I visited my parents and sister over the weekend and got some stitching done at my sister's Saturday evening. This is the Elizabeth's Designs ornament from the 1999 Just Cross Stitch ornament issue (yes, I have them all; doesn't everybody?), stitched on 32 count lambswool linen with DMC and Threadworx floss. The chart called for Needle Necessities for the leaves but of course it's no longer available and I didn't have the right color in my stash, so I ordered the Threadworx from an ONS. I stitched all the leaves on the tree Saturday evening -- after taking out several that I'd already done because I had mis-counted and they were off. The stitch is a leaf stitch and when I first put it in I started at the top and worked my way down. After I discovered that I was off, I laid it aside for a couple of weeks before I took a deep breath and decided to put it right. This time I started at the bottom and worked up and it went much more smoothly. I've been working on this on-and-off (mostly off!) since October. I know, how pathetic is that! I think the worst is over, so I shouldn't have any trouble finishing it.
3 comments:
Oh wow ~ you sure keep yourself busy over the weekend. Hope to see this one finish soon.
It will be lovely when done, Karen. What a pain though to have to frog out specialty stitching and have to re-do!
Lovely stitching, Karen! I'm so glad that you started a blog! :)
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