Musings

I recently took up cross stitching with gusto. I embroider at a feverish speed of a recent convert - wanting to prove my allegiance and worth to the faith, father or both. Everyday I cross stitch for at least an hour if not more, hoping to complete the project in a month or so. At the face of it, cross stitch is a fantastic no brainer. All you need to do is cross one stitch across another. Several such crosses assembled in close proximity reveal a design, symmetry, pattern or picture. The challenging bit is to go through with it, one stitch after another and never quite know how much longer before the disparate stitches finally yield to a picture, pattern, symmetry or design. As a rule, I try and embroider one yarn every day. One yarn is made of 6 strands. Two strands are used at a time to embroider a cross stitch. A standard length embroidery thread allows one to embroider roughly over an inch by an inch. Multiply this by three and you have a rough idea of how much I manage to get don...