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Did you hear about the man who inserted sewing needles into meat?

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.. He was denied bail and is currently in jail.

And why is this news. Because it got us thinking about as to what all you can do with sewing needles.

Thankfully, in this case, no one was hurt and the man was caught and behind bars, but what unusual places have you lost your sewing needles in?

Oh! And if you want to read about the man who was caught.. Man caught inserting sewing needles into supermarket meat.

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Comments

  2. I don’t think that’s funny at all!
    Some prat pushes needles into meat, an act presumably to threaten people and perhaps the /supermarket industry and you think its a laughing matter?
    Ridiculous and frankly poor taste

  4. Sorry everyone. It is not a laughing matter and no where in the original article did we say that we are laughing about it, only laughing at odd places we have left our needles. In any case, we have reworded the article.

  5. I left my sewing on my kitchen table and walked away for a few moments and when I came back my needle with thread was gone.a couple of days later my dog was sick and wouldn’t eat and got a knot on the side of his neck…rushed him to the dr and he had swollowed that missing needle…I alway make sure my needle is secure down before walking away…oh my dog was fine after a costly operation…

Have you read?

Do You Park Your Cross Stitch Thread? Try The Royal Roads Method

I have not done a lot of big cross stitch projects, but sometimes even with small projects it can be hard to decide exactly where to begin and how to work through the chart if you’re working with multiple colors. The general categories for the possible methods are known as cross country and parking. 

Cross country means that you’re working one color at a time, moving around the chart (or the section of the chart you’re working on) until you’re done with that color. Parking means you’re working in a smaller section and doing all the colors in that area, “parking” the threads by leaving them attached to the canvas but out of the way while you finish each section. 

Royal Rows is a specific way of parking named by Alison Royal, which is explored in detail on a post on Stitching Daily. 

The idea is that you’re working one “tower” of stitches at a time (she uses a section of 10 stitches across by 20 down, but you can do whatever makes sense to you). You work all the stitches of a color at a time, starting at the top left and working your way down. When you’re done with a color you can park it where needed in the section below your current tower (known as the dungeon) or in the “east tower,” which is the section to the right. 

There’s also a specific way of dealing with thread ends when you’re done with a color. This is a super simplified version (head to the blog post at Stitching Daily to get all the details) but the basic idea is that you’re working from left to right and top to bottom across the work, parking the threads in the next section when you’re done with them and systematically choosing which color to work with next. 

The whole idea of parking is kind of overwhelming to me though I will admit that it makes a lot of sense. I guess I need to try it on a smallish big project and see how it goes. Do you use the parking method of cross stitch? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Stitching Daily]