Lightview Pro XL: I can really see clearly now!

A strange thing happened about a year ago: my stitches were getting smaller. Stranger still, neither my technique nor my materials had changed. Not wanting to admit to waning eyesight, I instead decided “lighting” was the problem.

So I scoured the Internet for fellow stitchers’ task lamp reviews, and I ultimately chose the Stella desk lamp. Indeed the brighter light made a huge difference, and I decided problem solved.

But about six months later, my stitches started shrinking again! My day of reckoning had arrived. My ageing eyes needed more support, so I purchased my first pair of reading glasses. Ta-da! Just as chocolate goes with peanut butter, so, too does a good lamp and some type of magnifying lens. I could see everything literally in a whole new light.

I thought I was a genius in discovering my winning combo until the Brightech company recently reached out to Textileartist.org to review their Lightview Pro XL lamp. What? A magnifying lens attached to a lamp? I leapt at the opportunity, and after just one use, there was no looking back (sorry… I had to use that pun somewhere).