Rainbow Daisy Blanket and Hat Set

It’s been fun getting back to a bit of crocheting and the fact that I was using chunky yarn meant that the project grew quickly and was finished with just 6 days of work. 

Because I had enough yarn left, I made three little hats, so as baby grows she will still have one that fits, for a while at least.

I also got it some stitching during the past week.

I added a few strands of floss on ‘ Palace of the Winds’ Wednesday.

This is where I left it

And this is where it is now.

Not a lot of progress I know, but every little helps, right!

Thursday and Friday I work on one of my NYE 12 x 12 starts ‘Hello Winter’ from Plum Street.

And then I joined in with the Chatelaine Weekender but only stitched on Butterfly Lace on Sunday.

This is where she was when I left her last Sunday,

And this is her now.

Again it doesn’t look like a lot of progress but I finished one of the 1 over 1 small butterflys and made a little start on the next big one.

It’s turned a little warmer here in the UK today, but instead of the freezing cold , we high winds and rain, so what better excuse to stay in and stitch.

Have a great week and ………..

  

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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Rainbow Daisies Blanket & Hat

Designer - Kerry Jayne Designs

Yarn - James C Brett Flutterby Chunky  &  Stylecraft Special DK

Purchased from – The Wool Warehouse

Palace of the Winds

Designer - Jan Hicks Designs

Fabric – 36ct Evenweave – Light Grey

Threads – Cottage Garden  Threads

Hello Winter

Designer – Plum Street Samplers – Paulette Stewart

Fabric – 36ct Edinburgh Linen – X JuDesigns – Grey Sand

Threads – Called for Weeks Dye Works & DMC (sub Driftwood for DMC 3790)

Butterfly Lace Mandala

Started 9^th September 2021

Designer -  Martina Rosenberg - Chatelaine

Fabric – 28ct Jobelan Evenweave – Antique White

Threads – Called for Silks, DMC and Petite Treasure Braid

Beads – Swarovski Crystals and Delica Beads

  

When I Think Of Winter - Puntini Puntini

 Yah!   I have my second FFO of the year and another pillow for my rather merger looking  ‘Winter’ tire tray.

‘When I Dream Of Winter’ was one of my ‘NYE 12 x 12’ starts on New Year’s Eve.

 Well, as you can see it’s all finished.

The chart came with the two buttons and I also purchased the pin set that went with it, but I can’t help thinking that’s an angry looking Cardinal, Lol!

I finished the pillow with snowballs which are actually a crocheted puff stitch braid that I made

and it now lives in my tire tray, that’s all set out for winter.

 

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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When I Think Of Winter

Designer -  When I think Of Winter

Fabric – 32ct Linen – Dune from Chromatic Alchemy

Threads – Called for DMC’s and some substitutions

 

 

Butterfly Lace Mandala - Chatelaine

 I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t put a single stitch in this since 8^th January last year and as my oldest Wip, it need to be finished.

For that reason I’ve decided to join  in with the Chatelaine Support groups  ‘Chatelaine Weekender’ on Facebook again, in an effort to have some progress.

So, this past weekend and every weekend from now on, assuming I’m free, I’ll be stitching on it every evening from Friday to Sunday.

I worked on the left hand side and finished another of the I over 1 butterflies, all be it one of the smaller ones.

I then worked on the background and added some of the Rhodes and Algerian Eye stitches to the border.

Whenever I've had some time spare in the afternoons, I’ve been picking up my crochet and putting a few rows into the Rainbow Daisy blanket.

 Happy Stitching and Crocheting!

Sue

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Butterfly Lace Mandala

Started 9^th September 2021

Designer -  Martina Rosenberg - Chatelaine

Fabric – 28ct Jobelan Evenweave – Antique White

Threads – Called for Silks, DMC and Petite Treasure Braid

Beads – Swarovski Crystals and Delica Beads

 

Rainbow Daisies Blanket & Hat

Designer - Kerry Jayne Designs

Yarn - James C Brett Flutterby Chunky  &  Stylecraft Special DK

Purchased from – The Wool Warehouse

Welcome to ‘Palace of the Winds’ Wednesday!

Some people like to have structure to their stitching and know what they will be working on and when.

Now that definitely doesn’t apply to me because I don’t usually have many wips on the go and unless I’m working on something that has a deadline, I tend to pick up whatever takes my fancy and quite often stitch on it until it’s finished.

That’s all changing this year though because I've created ‘Palace of the Winds Wednesday’ for myself, in an effort to get the first of my two oldest wips finished this year.

I started 'Palace of the Winds' from Jan Hicks almost a year ago, January 14^th to be precise and I only worked on it for 19 days in all, so it’s time to get a wiggle on and get it finished.

