May I Please Introduce You to Cross Stitch News?
One of my favorite things to do is read People magazine. I’ve loved it for well over twenty years and, in fact, you’re as likely to find me reading People as stitching.
It’s NOT that stitching and People are on an equal par in my life — don’t get me wrong there, LOL! But sometimes, I have to take off the magnifying glasses I now require to stitch so I can rest my eyes. Then, especially if I don’t want to get too involved, as I might with a really good book, it’s People I reach for and curl up with for a while. People and at least one cat, of course.
(Sadly, it seems the older I get, the fewer people in People I know. A couple of months ago, I did not know anyone who had crushes on either of the teenaged cover-persons. Heck, I did not even recognize either of their names! Fortunately, they weren’t the only people mentioned in that week’s issue. 
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Anyway, to bring this discussion on topic, today I want to share with you the cross stitch news blog of one of my regular readers and commenters. Allura has been doing a fabulous job with her own Cross Stitch News (Blogroll) since she began it in May. It’s always a treat to see what she’s found worthy of her blog subtitle: “Stitching in the News and Around the Internet” (copyright Allura, 2007). The majority of Allura’s posts (unlike mine, LOL) are short and sweet — easily digested, well worth adding to your diet, AND delicious. Therefore, I am confident that fitting them into your already hectic schedule will not be too difficult, and will soon prove to be of merit.
Lately, I find myself turning first to the pages of Cross Stitch News rather than to People when I need those breaks from stitching. My DH has even teased me that I’ve started keeping People in the bathroom lately (where it was never allowed before), and asking what’s up with that because I used to be able to go to the bathroom alone. I’m not sure if my DH thinks I’m too addicted to stitching, or if I’m a workaholic who’s doing too much bringing my work home with me, but at the moment, I’ve answered him a bit defensively, “I’m just not quite ready to give up my People altogether, and the bathroom is about the only place in my life it fits, okay?”
So People is still one of my guilty pleasures … Cross Stitch News is something for Allura to be very proud of, though — and for me to feel not the least bit guilty about reading or recommending to you!
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December 2nd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Thanks for the link. I’m going right over for a read.
December 4th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Ok, I’m all embarrassed now.
It’s also supposed to be just “Cross Stitch News,” so I changed the header to just that, since it was apparently confusing. Anyway, just keeping up with the news has turned out to be a bigger project than I thought, never mind discussion posts, designer profiles, or any of the other things I’ve thought of adding. I think I’ll leave it alone, since folks obviously like it as it is. 
December 10th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Thanks for the correction, Allura; I have made the necessary changes. I, too, have found INN to be a bigger project than I expected it to be … but well worth the effort. I hope you will continue with Cross Stitch News because I think you’re doing a terrific job!
Your site is proof that there can be more than one news site out there, and yet there’s little to no reason to have the same content, there is absolutely no reason we can’t all get along, and we can certainly link to each other and give credit to each other for good ideas — all because we’re all interested in promoting the same craft so that the art of cross stitch continues to thrive, and the petty stuff is just silly and a waste of time.