I have been flinging things with abandon. I've just got rid of so much. The bin sacks and boxes are piling up in the garden and I have a few bits for the charity shop starting to mount up again after the last big push.
I was looking closer at two things today. One was a large sack of embroidery floss. Some of it was my grandmother's and she passed in 1987. There are lots of bits, ends, discontinued numbers, odd shades and nameless lengths - the detritus from a hundred kits and projects. It is a very large amount, but I never seem to dig in to it. When I do pick up a cross stitch needle it is usually a kit with floss included. I couldn't think of a reason to keep it. I even checked on my friend ebay and there are plenty of inexpensive bundles of cross stitch floss should I ever want to get going again. Besides, surely it was rotten after all this time. However when I opened it the stuff seemed fine and a bit of stamped embroidery I started a while back fell out. I remember how happy I was to start it, and how I got broken off and the bits I wanted to do - I got nostalgic. I miss doing cross stitch, but my eyes get so tired. I think I can hang on to these bits for a little longer, just to see if I can get back to it. It is on borrowed time, though.
The other thing I was looking at was a set of folders. I am a sucker for those 'collect' magazines. I have collected all sorts of rubbish. However I got this set and loved it. I always used to really look forward to these coming at the newsagents. One was a 'decorate your home' type and one was a 'decorative needlework' type - I can't remember their names. Sigh. I loved them, leafed through them, dreamed of the projects, never got anything done. They are both incredibly dated. I don't think I can part with them, though. There are still some useful techniques and I plan to revisit and perhaps have another go. They are a bit safer.
On the other hand, with practically everything else all bets are off!
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