It's been another week of hot and humid weather here in Kansas - our typical summertime. Dela hates thunderstorms, which we are having frequently. She won't settle down and just paces around, which means I don't sleep either. Oh well, part and parcel of being a 'dog mom'.
Sleepless nights means a decent amount of crafting, though. Let's start with the finish. The "Stripey, Slouchy Hat" is done. This one is a charity knit and used up almost all of the cotton/acrylic. I only have a few yards of the plum left.
And I got to the end of the ten-hour rotation on the Blackbird Designs "Blessings and Kind Wishes" on Friday. Very close to a finish on this one. One more rotation will certainly see the stitching done.
I was going to work on the Just Nan piece next, but the siren call of a new start diverted me to the new 'Not Counted Thread project instead. The "Floral Tote" bag has a couple of hours in already. I haven't done a lot of stamped embroidery lately, and I'm really enjoying the rather rustic, casual look of this piece.
Also, the little thing that makes me smile this morning - using an old wooden stack wound spool (with pink thread still on it) as a scissor block. This is the little tray that sits beside me no matter where in the house I am stitching. Ort jar was a table gift at one of the Silver Needle retreats six or seven years ago. Tray is just a repurposed Tupperware that had lost its lid. There's a 'Flashback' post on the needlebook
here.
It's odd, as many smalls and sets of smalls that I have made, this is the very minimalist set up I keep coming back to. And I'm not even normally a 'pink girlie'!
Linking up with the SSS crew. (
Current link party)
Linking up with the SSS crew. (Current link party)
Love that design on the stamped embroidery piece. My grandma used to be awesome at that. Every once in a while I'll find something at a garage sale that noone attempted to do from the company where she would get them. I've done a couple.
ReplyDeleteLovely knitting and stitching you are doing. Now how cute is your little stitching set up! Love the old spool for our scissors. What's there is all you really need and great that you could re-purpose the Tupperware lid.
ReplyDeleteYou have a perfect set up and it helps you to work on so many interesting projects!
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