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| Embroidery progress as of 23 March 2012 |
Using the clip-on magnifier has been really helpful to me and my eyes. I've discovered that I shouldn't spend most of the day stitching because this leads to some eye strain. So, gone are the days when I could spend 6 hours stitching.
This is the second time I believe that I've worked on linen and I'm reminded again that flecks of the fabric or linen particles tend to come off while stitching on it. The last time I embroidered on linen it did this and I searched online about this to try to find out if this is normal. My search yielded no information, and so I still don't know if this is 'just a feature' in working with linen. The linen fibers coming off don't seem to have a detrimental effect on the project. It's just weird finding flecks of the linen fibers on the base of my scroll frame, on my clothing, or finding them poking out among the floss and having to pull them out from the stitches. If anyone out there in cyberspace-the cloud-wherever has had this experience please post a comment and let me know.
