How much time do you actually stitch?

Hi there !!

I'm retired, (lucky me) and probably spend an average of 2-3 hours a day stitching. I love the process of picking out a new project and spend most of a days stitching worth doing that. It seems to me that picking out the next project requires reviewing ALL the possibilities every time. I love this hobby!!

mag

I get in about an hour a day after the kids are in bed. I find I need the change of pace after chasing children and doing housework all day. It's a good way to unwind, and then I don't snack in front of the TV :)! I do find, when I'm starting a new project, that I take out all my patterns and magazines and spend an evening or two flipping throught them to see what I feel like doing next. I also find a need to take a day or two between finishing one project and starting another. I also have found that large projects take a long time this way, but I love being able to make something nice, whether it's a tea trivet or a sampler. Both my little ones like to watch me work, and they like to look at my magazine when it comes every month. The older one is doing his first little project, and the younger one is learning colours from my floss box. It's a great hobby to share.

Louisa

My time to stitch varies hugely. I stitch when waiting on the kids' activities and when I have free time. At the moment, since it's summer and I've got a work crunch going on, I haven't been able to stitch in weeks :-( Doesn't stop me from drooling over pieces to stitch, though.

Best wishes, Ericka

More time thinking than doing, actually. I've come to discover I prefer planning over doing, too. Not the same as procrastinating, though. Maybe 2-3 hours a day, in the evening when my DH is watching a boring movie. Deb

That varies quite a bit. Some days I'm lucky if I get 1/2 an hour in. Others, I can sit for the entire day and putz it away stitching. I couldn't sit every day and stitch the entire day though. I'd seize up.

Thinking about crafts as opposed to doing is episodic. Whenever I shouldn't spend money, I start thinking about crafts, and next thing I know I'm ordering just one little thing. I spent last night making a spreadsheet calculating how much of each color of Appleton crewel I'd have to order if I did 5 Beth Russell projects.

Dora

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I shouldn't be spending anything right now and I have a hamper full of UFO's, but other than that I'm having people over for brunch Monday morning (taking the day off) so I should have been disinfecting the place. Or making up a menu and shopping list. Or working on that policy package I said I would do but haven't. Or reading something boring for self improvement. Or doing my filing. Or pulling chick weed. Dora

Huh. I resemble those remarks.

Not nearly enough! On a good day - 2-3 hours doing something crafty. I found I can handle my "french knitter" so I'm playing with that... Cheryl

Me three!

Actually, I went out side last night and pulled a whole bucket's worth of crabgrass. C

I dont know if you are aware, but crabgrass is an annual; it re-seeds itself every year. If you use a fertilizer in the spring with the right chemical in it - here in Canada it is called "halts" - then the seeds dont germinate; voila no crabgrass! HTH.

Ah - but I garden organically as much as possible. I do use Roundup in certain areas, but very carefully. There is a certain joy to pulling easy weeds like crab grass; lots of bang for the time spent.. C

What is a french knitter? Dora

I'm just on my way out, I must not reply to this query lolololol

A french knitter is either a gadget sometimes called a "knitting nancy" (see ) or a Tricoteuse (sometimes known as a Patriot Knitter). In Cheryl's case I think (hope!) that she means the former.

Snip Dora's should be's and or's.

Snip Cheryl's did's.

I SHOULD BE

cleaning out my backard terraces, in which squirrels have so graciously planted a generous gross of acorns.

OR

remodeling a bathroom

OR

painting a different bathroom

OR

cleaning my office and doing my books and filing

OR

sewing new covers for my couch cushions

OR

painting my living room

OR

making myself a useful chatelaine (as opposed to stitching a Chatelaine mandala) and a new stitching tote

OR

finishing two of my small projects into pillows

OR

making myself a badly needed Sunday dress

OR

building the wisteria training wire trellis

OR

Roundup-ing the front "flower" bed

OR

building flower beds around the two gum trees in my front yard

OR

cutting down the Japanese maple and clean the gutters

OR

mixing cement to stabilize the mailbox

OR...

Well. Now I'm worn out. I think I'll go lie down.