Autumn Vibes

October is definitely the month when everything really starts to change weather wise.   

The clocks go back, it gets dark earlier of an evening, it’s colder, much wetter, and I’m already sick of sweeping up leaves in the garden, but I shouldn’t complain because on the up side, it's only 6 weeks until Christmas!

It’s also been a month of change indoors too, with the arrival of a new carpet and furniture for my lounge.

and a white Kallax Ikea unit with 4 rattan baskets in my craft room. 

Yah……..More storage to fill with cross stitch Lol!

With everything that’s been going on, I only managed to work on four projects over October, which included an old wip that managed to finish.

I started 'Pumpkin Fayre' from October House Fibre Artz last October, working with my own conversion, pulling threads from stash and using a scrap of 36ct 'Antique Sampler Collection'  linen from Nicholas Flamel Designs.

I had stitched a fair bit but then came to the conclusion that my choice of threads weren't looking good on the linen, and I couldn't decide if I wanted to finish it or not.  In the end I put it away and didn't touch it again for a whole year.

With only a small amount left to stitch, the time had come to pull it out again this year and finish it regardless. 

 I'm disappointed that the pattern on the pumpkin doesn't show as much as it should have, but I couldn't face re-stitching it.  

I'm sure I'll be able to find a a gap somewhere in my display that it can hide in!

The only new start I had during the month was ‘Ten Lords –A- Leaping’,  the next panel for the Twelve Days of Christmas from Bothy Threads., which as you can see was also a finish.

And of course the letters from Emily keep on coming!

Jan 3
As I write this letter, ten disgusting old men are prancing up and down all over what used to be the garden, before the geese and the swans and the cows got at it. And several of them, I have just noticed, are taking inexcusable liberties with the milkmaids.

Meanwhile the neighbours are trying to have us evicted. I shall never speak to you again.

Emily.

What do think it will take for Edward to get the message, Lol.

The final thing I stitched on was 'Coffee Shoppe' from Dimensions, which I worked on for just 4 evenings but I totally forgot to take a photo of my progress, so this is where it was when I started.

Last but not least is the knitting that I started at the end of September.

I can honestly say that I’ve really enjoyed picking this up for an hour or two in the evenings, while watching the TV and it paid off because I actually finished it!

Sorry about the model, Lol!

All that’s left to do is block it and it will be keeping my snug and warm, just as our temperature is about to hit zero degrees over the next few days.

 I hope you stay snug and warm too, and as always I wish you

 Happy Stitching

Sue

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