Lit. stitch

    I've matched my reading to my knitting (or vice versa) before, now it seems it's the turn of my embroidery. The crewel wool for a project I've just begun picks up all the colours on the cover of Tracy Chevalier's lovely new novel The Last Runaway - which happens to contain a great deal about needlework, specifically quilting (which I've been wanting to try for years).

    I feel the book should come with a "craft-inducing" warning on its jacket ...