as my BFF was out and about for work again this week.
I could have used an ongoing project for my RAL but instead I decided to start a little kit.
At the point I stopped I had just spotted a mistake so now I need to figure out fixing it. It is just a stitch out but that can be enough on a small pattern.
It came with the needle but I think I might need to swap to something a bit pointier as there are a lot of fractional stitches and the material is rather stiff.
I will wait till later to add the link to my BFF's blog as she won't have the time to post for a bit. It might show in the side bar under MY BLOG LIST when she has updated.
A very light grey was the thread choice for todays stitchings.
Adding to the black and white kitten. Such a pale grey that it was hard to tell the difference from the white whilst sewing. However, it does feel like it has filled things in a tad.
I would note that this kit notes the thread contained in it is DMC. It came pre-carded with each thread numbered on the card 1 thought to 25. The pattern has symbols, the key notes the number on the card relating to that symbol and provides a description of the colour, black, white, light grey ect in several languages. What it does not do is provide the DMC number for the thread.
I am going to assume this is to stop the pattern being passed on and sewn more than once. Well unless you are very good at colour matching or, or you consider there are no factional stitches and no backstitch and so ? So it would lend itself to being stitched one over one on a very small count? And there looks likely to be sufficient left over to manage that. The thing is cute as they are the kittens are I think for me a once and done stitch. Most of the time that is true of patterns even when I enjoy them a lot and think to myself that I might do them again to date repeats have only occurred for birth sampler patterns. It was a thought though.
Oh and a Forestella link as I am becoming rather fond of this particular song.
that was the essence of my colour choice for this evenings session. The result two shades of pink and a touch of green.
I now have jump off points for the top two flowers. This evenings chatting was a little odd as I was sure there was something I was going to say to my BFF, something to tell that could wait for our face to face chat, not important enough to need immediate telling via Messenger, and I could not recall what it was at all.
Normally we would address this by listing off the potential topics, was it work, or crafts, or food or family. Might it be Church or shopping? And at some point we would hit on something to jog my memory. Tonight, nope still no idea what it was.
Click HERE to pop over to my BFF's blog and her evenings stitching.
Ah well, at some point it will come back to me I guess.
as I think that I misses posting the last progress picture at all.
Some grey some white and this is where I am upto.
There is less to go than has already been stitched but reaching that point where time slows and progress does as well.
Here is a link to one of the tracks on Forestella's new album. I did not immediately recognise the piece, probably because I have only watched the film it comes from once. Do you know it?
Oh and a little investigation and the lyrics are a constructed language. If you are new to my blog and to Forestella then there are other links to you tube content for the group on my blog, just pick the Forestells links, or do a you tube search there will be lots to see and hear.
to the Charity Shop. It came after taking my mother for Covid Jab and that new one, then whilst we were there a quick visit to the Stray Aid charity shop. It is large and most of the area is navigable in a wheelchair,
I spent £4.50 on the items as shown below.
The cover kit bottom right is missing the pattern I will need to try and figure it out from the picture. The frame is Laura Ashley. Tatty Teddy came with the storage box, the threads material and needle (which is threaded and the piece has been started. And the DMC pattern, I might have left that but my mother noted she liked it.
There are projects stacking up so when they will get done I am not sure but for a bit of retail therapy it was a reasonable amount of expenditure.
that resulted in something quite different than the item I went up there for.
I was looking for some heavy white material with a touch of grey to fix the lid of my washing basket (post of its own of I find it and get fixing) However, it was not to be found. It has not been found in several places already and may continue not to be found all over.
Whilst looking I got my eye on a jungle themed panel I was given by a lady at work and some other bits and pieces, which I think were from Nikita.
Had them for quite some time indeed, hmm sounds familiar. But all of a sudden I knew what I would do with them all.
I cut the panel up into six blocks that each had all nine jungle images in them.
I had a bit more of the lighter toned material and it made for the sashing between the panels and for the middle and sides. The darker material did the bottom and top.
I had four small pieces of the sashing material left over. (they might go into bits-a-quilt repairs or the next bits-a-quilt. Or they might sit in a bag awaiting for some other project. But as you can see there is not much left at all.
Oh I also have four strips, each with three sets of animals on them . Two with the lion at the top and two with the elephant.
I will decide if they are to be a coordinating cushion or form a decorative back. I think that will wait until I have decided what to use as backing...in a little bitty. Or potential several very large bitties to be honest.
Oh and Forestella released a new album today with a new song at the same time.
loosing count, of the weeks and the days but happily not the stitches this time.
I started off with the pink I finished with after last weeks corrections. Then it was back to brown as I finally got around to checking if the two shades I was missing ( I hope it was just the two) were in with Millennium. They were.
Click Here to pop over to my BFF's blog and see what she has been up to. Mind at the moment the link will probably take you to her most recent crafting zone until she gets the SAL posted.
Oh and if you are visiting and don't see your flag on the right and want it added, you need to click on the flag counter. It looks pretty, which is why it is still there. However, it does not count the number of views to my blog from different countries, rather it counts the number of times it is clicked on from my blog and where those clicks originate.
The follow button works, as does the comment via e-mail and the normal comment option. A quick Hi would be nice so I know if any increase in views are from people or robots.
Although at the rate AI is going it won't be long before "they" are capable of leaving comments.
