Last Christmas, I wasn’t able to finish the socks I had intended to give my fiance as a gift, so I had to get creative. Scoping out the new Amy Sedaris book, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People, I noticed a section called Crafting Statistics on page 19. According to Sedaris and her publishers, the top 5 uses for crafts are:
CRAFTING STATISTICS
How Are We Using Our Crafts?
1. Camper decorations
2. Old people presents
3. Chew toy
4. Dust accumulator
5. As evidence that we don’t spend all our time doing absolutely noting
6. Salvaged for parts to make other crafts
Having only seen the stats page in Amazon’s preview mode, I thought the image used to represent craft statistics on the page was a cross stitch. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was thread and pushpins, but who cares? I was inspired to make my Statistician fiance his own framed cross stitch.
I winged it on the pattern, which led to some tearing out of stitches here and there, but I think it turned out great. In a Gift of the Magi-esque turn of events, my fiance got me my very own copy of Simple Times for Christmas. “Aww” is right.
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On a final note, don’t forget to buy yourself a copy of this book or check it out from your local library. You should also check out Amy Sedaris’s YouTube channel. Here’s a taste of what you’re in for:
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