Holiday Stitching

Well I'm back onto a piece I haven't touched since my last holiday in August 2014. I continued with the piece on the train from home to Londons Kings Cross. It more difficult than I thought stitching on a moving train but I managed somehow. I picked it up again upon arrival and realised I've used 2 shades of white and it's very noticeable. I refilled my thread card with B2500 which was the number I've written on but now I've seen the difference I remembered I actually used Blanc. A simple and basic mistake but we all make them. I'm so cross with myself for not changing the thread number on the thread card. The difference is noticeable but I might leave it. 

If you look closely you can see the top couple of lines are a different shade of white then the rest of the White 

A cheeky new start.

I did say I wasnt going to start anything else until I'd finished all my WIP's but I do love the Sheena Rogers pin cushion in this months Cross Stitch Collection. The pin cushion I currently use must be about 15 years old so I'm making myself this lovely new one. I love the bright cheery colours. I started it on Thursday. So here's how much I did on Thursday 

And here it is as of 5 minutes ago. 

I think this will take me about a week to do cos I just don't seem to have a lot of time to stitch at the moment. Even as I write this my darling daughter is stood with her friend waiting for me to take her swimming. So off I go for a swim, sauna and jacuzzi (not too bad really 😄) and hopefully I'll get some more stitching done tonight. 

This weeks craft projects

Well I've been busy to week stitching, knitting and crocheting. I'm really into crafting at the moment and keep switching projects so I get to do some of each regularly. I've spent a lot of time in the house this week so I've got quite a bit done on each piece. I'm not sticking to my resolution of posting updates every week but I am trying. 

I've been working on the owl at sunset which is hubby's Christmas present. It's lovely to do with a good mixture of block stitching and confetti stitches so there's enough to keep the interest. Here's an update as of about 10 minutes ago. 

I have a,so been knitting. I have been working on this scarf which is done in a chunky wool which is duck egg blue. It's easy to do and relaxing. 

My sister and I met for a coffee and a catch up on Friday morning then we had a meander around the supermarket. We spotted a new issue of Art of Knitting so we both bought it and have set ourselves a challenge to knit the throw. We're both going to subscribe and keep a photo diary of our progress. Here's how far I've got so far. 

I've also been working on my crochet blanket, this one is coastal ripple. 

I must admit I'm loving this and often found myself stroking it (yes I am sad). 

Coastal Ripple Blanket

Well I've been diversifying with my crafts and in November started this gorgeous coastal ripple blanket which I found at Attic 24. I loved watching Lucy's blanket grow and knew I had to give it ago myself and I love it. I am working her cosy stripe blanket alongside this and I'm loving doing them both. The only downside is they're not big enough to cover my knees on these cold winter nights. Here's an update so far. 

I would never have put these colours together but they do work well. 

First Post of 2015

I don't make New Years Resolutions but I did promise myself that I would update my Blog weekly. I am inspired by reading Attic 24 blog. I log on at least once a week to check out what Lucy is up to. I have been poorly over Christmas one good thing about being poorly I was able to do some crafting, not loads but some. I now also crochet a lot and I am working on 2 blankets. I work one week on one then swap and do a week on the other. I will post updates as I work on them. 

My stitching updates are below. I'm a slow stitcher so I'm still working on the same ones as previous posts but hopefully there will be a big difference in hat I've done. 

The owl project I started in September and it was suppose to be a present for hubby for Christmas but as you can see it's still a long way from being finished. 

But it is coming on nicely. 

Next is my 'easy' Project. There's not a lot of counting involved so I usually do this on a night  after work as little concentration is required. It's the second one of two. The first one you can see in a previous blog and says 'keep calm and carry on'. This one will say 'now panic and freak out'. When they're finished I hope to display them side by side. 

An Update

Well so much for weekly updates. It's been months!!!!  I would love to say I've loads to show but I haven't really. I have started to crochet and I'm making a ripple blanket which I saw on Attic 24 blog and fell in love with it. After many false starts I ended up getting help from my friend and it's now coming along lovely. I'm so loving ding it and know it'll probably take me a year to finish but it'll be worth it. 

I intend to sew the ends in as I go so I hope to do that today. 

As for my stitching I started a piece in the beginning of September which I'm doing for my hubby for Christmas so I have to stitch it in secret. I'm nowhere near finished and know it won't be for Christmas so I'll have to tell him soon. 

It's an owl at sunset. If I was redoing it I would do the background as half stitches I think it would make the owl stand out more and I would be much further on with the piece if I'd done the background as half stitches. 

I'm still working on the same 2 pieces I was working on in August which I am enjoying doing. 

I have also done a Christmas card which is part of an exchange I'm taking part in on the WOCS Forum which I'll post a picture of after it's been received. 

Day 5 in Portugal

It has been so hot here. 39degrees today. It's the hottest I've ever known it and we usually come every August. We didn't go round the pool until 3pm this afternoon as it was too hot to sit out. We did some food shopping this morning and bought the food for a BBQ tonight which filled the morning in then hung around the apartment this afternoon until it started to cool down a bit I I got a bit of stitching done. Here's my progress so far 

The only problem is the blue I've used to stitch the arch I've nearly ran out of and there's loads more to do in that colour. It didn't help that the length I brought only had 4 strands in and not 6 so that was a doh moment for me so I'm going to have to stitch round it with the rest of the colours the best I can.