Camels and Jockeys

So here is the Queen's Pyramid again with the camels and jockeys outlined now - is jockey the right word for someone who rides a camel??? I think the camels and their riders must be twins as they are exactly the same - no variation at all. I forgot to put the name on the picture but when that is done that will be another scene closer to finishing :-)
I started a new project this week - knitted slippers but that is now on hold as I went to buy the wool for the inside and the shop doesn't sell it  even though they do stock a lot of other Rowan wool. I guess that means I will have to venture out one day and find a new wool shop - it's a hard life. Still without the inner wool it did mean I went back to the cross-stitch last night.

Camels and Half-Stitches

Can't say that I like camels or half-stitches after doing this picture. It may not be obvious but this is Queen's Pyramid and has two camels in front of it. This picture has lots of half-stitches - twice as much effort and quite tricky to fill the space of one normal stitch. Most of these half-stitches here are for the camels legs. Just got the back-stitching to do now and it should improve the picture no end and mean the camels don't blend in to the pyramid.
In fact I have started the back-stitching - and it is already wrong :-( So off to unpick or finish knitting a square that Guides started yesterday at a craft day.

Ta-Dah!

Finished at last - the scissor keepers from previous posts - and fastened on to the recently discovered scissors :-) That should stop them disappearing between the sofa cushions.
The finishing off of the roof was really quite tricky and it is not perfect - but what is the opposite of perfect? Yes, finished!!!
So what next - well probably another unfinished project, however I have had two people say I can start a new project - and one of them was none other than the Lady of the Rules - yeeesssss! So I see this as a great triumph and a cause for celebration. So far, despite having had the go ahead for 48hours, I have resisted a new project - wow! But that will not last much longer as this week it is both knitting and craft group meetings, and experience tells me not to do anythng complicated or I will only end up unpicking it when I get home. The Nile picture, well much of it, falls into the complicated category so I think I can justify a simpler project for these evenings out with like-minded ladies.

Almost there

I was hoping to finish this for today's post but the really good weather meant we went out so there was no time to finish off the fiddly little bits like stitching the roof. Also need to make the cord to fasten it to scissors but that requires two pairs of hands so bribery might be involved somewhere. Anyway there cannot be too many hours(??) left with this so can I start something new then? Pleeeeaaaassseee?????

Another Harrogate Purchase

Is it still Sunday? Maybe not

Much of the past couple of weeks was spent searching for my needlework scissors and half an embroidery hoop - big mistake tidyng up and putting them somewhere so safe that I couldn't fnd them! As a result not much stitching has been done so here is another purchase from the Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate last November. Burnt orange wool to knit a lacy scarf. I can't wait to start this but there are rules you know and I am not allowed to start another project until one is finished, so watch ths space .....