2 More Numbers Called

 I can't believe it is already the 7th! Time is moving quickly and the more I touch these old WIPs, the more I want to finish them. 

Yesterday's number was a project with variegated floss. I chose DT's Spot of Winter for my project and I haven't looked at it in a long time. I was totally shocked at how much wasn't done of this piece. I started it in 2004 and must have put a few stitches in it and then put it aside for probably a model or gift stitch. Well, I am pretty much ashamed to post the beginning photo here:

It is being worked on 36 count Edinborough linen in Rue Green using DMC and WDW threads stitching 1 over 2. There are a number of specialty stitches in the piece and when you add all that together - it's really slow going for me. I'm double and triple counting and really putting my eyes to the test. This is what 2 hours of absolute concentration produced:

The next call was #14 which is a gift that you are stitching for someone. It is called My Husband and is a piece by Linda Myers. It is being stitched on 14 count Fiddler's cloth and I am using all the called for DMC threads.

And here it is after 3 hours:

I finished the grass and am now working on the tree. The pattern has hand-drawn symbols and there are times I really had to concentrate to tell the difference. The last time this surfaced was Brringo 2024. 

Arctic Animals Club Start

 I now know for a fact that I am old. I sat down to start the Arctic Animals Club and it took me forever to get my first stitches in. Since I purchased the kit, it came with 28 count linen from Picture This Plus in the gorgeous color Nocture. That color and count is killing my old eyes. There's something about the color plus the linen that makes it near impossible to stitch on at times. I have to dig out my stronger reading glasses I guess as well as my Ott light. I am guessing my days of stitching on darker linens have passed and aida will be stepping up to take its place. Maybe it's the color changes. I just purchased a few pieces of hand-dyed fabrics so I'll see if I have the same problem on different colors. I know I had to put aside stitching for a while after my issue with an ocular occlusion in my dominate eye just barely off center. It left that part of my eye damaged and I had to adjust learning to see with it. It was weird, as no one knows why it happened - no medical reason was found. Anyway, back to stitching...

The design is cute and a quite easy stitch as far as colors and chart go. If it weren't for the difficulty seeing the fabric, I'd have had a lot more done. I wanted to try to get caught up and finish with the SAL - but I'm thinking that may now be too ambitious of a goal with the problems I'm having with the fabric. 

Isn't that fabric gorgeous?!