Nothing new there then!
Last weekend was hermitting weekend ~ I had plenty of time to be stitching, around shopping for presents for the LM (Yes he's clocked up another year!) however I didn't acheive a tremendous amount really.
I did manage to complete the final part of the Spring mystery SAL ~ it looks a little wonky in the picture. This has been a lovely stitch and I think I will make a small pillow when I finally get into "finishing" mode. I replaced the called for white thread with DMC 543 so that the stonework on the house would show better on my fabric. I also stitched over the bird with this ~ yes sheer laziness on my part ~ I should have unpicked it but decided against that. There is a small autumn freebie also by Marie which I hope to stitch at some point ~ hopefully Summer & Winter will be available too.
Next was to find a snowflake design to complete my April ornament for the Christmas Ornaments All Year Round SAL. This is an extract from LHN Fresh Fallen Snow which was in the Just Cross Stitch Christmas 2011 special - there are two snowflakes in the design so I need to add the second one, stitch up and stuff. Next month is a gingerbread man theme.
And finally my progress to date on LHN's Simple Joys ~ it hasn't changed a great deal since you last saw it. So there you have it ~ the sum total of my hermitting weekend. It really doesn't amount to much however as ever I did enjoy the time. I was thinking about all the other hermitters around the world all stitching away in the different time zones ~ perhaps next month I should start on Australian time and finish in US time! That would make for some mammoth stitching spree ~ worth considering.
Last weekend was hermitting weekend ~ I had plenty of time to be stitching, around shopping for presents for the LM (Yes he's clocked up another year!) however I didn't acheive a tremendous amount really.
I did manage to complete the final part of the Spring mystery SAL ~ it looks a little wonky in the picture. This has been a lovely stitch and I think I will make a small pillow when I finally get into "finishing" mode. I replaced the called for white thread with DMC 543 so that the stonework on the house would show better on my fabric. I also stitched over the bird with this ~ yes sheer laziness on my part ~ I should have unpicked it but decided against that. There is a small autumn freebie also by Marie which I hope to stitch at some point ~ hopefully Summer & Winter will be available too.
Next was to find a snowflake design to complete my April ornament for the Christmas Ornaments All Year Round SAL. This is an extract from LHN Fresh Fallen Snow which was in the Just Cross Stitch Christmas 2011 special - there are two snowflakes in the design so I need to add the second one, stitch up and stuff. Next month is a gingerbread man theme.
And finally my progress to date on LHN's Simple Joys ~ it hasn't changed a great deal since you last saw it. So there you have it ~ the sum total of my hermitting weekend. It really doesn't amount to much however as ever I did enjoy the time. I was thinking about all the other hermitters around the world all stitching away in the different time zones ~ perhaps next month I should start on Australian time and finish in US time! That would make for some mammoth stitching spree ~ worth considering.
Kate
PS Blogger & I don't seem to be getting along right now ~ have no idea why the spacing goes all cooky when I publish!!
5 comments:
You achieved a lot Kate.
aww very sweet stitching xxx
Your stitching is gorgeous and I found a few more charts I want to stitch
ooo well done on the stitching front ... love your idea of the different time zones for hermitting .. wonder if that would work heheh ;) love mouse xxxx
gorgeous stiching D:
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