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    Jan 24, 2020 6 minutes

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    DON’T STOP BELIEVING

    Greetings WOXS! For years I have started and not finished cross stitch projects. I always seem to lose count and mess it up and give up. I decided to go back to basics and not be too ambitious and see if I could actually complete a cross stitch whilst I was recovering from an operation.

    After much frustration and persuasion from my daughter to carry on, I did complete this little fella (I am a bit of a gnome nut). He is not perfect, but my friend assures me most people aren’t so I am happy with him and he is on display in my craft room. Since then I still struggle but have completed a couple of easy designs – I am determined to get a more complicated one done! My message to all is be kind to yourself and if there is a stitch or two out of place, be fine with it, no

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