@yahoo.com says… Hi, Can you please recomend a good starter golf kit? I’m new to the game and do not want to spend too much money on my forst set.

1) Check your local pro shops. They may have used equipment that you can pick up for a reasonable price. 2) Buy new… Some suggestions: Driver: Taylor Made R360XD. Around $230.00. Fairway Woods: Tour Edge Golf Hyper Steel Any Lie 3 & 5 "woods". Around $130 each. Irons: Tommy Armour 845FS Silver Scott irons w/ steel shafts. Around $300. Putter: Cleveland Golf Classics Series. Around $80. No matter which way you go work with a local pro shop that will allow you demo (hit) the equipment you’re interested in buying. — Cheers- Jeff Setaro http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/ PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0×5D41429D RSA: 0×599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34

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Hi, Can you please recomend a good starter golf kit? I’m new to the game and do not want to spend too much money on my forst set. -Pravin

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Sweet question. Although I am not a big fan of piggybacking and just adding a me too!!, I will gladly do so in this case. My current clubs (gift from my dad) are about 10-15 years old. I only recently actually started playing (1st rounbd, 9 holes, was on sunday) and will be asking for golf clubs for christmas. I plan on playing about 10-15 times a year (I live in Canada, so the golf season is limited). I look forward to reading replies. — Marcel Beaudoin & Moogli ‘He’s dead Jim. Grab his tricorder.         I’ll get his wallet.’                      

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Hi, Can you please recomend a good starter golf kit? I’m new to the game and do not want to spend too much money on my forst set. -Pravin

I think used sets can be a very good way to start off.  You might want to look for them at a store that has competent staff that can help you select something appropriate for your swing.  You may find that your golf club needs may change as you progress.  My wife, for example, started off with ladies clubs and outgrew them in a couple of months. — Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! – See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

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Hi, Can you please recomend a good starter golf kit? I’m new to the game and do not want to spend too much money on my forst set.

Go here http://www.diamondtour.com/golfshop/specials/iron_specials.shtml and get these VS-88 irons on special with the steel shafts for $89.  These should be easy Irons for a beginner to hit. Go here http://www.diamondtour.com/golfshop/wedges/ and get the Integra Soft Cast 52 and 56 degree wedges assembled with steel shafts.  These are good, solid, inexpensive wedges. Go here http://www.diamondtour.com/golfshop/woods/woods_vs88.shtml and get the 12 degree head assembled with a steel shaft.  This should be an easy driver for a beginner to hit. Go here http://www.diamondtour.com/golfshop/woods/woods_grandhawk2steel.shtml and get a 5 wood assembled with a steel shaft.  This looks like a good solid wood.  You can also get a 3 wood to match later if you find you are hitting this one good. Go here http://www.diamondtour.com/golfshop/putters/putters_zp7703.shtml and get this putter assembled with a steel shaft.  A good mallet style head. I’ve had experience with the guy at Diamond tour and just tell him a few key measurements and he will give you a fairly decent fitting over the phone and the clubs will be custom made for you.  Get the Golf pride reminder grips, and the inexpensive DT lite steel shafts in everything.  You will only spend a little over $150 and you will have a better starter set than you could get at any of the major discount stores. You could actually play with this set for years and never need anything else.  Have fun. — Regards, Mark Downing "Now, go pump some iron you dingle berry brained chuckling chump, and if I’ve said anything to offend you, I meant it." [Ryan]

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thoughts percolated and spilled forth, saying: I am looking to buy a good set of irons for my wife. Any help to narrow down the search will be appreciated. I do not think she have the patience to swing through numerous set. Currently thinking of Topflite XL 2000 since the closeout price is pretty decent. Thanks in advance.