This is where I left it

And yesterday I worked on the left-hand side.

Today I had a lovely colourful delivery and a new start on this sweet crocheted pram/cot cover to get underway this evening.

 

Happy Stitching and Crocheting!

Sue

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Palace of the Winds

Designer - Jan Hicks Designs

Fabric – 36ct Evenweave – Light Grey

Threads – Cottage Garden  Threads

My Stats, For 2023

 I love the start of the year when you look back and take stock of all the stitching you did the year before.

I started off the year carrying over just two cross stitch wips, my chatelaine, Butterfly Lace Mandala and Oh Holy Night Nativity,  and I also had one knitting project, a pair of socks to finish off.

Over the course of 2023 I had 74 new cross stitch/embroidery  starts, 2 knitting starts, both pairs of socks and 1 crochet project which was a summer top, and of those 77 new starts 62 were finished and 1 was ditched.

The ditched project was Celtic Autumn, which was started as a sal back in January, but I really wasn’t enjoying working on it.

I had already stitched it once before in the called for colours but had wished I had done it in the autumn shades, hence deciding to stitch it again.   But I was struggling with it and only worked on it for 5 days last year, so despite having a fair amount stitched, I made the decision to sell it, so someone else could love it and finish it.

I ended the year having 62 fully finished projects, including the crocheted summer top and three pairs of socks.

 Just one of those projects was professionally framed by Frames of London and the rest were finished by myself in one way or another. 

So now I find myself in the slightly uncomfortable position of having a whopping 17 wips being carried over into 2024, after taking part in the NYE 12 x 12 yesterday. 

My other plans include trying to finish the two wips carried over at the start of last year because both received very little attention last year.

It’s going to be a fun year

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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A Finish, A Fully Finish, A Re- Fully Finish and a Wip

This week has been mainly about finishing and the first thing I did was a spot of shopping.

I had a few things on my list, starting with fabric for backing my stitched pieces, a small round frame and also anything that I could mount things onto to.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have any luck with the frame but I did find two bargain wooden items, a soap dish for £2.50 and a Christmas star for £3.  I also found the perfect  ‘Moda’ Layer Cake, which had been reduced in price too, so all in all not a bad stash!

Shopping done, I got down to finishing my ‘ Olivia’ summer top from Rowen.  

I only had to attach the sleeves and then sew the seams and finish the edging.

Sadly, my body shape is nothing like the one the model has, but nevertheless I’m pleased with the way it came out.

Now on to my stitching finishing.

‘Renew Sweetwater’ the Moda Layer Cake had the perfect design to finish, ‘Sting Like a Bee’ because it had what looked to me like tiny beehives all over it.

I got my sewing machine out and made a little pillow, crocheted a picot edging around it and then added a bee button, which was also part of my shopping stash. 

Unfortunately when I had finished, I realised that I had managed to get the fabric the wrong way up but there's no way I’m going to unpick it.

Then it was time to tackle ‘Chubby Bunny’ again because I really wasn’t happy with the way I had finished it the first time round.

I had wanted to put it into a round frame but as you already know I didn’t manage to find one.  Instead I used the soap dish I had found.  I had to re-mount to stitching onto a slightly smaller circle but that wasn't a problem.  I then I edged it with some cotton braid before fitting it into the dish.

Last up is my actual stitching and I’ve only been working on the one piece this week. 

This is where I left  ’A Kiss For Snowman’ from Dimensions,

and despite the trouble I had with it when I first started stitching it,  I’m really enjoying it now.  This is where I am at the moment, with mostly the background and backstitching left to do.

I have a couple of more days left to stitch on it before I have to put it down and then I’ll be picking up my next Cross Stitch Camp project on the 1^st August, so don’t forget to check back to see what I’m going to be working on.   Until then……

 Happy Stitching!

Sue

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Wips for July

 Although I’ve been fairly quiet on here so far this month, I’ve been busy in the background with my crochet hook and sewing needle.

First up I have been working on my ‘ Oliver’ summer top from Rowen.

I’m just about ready to sew it all together and then the only thing left to do is work the edging and it’s all done.

Then, following on with the ‘Christmas in July’ I decided to pull out a wip that I started back in April.

If you remember, I started ‘A Kiss for Snowman’ from Dimensions, while I was having my hip surgery, but I couldn’t concentrate on all the number of thread and stitch changes, so gave up on it.

This is where I left it, knowing that I would have to do some frogging when I eventually picked it up again.

I managed to get it back to a place where I think it is right.

‘Bottom left up’ has always been my preferred way to start, so I worked my way to the bottom as best I could  and then started working my way back up again and it seems to be going much better this time.

Still on the Christmas in July theme, I started a new Santa from Prairie Schooler Santas Revisited VI.

This one is from 1995.

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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