the first thing is the bag i use to carry everything. the bag is actually a baby diaper bag. and i just love it. it has a million little pockets besides the big main pocket. and it just works perfectly for cross stitching. i can put my scissors in it's own pocket without worrying that i will poke myself when i dig for them (which happened a bunch before. hehe). my pencil sharpener gets it's own little spot. i just love the bag! with no issues i can pack some of my cross stitching books plus kits, hard box string containers and hoops of all sizes. and the best part about this bag is that since it is a baby diaper bag it is easy to carry around. needless to say i love it and think it's well worth getting a baby diaper bag to hold all your stuffs for cross stitching. it's perfect to take everywhere and can hold a bunch of stuff. here's a picture of my bag.
the other thing i wanted to mention is my string holder. when i've already started a project kit that gives me all the string, i never know what to do with the string when i'm done using it. for example i'll be doing a leaf and i only need one color for 10 stitches. what do i do with the left over string?! well i've figured out what to do is use baseball card holders to hold my string. no joke. i went to a local office store and bought baseball card page protectors to hold my string. so when i'm doing a kit and i know i'm going to use a certain color again, but i've already cut it off the original holder from the kit, i just write on a piece of paper the number of the color of the string and then stuff the string in the little pocket. i think it's a great way to hold all the string after i've cut if off of the holder from the kit. i use this mainly just for my kits. for all my other projects, i use my regular bulky box plastic string holder. here's a picture of what i'm talking about.
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