I second (or third) all the advice you’ve received re: getting professionally fitted. Even as a beginner, I was too strong for women’s or seniors’ clubs – their shafts are too whippy. Mens’ regular flex are perfect for me. It’s a lot more difficult to find a shop that will evaluate her swing, club head speed, etc., but easier on the wallet when you find she’s misfitted. Jeez, come to think of it…when I was a beginner and not at all sure I wanted to play golf I used a hand-me-down set of aluminum shafted clubs, if you can believe it. Haven’t thought of *that* in a few years! And I lived through those and several subsequent sets of increasing expense! Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA "Golf is a game of inches. Inches into the sand, inches into the water, inches into the woods…"

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I play the XL 2000’s…I don’t know what build/size your wife is but the XL 2000’s are a very heavy headed club..my wife doesn’t like mine but then I have DG steel shafts and she uses graphite shafts which also adds to the difference she feels swinging both.  My wife is very slight and not very tall and finds it easier to swing lighter clubs..hers feel like a feather to me!  (I love my XL 2000’s btw) I don’t know if you are a club maker (or know one) but golfsmith has these ladies snake eyes viper iron heads on close out :- http://www.golfsmith.com/cm/ppage.php?stynum=se2600s&scode=ECM245AFY&… CM245AFY&lcode=ECM245AFY Tony

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I am looking to buy a good set of irons for my wife. Any help to narrow down the search will be appreciated. I do not think she have the patience to swing through numerous set. Currently thinking of Topflite XL 2000 since the closeout price is pretty decent. Thanks in advance.

Is your wife a beginner? If yes, I would suggest you not to buy a golf set but a few irons and woods. A putter, however, is a must. Woods: 5W (20*), 7W (24*) and 9W (28*) both with dual tracks under the heads. Irons: 7i, 8i, 9i. Wedges: PW (50*-51*), SW (55*-56*) Putter Total of 9 clubs, if she gets better then Driver (11*-12*), 3W (15*), 5i, 6i, and LW (60*) can be added later to 14 clubs limit under the rule. Only she has become a pro player, 3i and 4i can be considered to put in her bag. hope this helps. Bey

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I want to strongly second the comments above. Women benefit from well-fitted clubs as much if not more than men. Proper length, lie angle, shaft weight and flex make a major difference in swing mechanics. The only thing you may find in clubs built specifically for women (or men with slower swing speeds) is some adjustment in the actual club lofts to insure that they can get the longer clubs airborn. My wife plays Titleist 981 SL’s which were made to meet all these requriements, but I think Titleist has discontinued that particular model. The Titleist DCI 822OS are available with "ladies specs" but I don’t know anything about them. If your wife has the patience, a fitting through Henry Griffitts or Ping would be a good first step. Even if you end up buying something else, it would give you a reliable starting point. Jeff – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am looking to buy a good set of irons for my wife. Any help to narrow down the search will be appreciated. I do not think she have the patience to swing through numerous set. Currently thinking of Topflite XL 2000 since the closeout price is pretty decent. Thanks in advance.

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I am looking to buy a good set of irons for my wife. Any help to narrow down the search will be appreciated. I do not think she have the patience to swing through numerous set. Currently thinking of Topflite XL 2000 since the closeout price is pretty decent. Thanks in advance.

I wouldn’t narrow it down to ‘womens’ clubs. As far as I know (and help me out please) there’s no difference in the weight of the heads (mens v womans). The shafts will be different but a good pro will sort out a good set with ladies or seniors shafts or maybe regular or even stiff (depending on her swing speed). He’ll also get the lie and length right for her by measuring. For value, go for 2nd hand sets (maybe difficult to get the right shafts etc) or else a set that is being discontinued (the new flashy logo on the new model won’t help her to hit the ball any further. So go for the Topflites provided the shaft, lie etc. is right for her.

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I am looking to buy a good set of irons for my wife. Any help to narrow down the search will be appreciated. I do not think she have the patience to swing through numerous set. Currently thinking of Topflite XL 2000 since the closeout price is pretty decent. Thanks in advance.

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I am looking to buy a good set of irons for my wife. Any help to narrow down the search will be appreciated. I do not think she have the patience to swing through numerous set. Currently thinking of Topflite XL 2000 since the closeout price is pretty decent.

There really is no need to shop for women’s clubs specifically.  The best bet is to find a golf shop that will do a quick fitting for her for free. As long as they can give her the proper length, lie, and shaft flex (just like they would measure for men), the Topflites or any other similar style club should be fine.

