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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
In Dutch we say that buying something cheap can turn out expensive (goedkoop is duurkoop). Which turned out to be true this morning. I have a bunch of embroidery hoops, most of them bought when I started out cross stitching I bought a bunch of them in different sizes. But all of them were the cheaper bamboo ones, because I didn't want to spend too much on a new hobby I didn't know I would like this much.
This morning I needed to move the fabric and went to unscrew the hoop and the screw got stuck. Luckily it was loose enough for me to pop the fabric out. I'm now using a smaller hoop (more move of fabric) which is obviously a better quality wood. There are also no gaps like with the broken hoop, so hopefully the fabric tension will last longer.
So I'm now dumping my cheap hoops and I'll need to replace them with better ones. Added bonus is that if I want to frame a cross stitch in a hoop the expensive ones look a lot better, too. They are twice as expensive (€7.80-€9.50 instead of €3.60-€4.75), but really not that expensive.
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I find that if you try to go the cheap route hurriedly, this is ALWAYS true. Sometimes, yes, you can score a real deal, but if you rush to buy (cheap) this over (pricier) that, it almost always bites you in the ass. :-)
Hitch