Tag: Friday Arts & Crafts Day

Well, I skipped last week, but I did finish 2018 Santa by Prairie Schooler: All called-for threads, stitched 1 over 1 on 22-count aida I dyed myself. I also got back to working on “New England Winter Sampler” by Little House Needleworks: And did a bit on the border...

Not a lot done this week, but I did some stitching on 2018 Santa by Prairie Schooler: Might get it finished this weekend, we’ll see....

First up, a little note: note that I’ve changed the title from “Friday Stitch Day” to “Friday Arts & Crafts Day”. I also went back and changed the tags on all these posts, though I left the titles as-is. Because I’m ramping up work on the web series and...

We have a finish! That being “Refuse to Sink” by Hands On Design: The fabric is 18-count aida that I hand-dyed with Rit. There were many substitutions in the floss (left to right: the fancy floss recommended in the patter, the DMC conversion given in the pattern, and the...

Well, I did get the ends woven on “Interlude” by Shannon Dunbabin and the shawl blocked: Some comments on the pattern: I think the lace is lovely, but I’m not too crazy with the construction of the shawl, or rather, the mode of increases. Basically you have the 4...

We have a finish! “Interlude” by Shannon Dunbabin Well, the knitting part is finished. I still need to weave the ends in and block/pin it to bring out the lace pattern, but at least the really slow and laborious part is over now. That was the lion’s share of...

Well, I didn’t spend too much time on stitching or knitting this week, plus I’m trying to be more focussed and get things finished, so it’s a shorter blog this week. Let’s see here… work on the cast-off edging on “Interlude” by Shannon Dunbabin is ongoing. I’m guessing I’m...

Finally onto the bind-off edging on “Interlude” by Shannon Dunbabin: It’s gonna take a while to bind it all off, but at least it’s getting there. For stitching, I wasn’t too strict with the daily themes, lol… but for last Friday’s “floral and fauna” theme, I got a little...

No knitting this week, and I didn’t really stick to the daily themes for stitching either, opting to focus on Halloween pieces. Which included a small finish that I just started on Halloween, “Casting A Spell” by Homespun Elegance: I did do a bunch of thread substitutions: DMC 4503...

Kinda a slow week on this front, kinda not… let’s see what I got done or chipped away at. First up, knitting. The only thing I’ve worked on was “Interlude” by Shannon Dunbabin, because the end is in sight and I want to plow ahead and try to get...