Lots of Stitching

Old Crow by La D Da

I changed the colors due to the darker linen

Sunflower something or other by

SubRosa designs on etsy

there will be a piece of wool appliqued above the word

design by Shelly Auen on etsy

Stitched this one for Sampler September

started it on the first

not sure where it's at in my sewing room

I changed a lot of the colors

will share when it turns up

 Totally unplanned stitching

after Robin saying this was her unicorn chart

I had to look it up since I didn't remember it...

fell in love with it too

There is a unicorn chart group on Facebook

someone kindly lent it to me

Will stitch it quickly as someone else will borrow it next

The cross stitch community is amazing~

Keeper of the Pins

The two tomato stitches are from

Keeper of the Pins by Brenda Gervais

Both stitched on 32 count Marbled Hazelnut

by Xju designs

perfect for me since I'm often spilling my iced tea

 This little sampler is on 18 count something from my stash

 Alphabets and Samplers by Brenda Keyes

I've picked up a few old sampler books

on Abe Books for a good price

I enjoy the history lessons and stitches

plenty of charts

even if you just want an alphabet

*****

Melrose is doing great

he's looking better than he has in ages

guess that bad tooth really took its toll

Olivia is her normal self

I'd love to get her for a check up

even if I managed to wrangle her into a carrier

she wouldn't let anyone touch her

without being under anesthesia

Tazmanian devil on speed is her reaction to being handled

*****

Every day I wake up planning to hook

the needles call is stronger

Have a great day!

Let us know if you have a unicorn chart

someone might be able to help...

All In For Cross Stitch

I posted on FB about floss drops

this is what I use

search on YouTube for specifics and how-to

a special tool to wrap your DMC floss around

then cut

Put on the floss drops

an easy way to keep control of the floss you are using

Did I mention I was going to hook today

Wrong!

 This chart is on it's way to me

just looking at it makes me happy

*****

To answer a question...

I won't be returning to my local needlework shop 

because I didn't feel comfortable there

As for charting my designs for x stitch.

No.

Hell no.

Feel free to use my freebies and booklet designs

you've purchased to do some 

uncounted cross stitch

I've done a lot of that

for myself

I'm not interested in making another job for myself

I'll design and hook rugs

sell the patterns on linen

that's about it

I do need to do a big destash

of some wool

overdyed that are too bright, textures I don't like

Cross stitch is for me 

I used to do a lot of it

samplers I've made up as I went along

mostly schoolgirl type with 

alphabets, numbers and a few motifs

a bunch of uncounted

I don't share many of those

maybe when I finally finish them

*****

Wishing your piece of the world

brings you joy.

All the X's

 

 I have been stitching

this was the first one on linen

in many years

30 count using 2.5 reading glasses

a Stacy Nash design using floss from my very small stash

Next up more of the same

made it up as I went along using alphabets

and numbers from various charts

All my cross stitching I'll be keeping for now

until I get enough smalls

to fill a couple of trenches

Be Kind by The Pinkeep

you can find her designs on Etsy

This is stitched on some old linen I dyed over

20 years ago, no idea of the count

so many mistakes you'd think I never learned to count

I don't care!

Still using floss from my stash

though it has increased over the past few weeks

lots of packages in the mail

will be picking up DMC this morning 

for a few missing shades

I have been having a blast shopping online

stitching galore

purchased a printer for my downloads

still need to hook it up

I'm back to hooking after I finish this little piece

the cats and pumpkins are calling

*****

Still waiting to hear from the vet

regarding the dental surgery for Melrose

they are woefully understaffed like everyone else...

Wishing you a beautiful Saturday

Little Crow

 Yesterday I pulled out a smallish piece of linen

stitched some cotton to the length and put it on the frame...

what to hook?

I cut for the background

everything else from the worm baskets

The previous rug did cut down the size of my worm stash

but in between I have hooked many rugs

adding plenty more strips

have also set aside some I think I'll never use

mostly purple

Today I started another similar to this on the same piece of linen

after that, there is a cat in the works

Thank you all for returning to my blog

after the long gap

Now What

pulled out some twill from ages ago

before long I'll be making curtains for the kitchen

more yardage of the piece with the red

so that's the curtains

maybe some pillow covers from the other...

I am still painting the kitchen

good thing I live alone and am not bothered by the mess

removed the scrappy hooking samples

starting my Out of Hand Rug Hookers freebie

(Facebook group)

mine will end up being an altered version

of the pattern given

just because my mind has moved on 

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I have a couple of prayer request for strength and healing

my cousin Patty 

and 

a good friend of my NC sister, Betsy

thank you!

Oak Leaf Star

Oak Leaf and Star

hooked rug pattern

on linen

29 x 52

from my stash

of patterns

~~~

finally

accepted that I'll never

get around to hooking it

~~~
listed on eBay

with a

Buy It Now

price

of $68

if you're interested

http://cgi.ebay.com/Oak-Leaf-Star-primitive-rug-hook-linen-usaprim-/130419555720?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

~~~

I hope to be back posting

here soon...