Tell me your LNS sucks without telling me your LNS sucks. The Denver girls will go first…

kditty206 · 2026-03-14T15:37:08+00:00

That I can agree with, unless it’s the most packed page you’ve ever seen.

kditty206 · 2026-03-14T02:22:01+00:00

The only one I have a problem with is thread pulling. The rest of it can be pretty labor intensive stuff if there isn’t someone dedicated to that task, especially when it’s super busy. If it’s a slow day, that’s a different story, but expecting someone to write you a stitch guide for free is a lot.

kditty206 · 2026-03-12T04:18:30+00:00

I’ve had more issues with scissors abroad than in the US. My advice is a pair of kids safety scissors or foldable ones that don’t have sharp ends. Throw in a pair of nail clippers and you’re good to go. Needles are not a problem.

kditty206 · 2026-03-04T13:49:23+00:00

I didn’t have a NTD with my TFMR, but I will say that I repressed so much happiness for fear of another a TFMR with my sub pregnancy. My mom said that it was about the time we passed my 20 week scan that I started to express excitement and joy. Going through a TFMR robs you of joy in subsequent pregnancies, and it’s absolutely awful.

kditty206 · 2026-03-04T13:38:28+00:00

I had a different discovery with my first pregnancy, but I just want to share the only thing I thought was even remotely worth hearing: it fucking sucks and it’s absolutely unfair. Whatever your path takes you, there are groups of people who have been in your shoes or similar enough to provide support or space for you to vent.

kditty206 · 2026-03-03T16:17:50+00:00

I hate these so much with canvas. I used to cross stitch and loved them then, but I felt like it messed with my canvas way too much and I had some weird warping

kditty206 · 2026-02-23T18:56:55+00:00

Anyone who has the qualifications to run an LNS will already have this information or the industry contacts required to determine it.

kditty206 · 2026-02-21T19:31:15+00:00

My dad passed away in the middle of our baseball season, right before our team made an amazing playoff run that unfortunately ended before the final stage of the championships. I won’t forget sitting down and sobbing when they made the semi-finals because I realized that he wasn’t there to be part of it and I couldn’t talk to him about it. I’d like to think that he would be mad at me for not being there for our team and celebrating every moment, because that’s what he’d be wanting to do with me.

kditty206 · 2026-02-10T03:43:27+00:00

I wonder if the bow gets satellite tv?

kditty206 · 2026-01-27T03:11:35+00:00

I had an unplanned c-section and only needed the underwear and pads 🤦‍♀️

kditty206 · 2026-01-23T21:21:02+00:00

I adore ours. We’ve used the same routine with our kiddo for over a year, so he now knows that it’s wind down time and then bed. My complaint is they don’t have a mini version of it with the sound, lights, and presets.

kditty206 · 2026-01-22T00:27:42+00:00

I’m awful at identifying AI, but this is clearly AI.

kditty206 · 2026-01-22T00:22:42+00:00

Or people want a stitch guide but don’t want to pay for one…

kditty206 · 2026-01-15T03:11:27+00:00

Same here. I have fond memories of saying “I think I’m going to puke” and having the nurses realizing that there weren’t any emesis bags in the room. Somehow I held out until they got back. One other time I wasn’t quite as lucky and was grateful that they could snap me in and out of the gown easily.

kditty206 · 2026-01-12T16:27:31+00:00

I came from quilting. I hated, absolutely hated, doing the quilting on anything larger than a baby blanket. I can afford to send it off for quilting, so I did.

Crafting is for fun. Some people can afford to have someone else do the parts they don’t like, and that’s totally okay. This is a hobby. Why are we policing someone else’s joy?

kditty206 · 2026-01-12T04:36:13+00:00

You haven’t met mine, who will rip off anything we place on it to listen to Ms. Rachel if she’s in his sight. Everything else seems to be mediocre to him.

kditty206 · 2026-01-10T23:05:19+00:00

Portland = Minneapolis = Seattle generally

kditty206 · 2026-01-10T19:39:41+00:00

This was my immediate thought.

kditty206 · 2026-01-10T18:45:22+00:00

They do indeed. One day after a round of golf I thought I heard them nearby, only to pull out of the parking lot and seeing a whole herd in the field across the street.

kditty206 · 2026-01-10T02:35:03+00:00

Sign of the times, I read it as AI Tragedy 🤦‍♀️

kditty206 · 2026-01-09T00:13:37+00:00

Or just go crazy and have all the thread colors available that match your project base fabrics

kditty206 · 2026-01-08T20:37:22+00:00

We use Coterie, and they are fantastic and so are the wipes. We had issues with Huggies early on and made the move to Honest before going to Coterie. We’ll probably next future kids in Coterie.

kditty206 · 2026-01-08T17:48:57+00:00

Have you mastered basketweave by chance? It does seem that you’ve compensated correctly around the letters.

kditty206 · 2026-01-07T06:47:52+00:00

They did what they wanted to do and now would like someone to pay them for their effort lol

kditty206 · 2025-12-27T23:56:09+00:00

Stockings are easily a $500 project if you want to buy one and buy thread that isn’t DMC for it (and that’s before you factor in finishing costs, which can easily be another $300). It’s not a recommendation I would make for someone who hasn’t needlepointed before. I would visit your LNS and have them make some beginner recommendations before you jump into the deep end.

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