Decided to combine knitting and embroidery this year, because otherwise it’s a pretty small end of year collage. There are a few reasons for this: As far as the cursed sweaters are concerned, I did finish one. And I know what I’m doing with the other yarn. But I definitely should have gone for a […]
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Chart three of Boreas is done. It’s funny how this doesn’t look like much when I’m working on it, but once I put it down and step back, it is clear. I still have a ton to go – this is such a small piece of the whole picture. I’m curious how long this will
Look! It’s starting to look like a thing! Finished chart 2 of my crazy making Boreas full cover cross stitch. (Look up Waterhouse’s Boreas if you want to see how small a section of the upper corner of the painting this is.) The second chart went much faster than the first, once I got the
A mere year and a half after I started, I have finished chart #1 of the full coverage Boreas cross stitch painting reproduction. (This is a couple trees on the horizon, since you really can’t tell without context.) It took me a while to finally get the right set up to hold this – it’s
My Night Garden cross stitch is done. This was fun – pretty easy. There’s almost no back stitch, and the motifs repeat. It was a nice way to get back into things after some time away.
I started the Boreas cross stitch about a year ago, and stalled out fairly quickly because it was just too big to do comfortably. So, I finally bought an embroidery stand with some birthday money I’ve been sitting on since April. I decided I needed something a little less large to get myself back into things,
This year’s crazy pants cross stitch project: a full coverage extravaganza of my favorite Waterhouse painting, Boreas. (The study of which is a frequent avatar of mine.) I had to stock up on an insane amount of floss. And I may break down and get myself a way better frame – the piece of fabric
Back in June, I’d gotten an embroidery kit at the Royal School of Needlework’s shop at Hampton Court. (It’s by Hawthorne Handmade, happily also available on Etsy.) I’d actually started it not long after the trip, but put it aside for what was probably a little bit too much time because the French knots were
I did get a bit further on the crewel sampler, but pretty well stalled out when I decided to make three hats in about a week’s time. I’ll pick it up again shortly – I’m now into the second bottom leaf.
I really like knitting, but you can only make so many lace shawls before you run out of places to use them, or people to give them away to. So I’ve been thinking about something else I could do during the evening, that I can do while sitting on the couch, watching not