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Sunday, 1 July 2018

What to sew on a really hot day



Christmas cross-stitch that's what. The autumn cross-stitch needs some unpicking to be done and hence a good light, so I have been stitching these reindeer rather than start something new.
Unpicking has been done now - hopefully all of it - so I will be back on that one next.

Sunday, 24 June 2018

Almost There

I never meant to neglect my blog for so long but my camera broke and despite new batteries and a new memory card it still wouldn't work, sort of. So today I have bought a new one so here is one of the first photos taken with it.
A LOT of progress has been made with project since the last update, in fact it is almost finished and I hope to have it completed in the next week or two - should manage this now there is lots of tennis time coming up.

Friday, 9 February 2018

The Last Third

Here are the last four months of the year - all done. Today I finished sewing in the ends and am now joining this to the rest of the blanket. Then it is just the border to do - not exactly sure what to do for that but it won't be too elaborate as the grey will be a little dull compared to the rest. No idea how long it will take to do a border - hope it is not another year.

Sunday, 21 January 2018

The Last Row

At last all the squares are done for the temperature blanket and joined into rows. Just over 1 row to join to the last third now, then ends to sew in. After that join this section to the rest and put an edging on - not sure what to do for that yet.

Friday, 19 January 2018

Rosehips

Here is the first part of the kit from the last post. Leaves and rosehips I think - not sure if the one on the left is wrong :-( Need to sit in a good light and try to work it out.

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Holiday Sewing

This lovely cross-stitch kit was a birthday present from a very dear friend of mine. And autumn has some of my favourite colours - see previous post.
I started this kit back in the summer last year whilst I was on holiday, but it has been parked for a while now as I have been busy doing the temperature blanket (still waiting for the last yarn to arrive so I can finish the last 6 squares).

Sunday, 14 January 2018

Autumn Ta-Dah

When I came back to my blog a couple of weeks ago, I was reading the side bar to see what unfinished projects I still had when I spotted 'Autumn Scarf'. I was initially puzzled as I couldn't think what this was but then I remembered the wool from Bakewell. Surprisingly this didn't take very long to knit and it was a real pleasure to make.
So here it is, the finished scarf which has been worn several times.