Round Robins

In the past I have participated in many cross stitch round robins where, in most cases, the choice of what to stitch on the robin was entirely up to you as long as it stuck to the theme of that particular piece. For example,this robin from 2001 is lovely. The owner of the robin specified that she would like anything Winnie The Pooh related and to sign and date your work. I designed and stitched the Eeyore. Robins like that were a lot of fun, especially when your piece was returned with all its surprises. Recently I have participated in round robins that had wandered far from the original premise. They were mostly a complete chart that the owner just wanted everyone to stitch a bit of, no names, dates, nothing, might as well have been stitched by a robot. I hated it. Today, I finished my obligations to those robins and I am jubilant. Maybe one day I will participate in a round robin again but for now I will be so happy when I hand the packages over at post office.