Day 9 of Alzheimer's Research UK Crafting Challenge

 and just in case this is the day you would like to make a donation I am going to start with the links to the donations options.

Just Giving Page  no one has used that yet, you could be the first!

Alzheimer's Research UK page  that is showing the correct combined total so far

Facebook donations page  this one only shows the donations made via facebook.

if you are visiting from outside the UK I expect the pages will work something out for your preferred currency or you could fins a charity in your location that is either helping those with the condition or researching it or both and donate to them. This challenge and all the crafters participating in it is as much to raise awareness as it is to raise money. Money is useful too.

As for the stitching, made a start on the new kit. 

And as for the other well the backstitching made a big difference and the issue with the material, well I rather like it.

To clarify this is a Teresa Wentzler design. One of the free ones you can find on line. It is my second small free design of hers, the first I finished as a book .

This one is 49 stiches wide by 62 high. And basis mathematics would tell you that is a rectangle which is taller than it is wide.  However, the piece of material I chose to do it on is linen not even weave.  It is an offcut and I am wracking my brain to think what "large" project it is from. Why? Because when I started and I started with the bottom edge then up the side and someway up the side and well something felt off, I assumed it was my counting and started on a wing. 

As I progressed it became obvious that the warp and weft on this linen did not balance out and the actual length of the width was slightly larger than the actual length of the height even though the stitch count was correct.

I could have stopped, but I was enjoying the physical action of this stitch so I thought well it will be interesting to see what the impact is.

And this is it.

Jeanne Love's Angel.

The wings are much more curved, there is a very circular cosy cuddle feeling to this angel and baby. I like it, I think that I like it more that the way it would have been on more compliant material.

Now I am going to be a bit lazy, naughty of me when you have stuck with the post this far, well at least I hope you have, as I am adding a picture of the details of this design rather than try and type it all out or paraphrase it. It is pretty special. 

You can probably find the full thing plus the pattern if you google it. Thank you for making it this far.