I dug this out of the family ornament collection looking for a handmade skate ornament I commented about on My Tangled Threads. (No luck yet.) I did come across some crochet snowflakes and a couple cross stitch ornaments, though.
I’ve been so busy with crochet lately I put the joy of cross stitch to the back of my mind. It really is a shame you can’t cuddle up to a cross stitch piece of card board. Considering how much time I put into this little guy as a high school-er I probably could have crocheted a nice hat or a long, fluffy scarf.
I really do enjoy those little dollar cross stitch kits though. It seems these days that they avoid including the nice metal frames you see in vintage kits. Instead they have red plastic frames or worse, they package it as an ornament. No accessory needed. I suspect this coinsided with the descent of Cracker Jack prizes. The little plastic clothes hanger is the cross stitch kit equivalent to a Cracker Jack mini-baseball card.
Here’s your blog prize: a photograph of the back for kicks and giggles. Look ma’, no knots!
*That’s cool* a random fact
Early Native American tribes in New England preserved corn by coating it with heated maple syrup.
Love the cross stitch tree! The metal frame is really cool and gives the tree extra funkiness!
I tried cross stitch once, but its too small for my eyes. I have double vision (yes, really!) and cross stitch was just too small.
I miss Cracker Jack prizes! And cereal box prizes! I used to dig around a new box of cereal for that small, but oh-so-rewarding prize in there, making sure I beat my sister to it. Which is probably mean, as I’m 7 years older than she is!
Now, you have to send away for a prize with a UPC code. Booo! My poor baby has never had the joy of digging in the new cereal box before anyone else could get to it.
I’ve tried cross stitch but have never had the patience for it. The backs of mine never looked as good as yours, I always had knots. Maybe that is why I gave up so easily. I have one project currently in cross stitch, it will be a while before it is finished. I still have the first ornament that I tried to make in cross stitch, it never got finished.
I too love cross stitching. After the holidays I will have to give some love to that craft as well.
Love the cross stitch tree I never gave cross stitching a try it just looks so hard at times but, you did a great job.
Your back is simply gorgeous! My backs are always messy :-(