Category Archives: Cross Stitch

February 6, 2023 · 3:17 pm

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.

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December 29, 2022 · 9:52 am

2022 – A Review

The things I worked on this year

I worked on some big projects this year; Miss P’s blanket and the Cinnamon Stars cross stitch.

I finished

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

I think that’s enough projects planned.

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August 23, 2022 · 5:17 pm

Cross Stitch – Cinnamon Stars

Cinnamon Stars by Plum Street Samplers

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).

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February 9, 2022 · 8:07 pm

Cinnamon Stars

Cinnamon Stars Progress

I have been working on my Cinnamon Stars cross stitch. It’s going quite well, slow but steady progress.

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January 30, 2022 · 11:58 am

Halloween Cat Is Finished

Halloween Cat – Finished

I finished my Halloween Cat cross stitch (from Satsuma Street). I started in June 2018, so that took quite a while to finish!

Next up Cinnamon Stars from Plum Street Samplers.

I have purchased all of the ‘called for’ threads (the weeks dye works and gentle arts ones) and I am using 32 count linen in a grey shade

Fabric for Cinnamon Stars

I bought this fabric at a craft fair and it had no information apart from count and size.

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January 17, 2022 · 6:01 pm

Update – Mid Jan 2022

From Left to Right – Log Moderne Blanket, Christmas Sock, Halloween Cat Cross Stitch

I have been working on a few of my projects. Miss P’s blanket is progressing (slowly), I switched to Knit Pro Zing needles and it has been much nicer.

I am on to the second sock of my Christmas socks, turned the heel, so now it’s just the gusset, the foot and the toe (I am maybe a third of the way through)

And finally my Halloween Cat cross stitch is very close to being finished – I just need to finish off the last cat and do the back stitching (there’s not much of that – whiskers and mouth).

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December 28, 2021 · 1:16 pm

2021 in Review

A Year in Review

This year I concentrated (almost exclusively) on Miss A’s blanket. So, apart from that, I really didn’t finish much.

One pair of socks, a chicken (and a duck), and I worked on A’s quilt and my halloween cross stitch.

Next year I will be working on Miss P’s blanket, so once again not much will get done.

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December 27, 2021 · 1:07 pm

Update

From Left to right – Halloween Cat Cross Stitch, Log Cabin Moderne Blanket, Christmas Sock

We went to Rottnest for a few days, and I took a little cross stitch away with me

Little Elephant Cross Stitch

14 count Aida done in the hand. And it reinvigorated my love of cross stitch, so I have been working on my Halloween Cat (by Satsuma Street).

Miss P turns 18 in early 2023, so I have started her blanket. It’s the same as Miss A’s but in purple shades.

The last is my Christmas sock, which is going to be short – for wearing in summer. It was 44 degrees yesterday (that’s 112.2 for you Fahrenheit people), so you can see why I need short socks. The yarn is Poinsettia from Daffodil Road Yarn. I bought it last year, but I imagine they do something similar every year.

I have tried to do an interesting rib – I used Gaughan’s Twisted Stitch Source Book and did a K2P2 rib, but the K2 has a right twist every second round. I think it is very effective.

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April 21, 2021 · 5:48 pm

Halloween Cat

Progress on my Halloween Cat

Progress is slow and I seem to spend a lot of time unpicking. I should have gridded the fabric.

The pattern is from Satsuma Street, and I am using DMC threads and a 25 count linen (two over two).

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October 15, 2020 · 6:36 am

Halloween Cat

Halloween Cat

I have been having chemotherapy and now have neuropathy in my fingers and toes. I wasn’t sure how this would affect my embroidering, but it hasn’t made any difference. I have been able to work on my Halloween Cat project.

This is a Satsuma Street design. I am using DMC threads and a 25 count linen (2 strands over 2 threads).

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