We have a very brief post this month, mostly because I hae gotten very little done. I am well into the “here’s a square of color every few inches” part of the pattern, and it means I’m spending a long time going square by square to see where the color should be. The very sparse […]
Category: crafting
You Wouldn’t Be-Leaf the Problems I’ve Had: A Prayer Shawl pattern
So I have the bad habit of strolling through the yarn selection at my local craft shop even when I really, really don’t need to be getting any more yarn. During one such stroll I found this wonderfully autumn-colored variegated yarn and ended up making off with two skeins of it for a future project. […]
Mid-Month Middle Earth 20
With the pattern updated I am back to work at the actual cross stitch, but it’s currently slow going. With the pattern updated it is really becoming clear just how scattered the stitches I’m working on are now. I am currently scanning through the pattern, adding one or two stitches of brown every few dozen […]
Finished! First self-made shawl pattern
In the previous post “December Double Trouble – part two” I introduced a shawl pattern I made up, and I have have now finished the main body of the shawl. I think it came out pretty nice! Since I ended up needing to buy a second ball of self stripping yarn to complete the pattern […]
Mid Month Middle Earth 19
There wasn’t much progress done on the actual pattern this month as I needed to get some background work done. I finally decided to bite the bullet and update my pattern sheet by marking off all the completed stitches in black. I now have a better idea of what still needs to be done, but […]
To all the stars in the sky: Needlepoint
In what feels like a re-occuring theme on this blog, I have once again failed to find a pattern that did what I was looking for and so decided to make the pattern myself. This time I was looking for a night sky themed needlepoint and none of the patterns actually matched what I was […]
Mid Month Middle Earth 18
It’s been a pretty slow month when it comes to working on the map, and I’ve just been plodding my way through one shade of brown, after tan, after slightly lighter brown. We haven’t gotten to the point where I need to start marking off the squares I’ve already completed in black ink but it’s […]
New Years Resolution: learning preferences
My embroidery resolution has continued and as time has gone on I have found that I have a pretty notable stitch preferences. I think that’s pretty common in most hobbies, there is always something that will be easier for someone to do one thing rather than another, and I’ve seen it in both my knitting […]
Mid Month Middle Earth 17
We are onto another shade of brown. As I am going on I am thinking about having to shade the portion I’ve already done with black ink, just to make it easier to pick out the parts I still need to work on. I’m not planning to do it yet, but I might if I […]
Fandom Fun: Having a Blast
Going back to fandom projects we have another from Legend of Zelda: Windwaker. A bomb flower! In game, these flowers grow all over the islands and when you pick them up you have a brief time to move them before they blow up. These are much safer options, since the only thing that will happen […]