Cross Stitching 101

This is day two of Cross stitching 101.
I sat four of the 5 kids down yesterday at the kitchen table for a cross stitching lesson. We started right from the beginning. Explained aida, how to hold the needle, and so on. By about the time I was showing them how to make the X's, I had one lose interest. A little while later my daughter was all done. (She has an ongoing project all her own. Sort of a freestyle embroidery I guess is the best way to describe it.)
It was two left, and they were really getting the hang of it. :)
I created a pattern for them. At first I thought of making a simple flower pattern so they could make it for their moms, but the favorite flowers of the moms were too different from each other. So instead I tried to make something they could get in to. And that was "cool" for boys and girls. The answer was a Yin-Yang symbol.
The two have finished the symbol and moved on to wanting to make a border and background. I left that part for them to decide.
I think, if I can get their okays, I will post a pic or two of their works tomorrow.

Oh yeah and I will post mine too. I picked up the started one and am now doing a little simple border around it. I was thinking maybe giving it to the boys so they can make it into a card or something. Not sure yet. Could be a cute little ornie or something. It's been so odd stitching on aida. I don't like it so much anymore now that I have played around with higher counts and fancy colors.
We had a hard rain the day before. The humidity had lifted so I had a couple of loads of clothes on the line.So it was nice to sit under a tree in the yard and stitch with the breeze and fresh air. It totally made my day.