Walk the Old Path

 another sampler by 

The Pinkeep

am doing this one with called for threads

on Old New England 35 count from The Primitive Hare

I am rebuilding my floss stash a little at a time

stopped in Joanne's today and forgot one

it's in the roof

so will pick it up tomorrow

when I mail some packages

Have I ever told you how many places there are to buy DMC

near me?

2 Michaels 

Joannes

Hobby Lobby (I will NEVER shop there)

and

Walmart (haven't been there in years)

within 3 miles

it seems excessive to me

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finished my summer X Files marathon tonight

11 seasons

probably saw only the first two when they came out

not as fun as Dexter, but that's me

Now 

YouTube is my companion when stitching

FlossTube for the most part

lately it's been 

The Kitten Stitcher

I like having lots of episodes to catch up on

totally in love with her rescue cat Zero

 as for Melrose getting chicken

of course, I cook it mostly for them

which is why I get the expensive Bell & Evans breast

and cook without my favorite Cajun seasoning

he even ate his first dish warm which he never does

he prefers room temp or cold

Olivia has no preference, just hand it over thank you

I really need to hook

there is so much wool in this house

or I could hire someone to sell it for me (best option)

Still in the Rabbit Hole

Work in progress and next up

I am disappointed in the "fancy floss"

about 4x the cost of DMC and supposed to be variegated

it is, barely

not being up to pick it out in person makes a difference

my local needlework shop does not carry it

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Last night I was dyeing some wool

that was a previous failure

decided to do a little random fabric dyeing too

not sure what this is, maybe prairie cloth

I used to stitch on it a few lifetimes ago

the top piece was formerly a bright gold

the bottom is the before, the middle the after

There are 3 new rugs waiting to be hooked

once the needle will let go of me...

Have a good night folks!

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

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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

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Wishing your piece of the world

brings you joy.