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UPDATE: Follow the discussion on Facebook to see some other ideas on how to fix this issue: http://www.facebook.com/craftgossip/posts/10150391934861468

Facebook Updates

With the new Facebook update, several people who follow us on Facebook have reported that our updates are no longer appearing on their wall.

The updates are still there, they are just obscured. To get the updates to appear again, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you are logged into Facebook.

2. Go to Facebook page. Not to your profile page, but to the homepage of Facebook (http://www.facebook.com).

3. On your left hand side, you will see the Favorites heading.

4. Look under the Pages subsection for CraftGossip.com. Click on it. You will be taken to the CraftGossip page on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/craftgossip).

Once you have done this, our updates should start appearing on your Facebook wall. If not, drop us an email at [email protected].

 

 

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Comments

  1. I do not have the work ‘Pages’ under Favourites on my Facebook! So how can I get to see the comments from Craftgossip on Facebook please.

    thanks

  2. I also do not have the word “Pages” under Favourites. All it says is
    FAVOURITES
    NEWSFEED
    MESSAGES
    EVENTS
    When I click on Newsfeed all it does is refresh the homepage.
    HELP!!! Pretty please!

  3. Ahh I just asked the question at FB and the answer was it is only Admin for page owners that have that facility. so your instructions don’t help the rest of us sorry! Here is what FB says

    How do I add a Page to my “Favorite Pages” section?
    If you are an admin of a Page, you can add a Page to your “Favorite Pages” section. To add a Page to your “Favorite Pages” section go to the desired page and select “Add to My Page’s Favorites” directly underneath the profile picture. That Page will then appear in your “Favorite Pages” section. Please note that the “Add to My Page’s Favorites” link will only be visible if you are an admin of a Page.

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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]