Days 3 to 7 have been fun to stitch, but there has been one little disappointment so far.
Day 3 we received a
beautiful red/pink variegated thread called ‘Smitten’
and a link to Jacob's
You Tube channel that took us to his kitchen, where he showed us how to make Swedish Kanelbullar a type of cinnamon spiced bun. They looked delicious, so I think I'm going to get the ingredients and have a go at making some,....yum!Day 4 he gave us a Swedish Christmas Song and a little poem that’s all about the sweet stuff!
Come, see today what the Elephant
has!
See what is there in store-
There’s biscuits of spice – and white
sugar mice,
There’s sweeties and candies galore!
There was even a
little candy in our package today!
Caroline apologised because there should
have been two in there, not that we would have known, but it’s not surprising
that sometimes things go amiss when you have to prepare and post out more than
600 countdown boxes.
Our floss for the day
was a rich reddish/brown called ‘Plum Pudding’.
Day 5 and our colour
for todays stitching is a beautiful Teal blue/green.
I think it’s my favourite so far and on the visit
to Jacobs channel we got to hear about some wonderful mythological creatures
from Nordic Folklore.Day 6 left me feeling
a little sad actually, because when I opened my package I only had a chart
and no floss……..oh well, I suppose these
things happen and I was the unlucky one.
I dropped a quick
email to Caroline, to let her know and she immediately said she would pop one
in the post to me but I asked what the nearest DMC would be, so I could
continue with my stitching instead of waiting for it reaching me here in the
UK.
She told me that would be 3362, a
near enough match but not exact. I had
that in my stash so I used it for that days stitches and after had a look
through the left over threads from the previous two countdowns. I found ‘Fresh Cut’ from last year and will
use that if we need any more stitches in that colour.I don’t think there
will any more hiccups because I’ve had a prod of the rest of the packages and
it seems like there’s thread in all of them…..hopefully!
Jacob also shares his
favourite Swedish Artist Carl Larsson.
with us today.
Day 7 and we are back
on track with another beautiful floss from Kerry, of Roxy Floss Co. I have to say, she’s a very talented
alchemist indeed!
Todays offering is ‘Kiss
Kiss’, a very pretty variegated pink thread
and Jacob takes us on a trip to Rotterdam.
That’s me all caught
up and I’m just about to settle down and work on todays section for Day 8. The floss is ‘Slate’ and Jacob has a song for
us over at Modern Folk Embroidery, which I will share tomorrow, with my progress.
Happy Stitching!
Sue
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Chart – The Nordic Christmas Countdown 2024
Designer – Jacob de
Graaf – Modern Folk Embroidery
Fabric – 36ct Linen –
Glacier – Roxy Floss Co / Evertote
Threads – Roxy Floss
Co
