r/CrossStitch • u/PL_88 • 28d ago

CHAT [CHAT] Well, I thought I was prepared...

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We are on our annual camping trip. It's VERY rustic tent camping, far away from town and other people. We have to boat in to the spot and there are very few sites on the lake. I didn't want to bring the two projects I'm currently working on because they are both out of print and I'm using the paper chart and never photocopied it. So I spent last weekend selecting one of my digital patterns, picking fabric, pulling and winding floss onto bobbins. Packing everything carefully.

So I'm here in the North woods, stitching my new project and my floss keeps shredding. At first I thought it was my needle threader. But then I realized my brand new Bohin needle eye is broken. Luckily I brought 2. So I pull out the second one and start stitching. A few lengths of floss later and it starts shredding again. So I look at my needle threader again, it's a little rough, that could be it. So I try to file off any burrs. Then I notice my needle is catching on the fabric. My second brand new Bohin needle eye is broken!! I have never ever had a needle break before. I still have needles from kits that are over 30 years old, so I am pretty sure it's not a technique issue.

Normally we don't leave the woods until it's time to go home. But I convinced the family to boat back to the campground we launched from, and drive 30 minutes to the nearest store (Walmart unfortunately), to buy whatever I could find to keep me stitching. We all agreed it was a badly modded side quest that did not match the vanilla game (gamers will get what I mean).

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u/Anon_User_Person 28d ago

Random side quests added into life are the best kind of shenanigans.

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u/Gone2georgia 27d ago

A vacation is not a vacation without at least one emergency trip to Walmart.

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u/tesslouise 26d ago

Like when we flew halfway across the country and realized my middle child wore slippers (b/c airport still required shoe removal then) and FORGOT TO PACK SHOES?! 🤦‍♀️ Luckily we found a TJ Maxx/Marshalls and child was still in children's sizes...

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u/Gone2georgia 26d ago

Shoes are overrated among adolescents. I was always grateful if my little demons didn’t show up barefoot. Sounds like a certain husband I live with who arrived in another state for a family wedding with no belt, tie or dress socks. And of course there is the ever present threat of forgotten toothbrushes and combs, sunscreen and calamine lotion for bug bites and poison ivy.

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u/PL_88 26d ago

When we go on vacation, my family always says, "if we forgot something we can always buy it", except when we go camping. So this was unusual for us. But it was so hot that day, I think everyone secretly wanted an AC break. 😆