You know you are cross stitch mad when.....

When you decorate, you don’t choose the colours from a paint chart, but from the DMC thread rack instead!

You know you are cross stitch mad when.....

Instead of counting your free time in hours & minutes, you count it in threads.

You know you are cross stitch mad when.....

You take a sewing project on a journey, then realise you are driving.

You know you are cross stitch mad when.....

You buy a special large suitcase to hold all of your thread, fabric, kits and magazines etc so you can take them everywhere you go.

You know you are really cross stitch mad when you take the aforementioned suitcase to hospital for a very minor procedure 'just in case' they have to admit you.

You know you are cross stitch mad when.....

You offer to teach crafts to the local nursing home residents.

(Hey, it's not your fault they are all men and do not even know they want to learn to craft!!)

You know you are cross stitch mad when.....

You kindly agree to accompany all of your friends on thier appointments just so you can spend the time waiting for them cross stitching.

You know you are cross stitch mad when.....

When the custodial staff arrive at work in the morning they have to remind you to go home and change clothes so your colleagues and boss do not know you spent the entire night at the office trying to do "just a few more rows".