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Since our fellow RSG:er ‘Peasant’ is getting married this weekend in Johannesburg I would like to wish him and his wife all the best and many happy years together. Hopefully He will still be ‘allowed’  to play golf and if otherwise I will volunteer to buy His brand new golf set. I tried to find a nice joke to congratulate Him with but as I found out all the "golf and wife" jokes were a bit too ….. how would I say it "not appropriate" Anyway, I found one which suits the "golfing nut" Peasant just fine…. Congratulations MF and have a happy honey-moon! Tam

My father recently took my granfathers’ clubs (Bobby Jones Registered Clubs) in to be re-gripped. Luckily, the pro working the shop that day, said we would be crazy. He told us to mount them on our basment wall. I have placed several searches on the net with reference to information on this golf set with no luck. Could someone suggest my next step. Appraisal? Is it worth it?

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Check out the following – I am sure they will be able to help you. www.americangolfclassics.com Good luck. Don Lets talk Golf!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My father recently took my granfathers’ clubs (Bobby Jones Registered Clubs) in to be re-gripped. Luckily, the pro working the shop that day, said we would be crazy. He told us to mount them on our basment wall. I have placed several searches on the net with reference to information on this golf set with no luck. Could someone suggest my next step. Appraisal? Is it worth it?

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There is a South Bay Golf set with frequency matched graphite shafts and offset head placement on sale for $99.  Is this a good starter set, or do you get what you pay for? Thanks

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A friend of mine plays with them, and they have been an excellent starter set. Jeff

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Well do you know yet if you really like the game?  If this is truly a starter set and the person using them is not sure if they like the game, by all means $99 is not that big of a risk and if they like the game then they can move into better equipement.  If they don’t like it you wont feel so bad about giving the clubs to someone else to try the game. I know I have lost more than that on a driver that I didn’t like. RSG Role Call  http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/mclaughlins.htm

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Actually, this would be for my dad.  I know his into it, but he doesn’t want to spend top dollar on a set, esp. since he won’t be playing that often.

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Does anyone have addy for C.M.Barr? ….Faye

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The URL now takes you to paintings instead of needlework.  She may have changed her web site.  This is the address.  I couldn’t find any cross-stitch on it anywhere.   http://www.barrs.simplenet.com Cathy D. WIP’s Home for Christmas stocking (going to be finished this year!) Heritage of Golf Set of home town buildings designed by a local artist. Santa of the Forest TW’s Wedding Sampler

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I recall a message on her website in which she indicated that she would no longer be designing needlework, and she would be removing her designs from the website.  This was quite some time ago; I made sure I printed out anything that looked particularly appealing to me. Arliss (in Bismarck; the sun is melting yesterday’s junk today) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The URL now takes you to paintings instead of needlework.  She may have changed her web site.  This is the address.  I couldn’t find any cross-stitch on it anywhere. http://www.barrs.simplenet.com Cathy D. WIP’s Home for Christmas stocking (going to be finished this year!) Heritage of Golf Set of home town buildings designed by a local artist. Santa of the Forest TW’s Wedding Sampler

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Hi all, I was at Ames the other night in the craft section and noticed that aida cloth is much easier to find than huck cloth.  The had different brands that had a very large range of price between them.  Question: Are all aida cloths created equal?  or is there are difference in the quality depending on brand? I want to do huck weaving (I’m just beginning) and am trying my skills by making small hand towels……Can aida cloth be used for this? Thank you, Jenn — Http://members.tripod.com/Gwenevere If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.-Albert Einstein

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writes: Question: Are all aida cloths created equal?  or is there are difference in the quality depending on brand?

