here – I have taken up cross stitching. This was a spur of the moment thing. I went for a day out at Pollok Country Park in ...

helencbradshaw 20.09.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Member Advice on Cross Stitching

DON'T GET CROSS - GET STITCHING

Advantages: relaxing, easy to learn, needn't be expensive
Disadvantages: It's addictive!! Some kits can be expensive

It's no good, I've got to go against my "only write in paid categories" ethos and put this here having just written it for another site I thought more people should share in it! In this case it is a hobby which has become an addiction offering me ...

blurbubble 11.10.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Member Advice on Cross Stitching

All Stitched Up.

Advantages: Creative,satisfying.
Disadvantages: Possible addiction.Can be expensive.

A lot of excellent information about cross stitch and stitching magazines has been provided in Café. I’ll just offer a few more ideas on it. Cross stitch is the sort of hobby that you tend to scorn before you try it. It seems very passive, the sort of t ...

Schmutzie 11.10.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Member Advice on Cross Stitching