My girlfriend does cross stitch and has run out of supplies, which represents a crucial stage in the maintenance of my sanity. Does anyone know of a shop where we can buy cross stitch supplies and not just new packets?
For what it's worth, we've tried 3 other things and failed:
1. The cross stitch shops we found near where we are staying on street 143/BKK2 have only new packets of cross stitch, but shockingly don't have extra string and other supplies.
2. One of the above shops told us to go to Orussey market to find them but we went and couldn't find anything.
3. A google search only turns up dead end results of cross stitchers listing their phone number, but those numbers answered by non-english speakers
Would love to come across an active shop anywhere in the city. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cross Stitch and embriodery supplies?
Perhaps not inside Orousei Market, but try the streets outside the market, in particular those to the north east, e.g. st 166, st 168. Could be worth a try.
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of stalls inside Orussey. Upstairs, if I recall.
Fuck, is this still K440, or what!? Cross Stitch and embriodery supplies....
Orrussey market might have them on the first floor where they have the sewing supplies. Otherwise, you may try Boeung Keng Kang market, I remember they sell DMC yarns.
You have no idea how this activity can be soothing for a woman.Jaap N. wrote:Fuck, is this still K440, or what!? Cross Stitch and embriodery supplies....
Indeed, you speaketh the truth. I barely knew what it was til I hooked up with my current gf. It keeps her busy when I wanna read and not talk.Joon wrote:Orrussey market might have them on the first floor where they have the sewing supplies. Otherwise, you may try Boeung Keng Kang market, I remember they sell DMC yarns.
You have no idea how this activity can be soothing for a woman.Jaap N. wrote:Fuck, is this still K440, or what!? Cross Stitch and embriodery supplies....
As the OP, thanks for all the advice everyone. I don't think Orusesei has any on the first floor (we might have overlloked) but we will look there again and outside of it, and also follow up on all the other places suggested. Sorry I missed this post until now as I was just at Tuol Sleng museum this afternoon and could have tried. there. Thanks
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Maybe it has some therapeutic value, and it beats watching soap-operas, but it seems to be a skill which takes a hell of a long time for little return.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Unbelievably, they can sell for hundreds of dollars when completed.Lucky Lucan wrote:Maybe it has some therapeutic value, and it beats watching soap-operas, but it seems to be a skill which takes a hell of a long time for little return.
For example a 1m×0.5m Angkor Wat or lucky Chinese fish can sell for $200-300.
Incredible in my opinion as there isn't a lot of artistic skill involved and surely a machine could do it.
On a side note, any small business people out there should be on the look out for thier staff doing these at work. It's a death knell. If your biz is so quiet that your staff can concentrate on one of these, it's the beginning of the end (I talk from experience)
Well, in just about any craft, you pay more for handmade.Rama wrote:Unbelievably, they can sell for hundreds of dollars when completed.Lucky Lucan wrote:Maybe it has some therapeutic value, and it beats watching soap-operas, but it seems to be a skill which takes a hell of a long time for little return.
For example a 1m×0.5m Angkor Wat or lucky Chinese fish can sell for $200-300.
Incredible in my opinion as there isn't a lot of artistic skill involved and surely a machine could do it.
On a side note, any small business people out there should be on the look out for thier staff doing these at work. It's a death knell. If your biz is so quiet that your staff can concentrate on one of these, it's the beginning of the end (I talk from experience)
Witnessing on multiple occasions how popular this activity among local women I don't think it should be too hard to find the supplies.
On the other hand: what's up with that? Why is it so popular? Is it just a huge time filler for bored housewives, because it doesn't require much skill, but produces something that can be seen as "artistic"?
I also have heard that they can be sold for a decent price, which probably means there is a market for those, so who buys them? Families that don't have bored housewives? Just curiuos
I love embroidered stuff, because my grandmother was really good at it and everything she had in her house had a different kind of embroidery that she made herself. But she would literally do it all herself from scratch without ready to go templates.
On the other hand: what's up with that? Why is it so popular? Is it just a huge time filler for bored housewives, because it doesn't require much skill, but produces something that can be seen as "artistic"?
I also have heard that they can be sold for a decent price, which probably means there is a market for those, so who buys them? Families that don't have bored housewives? Just curiuos
I love embroidered stuff, because my grandmother was really good at it and everything she had in her house had a different kind of embroidery that she made herself. But she would literally do it all herself from scratch without ready to go templates.
I present you...HsRob wrote:On the other hand: what's up with that? Why is it so popular?
Isn't that a good enough reason? *Enters pondering mode* Just like men, women are at some times more into excitable leisure-time and at other times more into relaxing peaceful unwinding-time. And I'm sure we all aware that some or many of them are in some ways sometimes (or once a month if you will) even more tormented than most of us are by the ups-and-downs rollercoaster in the head and heart leading perhaps to an even stronger appreciation of truly soothing activity. And historically (before everything could be had at any market made in China for a handful of bucks) it lead to warm clothes and cute decorations to boot! Stitching was highly popular across Europe in my grandma's impoverished generation (WW2-ish and the aftermath years), so they too perhaps had an eye for saving a few bucks while engaging in soothing downtime. If this is now just as true for Cambodian women, I totally get that. Yeah, it beats loud soap operas and playing Angry Crush and Candy Birds tooJoon wrote: You have no idea how this activity can be soothing for a woman.
well, can't disagree with thatmetaleap wrote:it beats loud soap operas and playing Angry Crush and Candy Birds too
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