My kit from Jardin Privé has arrived – it was very quick. I am super keen to get started, there is a sheep and a chook!
I do have to finish my Gingerbread House, and my Cinnamon Stars first.
Category Archives: Cross Stitch
Project Update
I have been working on some of my projects.
- Gingerbread House (Top Left) – I have almost finished one section of the roof and then its just the other roof section. I am only working on this at my stitching group, so it’s months from completion.
- Cinnamon Stars (Top right) – I have worked on this for a few hours this week. While watching the movie version of Brideshead Revisited and a new SBS series Vigil. I was watching Vonna’s floss tube yesterday and she mentioned that she only ever uses size 22 needles (regardless of the linen count), so I thought I would give that a go.
- I have joined A Bee in the Bonnet’s Golden Honey Sock club, so the yarn (bottom left) is for the first pattern. I have since made it into a ball and started knitting the swatch.
- More progress on covering the joins of Miss A’s quilt. It’s physical hard to man-handle the quilt through the machine.
There will be no new projects until some of these are finished.
Lowery – Table Clamp
I have added the table clamp to my lowery purchases. I wanted the extender bar for the stand and decided to combine postage. My plan is to use it for my stitching classes. It’s very sturdy, holds everything very still and doesn’t sag under the weight of my magnifier.
Filed under Canvas Work, Cross Stitch, Cross Stitch
New workstand – Lowery
I have splurged and bought myself a new embroidery workstand – it’s a Lowery in stainless steel. I had considered them in the past, but thought they were too expensive and I made do with different table stands (but none of those were ideal). This is great. It’s so sturdy, my clip on magnifier doesn’t make it sag and I can sit on the couch and watch TV while stitching.
I am very happy with my purchase (which I got from JK’s cross stitching supplies – brilliant service). Now I am considering the table clamp for my friday morning stitching class.
Filed under Canvas Work, Cross Stitch, Cross Stitch, Embroidery
Gingerbread House
I haven’t been able to work on my quilt because Miss P is using the sewing machine to make a ball dress (purple satin!). So it’s back to the cross stitch.
I have almost finished another side, just the back stitching left, and then it’s onto the two roof pieces.
Filed under Canvas Work, Cross Stitch, Magazines
2022 – A Review
I worked on some big projects this year; Miss P’s blanket and the Cinnamon Stars cross stitch.
I finished
- Halloween Cat – I am thinking about making it into a cushion
- Shorty socks – my sock knitting really fell off because I have been working on Miss P’s blanket
- Project Bag – for all of those socks I am planning on knitting!
- Drawstring Christmas bags – for my friends’ christmas presents
So next year I would like to finish my
- Cinnamon Stars cross stitch
- My covid knitting project (it’s the doll second from the left in the bottom row)
- Miss P’s blanket
- Gingerbread Cross stitch house
- Dictionary of Stitches Sampler
- Miss A’s quilt (not shown)
And then I would like to start my
- Scout shawl – I have a kit
- Knit some socks!
- Start my embroidery keepsake book thing (I have been collecting supplies and special things)
- Royal School of Needlework Jacobean Course – my kit should arrive soon.
I think that’s enough projects planned.
Filed under Cross Stitch, Cross Stitch, Embroidery, Machine Embroidery, Sewing, Sock Knitting
Gingerbread House Cross Stitch
I was sorting through my embroidery box and I came across this unfinished project. I started it in late 2017.
I am unlikely to get if finished this year, but we will see how I go.
Filed under Christmas Decorations, Cross Stitch
Cinnamon Stars Progress
So a tiny amount of progress has happened.
I have bought a new hoop stand, this one (the Sonata seat frame)
So far it’s working well, I can attach my clip-on magnifier to my hoop, and everything is solid (not wobbly).
Filed under Cross Stitch
Blanket Progress
I have been working on the blanket – the struggle is real. In the photo above I am adding stitches to start the penultimate rectangle, and then it’s borders. I have given myself a six month extension, which means I have nine months to get it finished.
The pattern is the Modern Daily Knitting Log Cabin Moderne, but I went off piste shall we say and now I am just making it up as I go along (to quote Strictly Ballroom, I am dancing my own steps at the pan pacs).
My slow stitching class starts again on Friday and like a naughty (or slack) school student I haven’t done any work on my piece, there’s still a couple of days, but I am unlikely to get much done.
Filed under Cross Stitch, Knitting
Cross Stitch – Cinnamon Stars
I have returned to my stitching class; every friday I join some lovely ladies and stitch for three hours. It’s the only time in the week that I get to sit for any length of time.
I have plans to make a cloth, memory book; a page for everything that is special to me. I shall attach all my special trims and fabrics. I have bought a lovely hemp/silk fabric to use as the base.
However, that project is still in the planning and collecting resources stage, so I am working on my Cinnamon Stars cross stitch. I find the process very relaxing, almost meditative (I have to concentrate a bit too much for it to be meditative – all that counting).
Filed under Cross Stitch, Cross Stitch, Embroidery