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I had 19 1/2 years as a submariner's wife, until he died in 1981. Our dearest friends were at Kings Bay; sadly they both passed away 8 years ago, in their early 60s. The service in the Base Chapel was lovely!

Gillian

That's one huge - and gorgeous - sampler. :-) We will expect pictures if you ever finish it! :-) Dianne

NO, it is not. Though it is fun to see him attempt to shrink into invisibility when: A. Mom or Dad bump into a friend/coworker in a restaurant, store or anywhere else. B. Dad or Mom realizes he's being checked out Or WORST He's doing the once over.

GO FOR IT!

Cheryl

Warning - Jim does rather excellent nudes. Cheryl

Hi Sue,

What a wonderful site! No, I hadn't seen that sampler before but it is beautiful!

I did see a couple on this site that are remonisent of gravestone artwork:

The ones I just ordered from Wyndham Needleworks are: Mary Hunt Sampler:

Hey Val,

My area of interest (cemetery-related) also extends into the Charlton Co. area. Charlton used to be part of my county so I tend to cover both.

I have started to order from some online places such as Nordic Needle, Vermillion Stitchery and now Wyndham Needleworks. I have not purchased fabric from any of these places as I like to pick that out in person.

When I travel I'm going to check in with this group first so that I can visit stitching stores on the way to my destination!

Tara

val189 wrote:

Thanks for the web site - I'm going to look into it. I have a dear friend who I'd love to stitch for but haven't found the "right" project. This sounds perfect for her as her ancestry is Swedish. She still has close relatives in Sweden. I think she'd love something that is reminiscent of her homeland. She's an archaeologist and does not stitch at all but loves the finished projects.

I knew I'd be introduced to new and fun things in this group. :-) !

Tara

clancy wrote:

My sympathies go out to you. I have a couple of good friends who are Navy wifes - one is a homemaker and they are currently stationed in Italy (lucky them). After their Italian tour they may be coming back to our area. They are both Italian and have family in Italy so it was a wonderful opportunity to have their young daughter spend some time growing up over there.

The other friend is here in town. She hasn't been married long enough to have her husband have a shore duty - she's afraid that if he's home all the time their marriage will fall apart! Wouldn't be the first!

My son has a crush on his cousin and she has a crush on him. They haven't seen each other in 6 years but they talk on the phone and play computer games online together (she likes "guy" games so she must be good in his eyes - he is a "nice" boy so she likes him!)

I'm taking him with me to visit them at the end of the month. They are both so giddy with excitement it's funny. Cousin crushes are normal. I'll tease him until he turns purple (not hard to do right now). She's already asked her mom the dreaded question, "Can cousins get married?" As she is only 8 I have a strong feeling this will all pass. While they are biologically different ages she's very mature and very smart (and tall) for her age.

We'll be keeping a CLOSE eye on these two!

Tara

Now I KNOW my husband will check it out!

My sister (She Who Does All Artsy Fartsy Things Perfectly) does some FABULOUS nude sketches. I have one hanging in my bedroom. The woman in the sketch has the rear end I hope to obtain by continuing with my martial arts. She's up there as a reminder why I go to class with high hopes and leave bruised and beat up!

Tara

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Huck weaving can be done on all the fabrics I mentioned - or any other fabric with floats (visible groups of warp or weft) that are: arranged in a checkerboard pattern, and loose enough for the embroidery thread to pass under the floats without unduly distorting the ground weave. (Source: Plain and Fancy Huck Embroidery by Bonnie Datta)

Shar>

I don't know why I keep saying "floaters" when I mean floats. :-) I was merely pointing out that huck weaving is done on huck cloth, thus the name. A plain even weave and monks cloth (basket weave) do not have these floats, therefore you must pass under the weave. I've done this on monks cloth and the results are not the same (on the back side). Fabric with floats (aida is one) is different and handled differently. There is no thread on the back side. It's not that you *can't* do the work on anything other than fabrics with floats. It's that it's handled differently. And it's not the traditional "huck" weaving process. It is a darning process using traditional huck weaving patterns.

I'm not disagreeing, just splitting hairs. I used to retail the books you mentioned in your post. I'm familiar with the darning on monks cloth craze. :-)

Dianne

clancy wrote:

DS has two girl cousins that seem to have an "interest" in him, he's clueless and I want to keep it that way! LOL T is in IL and we don't see them often, but we'll be seeing K soon and I'll keep my eyes open.

Cheryl

Camden wrote: > I have a 3 ring binder I keep my "to-do" patterns in. That way I do them

Tara, I love them all!

Awhile ago, I think Karen posted a 12-step program, but I suspect for

Sue

But it is still called huck weaving according to my book if it is done on aida, evenweave, etc. Of course it will have a different look - just as would cross-stitch done on 14 count aida versus 28 count Belfast linen.

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Thank you! Today my sister sent me an email with a photo of one I had done for her a loooooong time ago. In fact, while I know I did it I had totally forgotten who got it. It was a bird - part of a seasonal set. I know I did one other from the set but I have NO idea who got it. Braid dead.

Tara

Susan Hartman/Dirty L> > I have a 3 ring binder I keep my "to-do" patterns in. That way I do them >

That's what I said to begin with. Note that your book source mentioned floats. Plain even weave has no floats. Huck weaving is (technically) weaving on huck, a cloth that contains floats. Aida has floats thus the process is the same. You can do the process on other fabrics but it's not the same on the back side. :-) And your "look" analogy is not what I mean. True huck weaving has no thread on the back side. If you are darning the same patterns on monk's cloth (which has no floats) or a plain even weave, you will have threads on the back, and the pattern on the front will be slightly different because of the distance the needle travels beneath the weave.

I mentioned that I was splitting hairs. I merely stepped up to the plate because the term "huck weaving" literally means weaving on huck cloth, but that modern designers have taken the process to different fabrics. I merely wanted to point out to the original poster what the term "huck" meant. Not that you couldn't do the process on something else. Probably a large percentage of the readers here have never seen huck cloth.

Dianne