What was this new, amazing activity??? Cross-stitch. Yep, that's it. I've always joked that I can't sew a button on a shirt, although I do know how to thread a needle. That's been pretty close to the truth. I've never done any type of handwork before.
I thought that embroidery would be a relaxing hobby, something that I could do in little snippets of time. Not too long ago I signed up to receive a beginner's cross stitch kit in the mail. It was absolutely free with no strings attached. The kit sat in my nightstand drawer for several weeks before I was brave enough to open it up and read the instructions. I'm a visual learner, so while the instructions were helpful, I would have sailed right along if I had a living, breathing person showing me step by step what to do. I finally got the hang of it, and several evenings later I completed my first little project: a potted cyclamen.
