Crafters will
travel!
As any crafter will
know – there is never enough time to complete all the projects you want to
complete!!! So when it comes to facing a long car journey my first thought is
always – that’s a lot of time I could be crafting! Therefore, since I started
Cross Stitching about four years ago I decided to try taking it with me to do
in the car! I live in Mid Wales and so the roads are not very straight!! Once we
get onto a dual carriage way or a motorway the craft comes out! It also makes the journey go a lot quicker!
As anyone who knows
me could tell you we travel a lot! Between seeing friends in different parts of
the country, nights away and a bigger trips we are on the road a lot! So I have
worked out the best way to do this and how it is best transported!
I have now found that
crocheting is easier than Cross stitch in the car as you aren’t trying to focus
on those little squares – it’s easy to lose count as you go over a bump in the
road!
In August last year I
got a new job which meant I was in the car a lot for visits to people’s homes
around the county – so if I have a few visits in the same town away from the
office I will ensure I have some form of craft in the car in case I have 10
minutes between appointments!
However, my anxiety does
affect this a lot! It sounds so silly as I’m here telling the world about my
crafting but when I am on a plane or a train etc. I like to be in the window
seat so that my husband will sit between me and other people as a “barrier”.
This is until I get the confidence to start and then I can’t stop! One year I was
even stitching on the platform waiting for a train and a woman was so intrigued
by what I was doing she almost fell over!!!
For my cross stitch I
have found a small storage box which I think was from our local haberdashery – it’s
perfect for each project and keeping the bobbins neat, it can store a scissors
and a highlighter pen! I have also purchased a thread cutter for plane journeys
to avoid taking scissors. However, I would be careful travelling to America as I
have heard they take needles off you!!! (Surely more harm can be done with a
belt buckle than a little needle!)
Tesco were also
selling these cute little bags for life – they are a great size for carrying a
project! They sold them for 25p in the end so I think I bought 4!
I have yet to work
out how to take my card making stuff with me!!! Haha
Therefore, if you
ever receive a cross stitch off me who knows where your gift has been!