They are definitely not equal.  I have used some that have a soft texture and some that are so stiff that they were almost like cardboard.  Some are more tightly woven than others.  The aida that I buy from my LNS is the soft texture and less tightly woven.  The stiff kind I had bought from a fabric store.  Now the projects look the same once you have finished, but the soft material was much nicer to work with while stitching.  I really don’t want to use aida any longer though.  I love linen and the other evenweaves and get very frustrated when I have to pierce the threads in aida for a quarter stitch.  I still have a good bit of it that I will probably use for ornaments and simple designs.  JMHO Cathy D. WIP’s Home for Christmas stocking (going to be finished this year!) Heritage of Golf Set of home town buildings designed by a local artist. Santa of the Forest TW’s Wedding Sampler

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The quality of Aida is definitely not all equal.  When I started on Marbek’s Nativity, I went to JoAnns Fabric and bought a large piece of "18 ct" Aida because it was 54" wide and fairly inexpensive.  I took it home, measured out my 5 pieces and cut the fabric accordingly.  I then started stitching on the center panel.  After I had stitched for about an hour, I thought to myself — this doesn’t look quite right – it looks to big.  So I got out my ruler and started counting stitches.  After counting several times in both the horizontal and vertical directions and various places around the fabric, the results showed me that the fabric was actually about 16.5 ct..  Now normally this might not have made a difference, but my wife had bought me the special 5 piece frame for "The Nativity" and the size of the finished panels would have been too large for the frame. I took the cut pieces back to JoAnns Fabric and a very nice lady refunded my money – even though it had been cut.  She was also a stitcher and said that I should go to a Neeldework Shop if I wanted to obtain some good quality Aida because the Aida that JoAnns had was not of the best quality. I then went to Nellie B’s in St. Paul (no longer in business) and bought a piece of Zweigart Aida which was considerably more expensive than the original piece.  However, the count was exact and the fabric was wonderful to work. My wife has always told me "You get what you pay for." and she was definitely right (she always is).  When I buy Aida for any of my projects (and yes I still use it for some), I always go to my new favorite Needlework Shop. Michael F. Parenteau

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I started Teresa Wentzler’s Wedding Sampler.  I hope to have it finished for my 25th anniversary in August.  I am so glad to be back to linen after working on aida for awhile. Cathy D. WIP’s Home for Christmas stocking (going to be finished this year!) Heritage of Golf Set of home town buildings designed by a local artist. Santa of the Forest & getting ready for TW’s Wedding Sampler

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<snip I am so glad to be back to linen after working on aida for awhile. Cathy D.

Cathy, I started a ‘Shells Bread Cover’ kit (Something Special #50624) that was given to me years ago by a SIL who, at the time she gave it to me, told me that she’d be happy to receive the finished product as a gift someday (I’m doing it for her for Christmas).  It’s stitched on 14 count Aida, and boy, is it difficult to work on that after being away from it for about 5 years! I find it’s stiff as cardboard, and believe it or not, I’m having a fair amount of difficulty finding the holes coming up from the back (yup, that’s right, my preferred method of stitching is pokin’ & stabbin’!).  Oh well, at least it’s a fairly small project, and it shouldn’t take me tooo long to complete it…uh, it’ll just *seem* like forever : ) Pfeffer

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am so glad to be back to linen after working on aida for awhile. Cathy D. Cathy, is it difficult to work on that after being away from it for about 5 years! I find it’s stiff as cardboard, and believe it or not, I’m having a fair amount of difficulty finding the holes coming up from the back (yup, that’s right, my preferred method of stitching is pokin’ & stabbin’!). Pfeffer

This is what I find is so much easier on linen then one aida, finding the holes from the back.  I don’t mind a stiff fabric, but it takes longer trying to find the holes. Richard

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Hi.  Back stitching again after 10 year absence.  Looking for more Floss Pockets like I bought 10+ years ago.  It was clear plastic pages with 7 pockets to hold floss in original shape, without rewinding on a bobbin. If you know where I can find these, please reply.  Thanks.

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That sounds just like Thread Beds, from Organized Stitching. 1-888-222-8250.  I’ve started using these, and I like them better than bobbins for long-term storage. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi.  Back stitching again after 10 year absence.  Looking for more Floss Pockets like I bought 10+ years ago.  It was clear plastic pages with 7 pockets to hold floss in original shape, without rewinding on a bobbin. If you know where I can find these, please reply.  Thanks.

