While running is ME time, so is cross-stitch for me. I got hooked on this age-old needlework technique as a little girl, wanting so much to be able to share in my mother's passions. She used to cross-stitch large, complicated, pieces - our piano cover, small pillow covers, towels and so on. 

Needlework has helped in teaching me patience - a quality I don't naturally have. And I also love the orderliness of each stitch and how collectively, they line-up neatly together to form a picture.

Here's my latest work-in-progress, a small image of a bunch of flowers in a glass. Will probably make it into a card or something.

(Because my stupid LJ cut isn't working very well...) Click here to see how it looks like now and here to see what it should look like when I'm done (pic taken from my magazine/pattern).