I enjoy any kind of hand craft I can (no pun intended) get my hands on.  I started out doing embroidery.  Really enjoyed this, but then moved on to crocheting.  While in England, I learned to knit and have been knitting up a storm ever since.  Recently I took up counted cross stitch.  However, this takes a bit of time to learn, so I do it, but I don't know if it is a good as I want it to be.  Oh well, I will get the hang of it.  I also use my embroidery in conjunction with knitting to create patterns on knitted items.  I then combine my crochet skills with my knitting skills to enhance borders and collars on knitted items.  

I find my crafts relaxing and rewarding.  Often I will take something with me to work on while I am at the movies or in meetings.  I find it helps me concentrate more on what is going on, instead of thinking about what I could be working on if I were at home.  

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Last Updated:  04/16/08