until recently, cross stich (or "counted cross stitch" if you want to get all wordy about it) was strictly in the domain of the fairer sex. Not only that but most of the subjects were foo foo roses and uplifting saying etc. (not that there is anything wrong with that). A shift has occurred in the hobby and every day more and more men are participating and they subject material is now a bit more interesting. It even has its own genre, Subversive Cross Stitch.... Here are some of my fav's

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• ps, this was not to say that until men joined in the hobby the subject material *sucked. Thats not true at all there were plenty of women flying the subversive flag *long before the mens showed up....