I’ve got a few embroidery books and magazines on my shelves. Okay, it’s heading into “more than a few” territory, so I figured I may as well give some small reviews of them. Just in case anyone else here is interested in getting as addicted to purchasing stitching books. Because reading about stitching is almost as good as doing it. Which, now that I think about it, is probably how many socially inept young chaps feel about sex.

With that charming introduction I’ll go onto the first book: New Ideas in Goldwork by Tracy Franklin.

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