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I use Popular Mechanics 50 drawer storage cabinet.  I have 6 of them.  They stack two high very well.  They hold all my floss with some storage drawers left over, and I can always expand.   For each project I have a small plastic case that holds bobbins and small items, such as needles and scissors, and is portable. These are my preferences, but look around at what is out there.  A lot has changed in ten years. Deborah

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Mark, I went to K-mart and bought two "chests" with 60 small drawers each from the hardware department.  I bought a package of sticky "dots" in the stationary section.  I labeled each drawer with what floss colors were in it, and had plenty of extra room for blending filaments, overdyeds, and button/charm/bead storage.  I keep them on a bookshelf, I just adjusted the shelf depth so they would fit. Catherine

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I’m using those little Ziplocks that go on a ring or two. [Well, I've divided mine into two "booklets" because the collection's getting too big for one.]

I use the Floss Away bags, too, but I put mine in the cardboard Floss Totes made by the same people. A full set of DMC fits easily into 2 boxes. Kreinik metallics, however, go into a plastic box I found at Ben Franklin; it has lots of compartments, and the spools stand on end so I can read the names. Kathy K — X/USA/S/-/-/-/27B/Monolog in Blue, various little things/X,Bw,D,P/E,L/D,S,Od/:-P~ /S/M+/B/b/R-/S/K-/E+/L/G-/Wo/Sam Elliott/David Weber/pizza

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I refuse to wind any more floss bobbins!  How do you like to store your floss?  I like to be able to see the colors readily and have them in numerical

I have heard the Thread Bed system recommended, looks very nice.  I keep my skeins in zip lock baggies, quart sized and labeled, say 1 to 50, 51 to 100, etc, then these are in a couple gallon zip locks.  Not the most convenient, but cheap and easy. Richard

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I went to K-mart and bought two "chests" with 60 small drawers each from the hardware department.  I bought a package of sticky "dots" in the stationEry section.  I labeled each drawer with what floss colors were in it, and had plenty of extra room for blending filaments, overdyeds, and button/charm/bead storage.

I use the same system for my DMC floss, but I have my "parts cabinets" mounted on the sewing room wall, and have 1 color per drawer.  Specialty flosses (overdyeds, variegateds, silks, etc) are kept in zipper-style floss bags, with ‘puter-generated paper labels tucked inside, and those stored by colorway in cardboard "dressers" I bought at The Container Store.  Kreiniks and embellishments are kept in plastic divider boxes from The Container Store. Materials for WIPs are in zipper-style floss bags with cards showing the symbol and the floss number (and sometimes notes for where it’s used), and are kept in rectangular plastic trays/baskets. Darla Any idiot can face a crisis–it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out. –Anton Chekhov remove clothes to respond

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I refuse to wind any more floss bobbins!  How do you like to store your floss?   I like to be able to see the colors readily and have them in numerical order.  I am thinking of something like File-a-Floss boxes or the ThreadBed notebook system?  What do you like?

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I am thinking of something like File-a-Floss boxes or the ThreadBed notebook system?

The F-a-F boxes are very attractive indeed — but the lone thing that I dislike about them is that they do *not* store 100 colors of floss per box — not even close.  Now, I have multiple skeins of most colors — anywhere from 2 to 20 — and that is probably a large part of the problem.  But I had to buy 17 boxes to hold my entire fiber collection, and they’re fairly pricey.  It’s a lovely lovely way to store them but the individual boxes don’t hold a whole lot.  FYI. Elizabeth WIP: Antique Doll Sisters from Lanarte "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity…"

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I always leave them in the skein with wrapper.  barbara – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I refuse to wind any more floss bobbins!  How do you like to store your floss?  I like to be able to see the colors readily and have them in numerical order.  I am thinking of something like File-a-Floss boxes or the ThreadBed notebook system?  What do you like?

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Years ago, before there were Thread Beds, my sister and I devised a system for storing floss. We got the sheets from the photography shops that are for storing negative strips, and we used a pencil with an eraser on the end to push/pull each skein into its little ’sleeve’. It was time consuming at the beginning, but aren’t any systems? I have the entire set of DMC filed in four large binders on the book shelf. They are all filed in numerical order. Gillian – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I refuse to wind any more floss bobbins!  How do you like to store your floss?   I like to be able to see the colors readily and have them in numerical order.  I am thinking of something like File-a-Floss boxes or the ThreadBed notebook system?  What do you like?

