I've seen this Mother Goose rhyme in tons of places, but I am looking for one that is charted for cross-stitch. There was one on Stash Unload on facebook, but I didn't get there in time and someone else claimed it. That version had been cheerful-ized so it was without woe, far to go, and works hard, and for some reason "Sabbath" was changed to "Sunday". Anyway, if you find a nice cross stitch pattern for this in the above version ^, I will offer a finder's reward (via PayPal) of $20, if I claim it successfully. This is a challenge, because I have only a few steady readers, but stranger things have happened. Update: I found one I like on ebay, so no rewards needed, sorry!
I am having a good bit of pain in my thumbs from stitching, my left thumb is sore from holding my hoop, and right one because of the push/pull of drawing a needle through over and over. I keep picking the sampler up, only to make my hands hurt more. The right thumb has a lot of arthritis due to the years of pipetting I did in my job as a research tech. It has been ten years since I retired, I would have thought it would mend itself by now. But a couple of years ago I broke my right thumb, and the x-rays taken surprised the doctor, who didn't think I should be able to use my thumb much at all.
I went to Hobby Lobby Friday, I wanted to fill in my missing DMC floss skeins, so as to have a complete set. Not all of the missing ones, just a dozen or so this time. To my dismay, the cost of a skein has risen from $0.44 to $0.52 each. The manufacturer is responsible, and not Hobby Lobby, it has been increased everywhere. As much as we in the US moan about it, the cost in Aus. is $1.50 each so they aren't very sympathetic. I need to figure out how to organize the floss, I currently have around 400 colors. They are in individual plastic ziplock bags, and put on binder rings at 75 per ring. It is far from good, the bags are slippery and twist and there is no way to hang them up. I need plastic bins to put them in instead of the rings, but I can't find the correct sizes yet. The nice cabinet is expensive $400 and I can't figure out where I could put it, the house is overflowing with stuff already. I have too many hobbies. Update: I bought 6 cardboard boxes like shoeboxes, to fit in the drawer where the floss has been on rings. But the bags are too slither-y to put one behind the next, so they are still on the rings. I wanted to put 3 x 5 index cards in each bag to stiffen them up, but the cards are too big. Drat.
The bread is nearly done, and smells heavenly. I love a slice of warm bread with butter (not margarine!) and so does everyone in the family, so a loaf doesn't go very far.
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