Slow Sunday Stitching - April 27, 2025

As promised, there's an Eagle!  With pine needles even.

That section has more stitching in it than is first apparent.  The centers of the clusters of each batch of needles are satin and long/short stitches, with long stitches radiating out. The stitch diagram is not particularly useful since it gives only a vague description of what colors go where, referring the stitcher to the cover photo for color placement.   That's fine, I still have the cover photo.  It's beat up, but still legible.  The issue comes where stitches overlap.  I think I've done a pretty good job just above the eagle's beak, but the next section has some places where there seems to be three layers!  I will just have to take my best shot and wing it as needed!   Kind of par for the course for this project.   May I say that I like the security of a chart with counted thread better?   

I'd like to get this section done before the end of the month.  With all the overlaps, I really don't want to stop 'mid-stream'.  It would be hard to pick up again.   I may just do a marathon this afternoon to try to get that whole 'all three layers' section done in one sitting so there's a smaller chance of getting lost.   

Staying caught up on the daily temperature log and also on the 100 stitches a day on the Mead Dragon.  I'll report on those in detail next week. 

I am up to the crown decreases on the purple and white striped hat for charity.  

AND the current perforated paper Santa is well into the beading.  Just the rest of his coat to go before I can start on getting him to FFO status - beard/moustache, making the hanger, cutting him out and applying the backing. 

Sometimes when I get multiple things close to the finish line like this, I can't decide what to focus on first.  Dither, dither LOL.  Maybe I'll roll dice!  Fessing up to my SSS crew (link to this week's round up).