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
So I started this back in – checks notes – 2015. I had picked it up once in the meantime. Definitely pre-Covid. Maybe 2018? But having recently completed a few cross stitch projects, I felt like I needed to just get it done. And once I got back on the horse again, I knocked it
Coffee Admirers is done. I definitely still hate French knots. (And I totally cheated and used Colonial knots.) Back stitching wasn’t too bad, though I did take a break in the middle of it to power through some knitting, because it is definitely more boring than the cross stitch sections. I guess this spells the
The actual cross stitching for Coffee Admirers is done – there’s a fair amount of back stitching to go, and I do get a kick out how much that makes a difference in a back stitch heavy pattern. (Heck, I got a kick out of how much taking a picture worked to up the contrast