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Sorry—didn’t finish the thought— then they are organized, not in plastic, in drawers of a large box in numerical order.  I am moving them into my new cabinet  when it comes,  It ought to be larger than the one I have which is more like a colonial spice box.  barbara – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I always leave them in the skein with wrapper.  barbara I refuse to wind any more floss bobbins!  How do you like to store your floss?  I like to be able to see the colors readily and have them in numerical order.  I am thinking of something like File-a-Floss boxes or the ThreadBed notebook system?  What do you like?

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I refuse to wind any more floss bobbins!  How do you like to store your floss?  I like to be able to see the colors readily and have them in numerical order.  I am thinking of something like File-a-Floss boxes or the ThreadBed notebook system?  What do you like?

I’m using those little Ziplocks that go on a ring or two. [Well, I've divided mine into two "booklets" because the collection's getting too big for one.] — Seanette Blaylock X/USA/H+/-/-/1C(HFM Felix)/1B/Cat-a-Tudes "Priorities", Janlynn/XNCr/-/-/-/S/-/-/-/ Bombeck, Jeff Foxworthy/CHOCOLATE!

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I refuse to wind any more floss bobbins!  How do you like to store your floss?

I use the Floss Away bags and use a red and white checked box called a Floss Tote that is sold by Nordic Needle.  It holds about 300 of the bags and is really cheap.  Right now it is on sale (page S7 of the new catalog) for $6.36. The bags stand on end and I used return address labels to make my own DMC/Anchor floss labels (you can buy these from NN too).  I put them at the end of the bag (not on the while place it is supposed to go) and then I can see the numbers very easily. When I’m doing a project, I pull the bags and keep them on a ring.  I have a Gazelle floor stand and the ring goes on a little peg. However, since I just bought one of the needle organizers from Herrschner’s, I may not put them on a ring — just leave them in the box until I need to rethread needles.  I’ll have to experiment and see what works best.  I tried the bobbins and the Lo-Ran organizer, but this is what I like best  I’m really happy with my little system. )) Cathy D. WIP’s Home for Christmas stocking (going to be finished this year!) Heritage of Golf Set of home town buildings designed by a local artist. Santa of the Forest & getting ready for TW’s Wedding Sampler

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The best of luck Donna! Though once you start it’s tough to stop! Michelle C

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Actually, when I bought my very first cross stitch kit, it was something I didn’t know how to do.  I learned quickly, though!  Some things I learned by doing them wrong and not liking the results, such as going from reading a book to picking up my kit without washing my hands first.  Ink from the pages – which I couldn’t see on my fingers – showed up on the threads.  When I learned to split and recombine the strands, my stitching looked much better.  Lots of trial and error!  But it was so much fun and from that first kit, I was hooked. Colleen remove renner to respond

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Punchneedle!  And a tatting shell and book.                         /                       /              (  (     /  )       (  (   (     A    )    ( ( ( (  ( (       0    ( (   (  (       _         (   (     (      /  ___ /

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I have to admit to "almost" buying a russian punch needle because we went to a very exclusive art fair up in Williamsburg, VA. where artists displayed their wares.  One such lady did have a room with punchneedle work but very elaborately done .  They were miniatures so around 3-5 inches and then framed with 4-5 mats and large frames.  They were very impressive and really expensive– around $3000.  I really believed I would be able to do this and researched a day or two, had it on my bookmarks but in the end, lost ground and did not buy one.  It was close!  barbara

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I was in my LNS getting the stash for TW’s Wedding Sampler and saw The Charity Sampler by Emie Bishop.  It is hardanger (and looks like very difficult hardanger).  I don’t have a clue as to how to do it, but it was so pretty that I just bought it anyway.  :-)

Sounds like when I bought TW’s "Footprints" chart. I’ve always loved that story, and the piece is gorgeous, but it’s WAY outside my current level of skill! It’s probably going to stay in "Pending" for quite a while, but WILL be done someday! I’ve had that happen to me while shopping. A kit or a book or a chart or even a pretty color of floss [DMC 995 did this to me] will just jump off the display into my hands and inform me that it’s coming home with me. — Seanette Blaylock X/USA/H+/-/-/1C(HFM Felix)/1B/Cat-a-Tudes "Priorities", Janlynn/XNCr/-/-/-/S/-/-/-/ Bombeck, Jeff Foxworthy/CHOCOLATE!

