do you do cross-stitch at your spare time?

@crinne (41)
China
August 28, 2007 2:52am CST
i always do cross-stitch when i have nothing to do and when i feel sad, it helps me get through lonly and painful time. i find it a good way to exercise your patience and carefulness.up to now, i have finished 1 pillow and 3 pictures.do you do it either? how do you like it?
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• Malaysia
30 Aug 07
I like doing cross stitch very much. During our early marriage I used to do a lot of pictures. One of it is the picture of a mosque with beautiful scenery as the background. I took so long to finish one picture, but the result is worth it. After finishing it, I hang it on the wall in my living room. If I have time now, I would definitely do more cross stitch.
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@crinne (41)
• China
3 Sep 07
yes,it always takes long time to finish, but when you finishe it, you'll feel very proud. all of my works have been sent to my friends or family as presents, they were all very happy to receive such kind of things that not buy off-the-peg
• United States
28 Aug 07
i like cross-stitch and i do enjoy it. however i cant do it half as often as i used to. it used to be that whenever i had a spare hour or more i would be doing the cross-stitch. now i cant do it for much longer than 1/2hr or so..my hands start to cramp up really bad. i have a small box of cross-stitches i want to do and still havent been able to start and some that i havent been able to finish too!
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@crinne (41)
• China
30 Aug 07
i always start a new one after finishing the former,so i think it needs patience. but i felt ache on my arm, i think i should take a rest for several days
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
24 Jan 08
i do love cross-stitching, i learned it when i was still in elementary and have been doing it for many years but i stopped because of lack of time and lets face it sometimes its very tiring and time consuming...but now im loving it again and plan to create beautiful portraits for my personal collection and gifts to my friends.
• United States
4 Sep 07
I used to do a lot more cross stitch, before I learned how to crochet well. One Christmas, I did two really big projects for presents for my friends, and the following year I did a big project for my boss's Christmas present. I love seeing a picture emerge from the little bits of color, but sometimes those big projects just make me burn out for a while!
@madlees (1377)
• India
22 Feb 08
I have been doing cross stitch and crochet laces till sometime back. Nowadays I am not able to because my eyes are hurting me. Doc has asked me not to strain my eyes. So I left that hobby and caught hold of this new one, computers. Many of what i had done I had given it off, only some are with me.