I started knitting, sewing and crochet at a young age taught by nan, over the years I have made and designed my own rug at school (Which my mother managed to destroy), at 17 years of age did a big tapestry which still stands in pride of place in my sitting room, since then I have kniited, sewn, had a go at lace making, then fell pregnant with my first child and never picked it up again, made loads of jumpers & cardigans for the kids (hand & machine), I have knitted many outfits while in hospital, I then spent part of my 4th pregancy trying to take things easy and was given a cross stitch magazine and that was it, many happy hours cross stitching. I still do cross stitch and have at the last count 4 projects on the go, but since having my fifth child I just haven't had the time to do it, the threads are all put into boxes ready for when I want to start again, but with so many personal reasons I have not felt relax enough to do it. And I also lost part of my sight when I carrying my fifth child and was told basically no more close work until it cleared. A year after having katherine I have at long last been told I can start cross stitching again.
I wish there was more hours in the day but their isn't so the spare bit of time I have at the moment I make cards, which are then either taken to school or taken around our local Sea cadet unit for fund raising, and that for the most has kept me feeling very relax and happy at the moment, but when ever I feel like cross stitching usually by the time I have source out one if the kits Katherine has woken and I might of only sewn about a dozen stitches. So I will have to try more often to really sit down and satrt cross titching agin