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I was in my LNS getting the stash for TW’s Wedding Sampler and saw The Charity Sampler by Emie Bishop.  It is hardanger (and looks like very difficult hardanger).  I don’t have a clue as to how to do it, but it was so pretty that I just bought it anyway.  :-)

<snip Good for you!  I just learned hardanger last fall and I really enjoy it. Whether or not I’m any good at it, I’m not sure but people I show my work to say it is beautiful.  Mind you, none of them do it either!  Maybe they’re just being polite! There are good instructions on the web.  Give it a whirl! Hannah in Halifax

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HI Michelle I just got "Hope" off of E-Bay. Are the others still available? Would really like to have "Love"

As far as I know they are both stil in print – along with Faith and Charity – you can check the range out at the distributor www.hoffmandis.com Click on the on line catalogue and choose designer etc etc I think you need to look at Cross ‘n’ patch rather than Emie Bishop. Good Luck I second the Janice love book coimmetn – I taught myself using this book. Also the tutorial on www.nordicneedle.com is good. PS they have a great mail order catalgue which they send free, and they specialise in Hardanger – you can by the charts from them instead of paying to high a price at Ebay. Michelle C.

BFN OOROO Michelle Northern Beaches Sydney, Australia and sometime Oz-stitch Admin person http://www.crosswinds.net/~ozstitch/index.html

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I am glad someone else has that problem, my better half can not understand how these things basically adopt me on the way out of the shop. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was in my LNS getting the stash for TW’s Wedding Sampler and saw The Charity Sampler by Emie Bishop.  It is hardanger (and looks like very difficult hardanger).  I don’t have a clue as to how to do it, but it was so pretty that I just bought it anyway.  :-) Sounds like when I bought TW’s "Footprints" chart. I’ve always loved that story, and the piece is gorgeous, but it’s WAY outside my current level of skill! It’s probably going to stay in "Pending" for quite a while, but WILL be done someday! I’ve had that happen to me while shopping. A kit or a book or a chart or even a pretty color of floss [DMC 995 did this to me] will just jump off the display into my hands and inform me that it’s coming home with me. — Seanette Blaylock X/USA/H+/-/-/1C(HFM Felix)/1B/Cat-a-Tudes "Priorities", Janlynn/XNCr/-/-/-/S/-/-/-/ Bombeck, Jeff Foxworthy/CHOCOLATE!

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Yes!  I just bought Liz Turner Dielh’s "17th Century Irish Garden," which, unbeknownst to me, requires some pulled thread work.  Would I have bought it anyway?  Absolutely!  It’s far too beautiful to pass up. Jacqueline Morgantown WV Remove nojunk WIP:  TW’s Floral Bell Pull; An Afghan of Birds (Graphworks International); Marie Barber’s Glassworks; Marilyn Gandre’s Christmas Gentlemen; Sudberry’s Tea Set Tea Tray; Pharaoh’s Pet (Couchman Designs)

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Does Emie Bishop have a website ? Carol Lady Richende de Bevilacqua Canton of Kapellenberg, Barony of Wind Master’s Hill Atlantia

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I’ve had that happen to me while shopping. A kit or a book or a chart or even a pretty color of floss [DMC 995 did this to me] will just jump off the display into my hands and inform me that it’s coming home with me. I am glad someone else has that problem, my better half can not understand how these things basically adopt me on the way out of the shop.

My DH was well-trained on the subject of stash before I even met him. His mother is a quilter. — Seanette Blaylock X/USA/H+/-/-/1C(HFM Felix)/1B/Cat-a-Tudes "Priorities", Janlynn/XNCr/-/-/-/S/-/-/-/ Bombeck, Jeff Foxworthy/CHOCOLATE!

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I bought a wedding sampler that had hardanger on it because it was so pretty.  Of course, I’ve never done it before either. Now can’t get up enough nerve to cut the fabric :  ) !! So I’m taking a class at my LNS Dreamstitchers in Mt. Dora, Fl on Sat.  Hope I can do it. Wish me luck!! Donna

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I was in my LNS getting the stash for TW’s Wedding Sampler and saw The Charity Sampler by Emie Bishop.  It is hardanger (and looks like very difficult hardanger).  I don’t have a clue as to how to do it, but it was so pretty that I just bought it anyway.  :-) Cathy D. WIP’s Home for Christmas stocking (going to be finished this year!) Heritage of Golf Set of home town buildings designed by a local artist. Santa of the Forest & getting ready for TW’s Wedding Sampler

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Go for it! I started hardanger with her Love Sampler. First hardanger I ever did. She has great instructions and makes it easy to learn. I went from that to getting Janice Love’s Basics and Beyond, and making hardanger curtains! Kim  It is hardanger (and looks like very difficult hardanger).  I don’t have a clue as to how to do it, but it was so pretty

Bleached Fabrics being discontinued – please email if you want one!!! <http://members.aol.com/fabrics2u/fabric.html

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I just got "Hope" off of E-Bay. Are the others still available? Would really like to have "Love" Michelle C.

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I’ve done that,and once in my LNS, the owner told me that several people came in and bought charts who had no idea how or intention of learning to cross stitch-They just collected charts!  ConnieM

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I was in my LNS getting the stash for TW’s Wedding Sampler and saw The Charity Sampler by Emie Bishop.  It is hardanger (and looks like very difficult hardanger).  I don’t have a clue as to how to do it, but it was so pretty that I just bought it anyway.  :-)

This is the best way to learn a new skill, IMO.  Find something you want to do, then do it.  If you’ve done TW, you’ll find hardanger a breeze (although you might want to practice cutting on scrap material a couple of times before you start cutting the real thing). Kim

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I bought Desiderata just from the talk about it on rctn, when it arrived from my not-so-LNS, (Fiddlestix in Hawaii, Hi Randy!)  I saw that it had hardanger on it.  At first I was dismayed, but forget that!   I want to do this piece so I will learn.  Just got a mini hardanger chart from Nordic Needle in a grab bag, so now I have something to practice with! I was in my LNS getting the stash for TW’s Wedding Sampler and saw The Charity Sampler by Emie Bishop.  It is hardanger (and looks like very difficult hardanger).  I don’t have a clue as to how to do it, but it was so pretty that I just bought it anyway.  :-)

Kris Branch Misawa, Japan WIP:  Mill Hill’s :A Treasured Wedding" Alice Starmore’s "Celtic Chessboard" Lone-Deer Sonogolese "Buffalo Spirit"

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I was in my LNS getting the stash for TW’s Wedding Sampler and saw The Charity Sampler by Emie Bishop.  It is hardanger (and looks like very difficult hardanger).  I don’t have a clue as to how to do it, but it was so pretty that I just bought it anyway.  :-) Cathy D. WIP’s Home for Christmas stocking (going to be finished this year!) Heritage of Golf Set of home town buildings designed by a local artist. Santa of the Forest & getting ready for TW’s Wedding Sampler

Yes I have.  Several years ago, (like try about 15 years) I saw several crewel embroidery kits that I just had to have and now they are just sitting on a shelve in the original packaging.  I think it is soon time to give them to someone who will really be able to use them.   Sharon

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   This is how I stumbled into counted cross-stitch.  I come from a long line of quilters, tatters, and embroiderers, but everyone looks at me like I’m insane when I pull out the chart for counted xs.    I was just beginning to recover from a long, nasty bout of mono during my Senior year of college when I went to the store to pick up what I thought was a new stamped cross-stitch kit.  When I got back to the apartment and opened it, I discovered a blank piece of material and counted directions.  I was so exhausted from the outing that I couldn’t imagine going back to return it, so I just read the directions and plunged in.   I haven’t looked back yet, 11 years later! Joy Not all tears are an evil.  ~Tolkein

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