'Twas a busy week the last seven days - and mostly with good things. But I'm relieved to see a number of unscheduled days for the week coming up. With a week full of temps above 90, I have in mind to stay inside for much of it reading, stitching, and generally catching up on homemaking things... We'll see if it actually pans out that way.
Sometime in the past week or so I gave into temptation before I was finished with the first Celtic knot I had started, and began stitching another one.
These knots are taking quite a bit longer than I thought they would, but maybe that's just because other things have needed doing. I'm hoping I'll finish in time to include them in this year's round-up of my Year of Projects - which I think is next week.
Next, I have this idea to start a sampler of embroidery stitches. Not a sampler to frame, necessarily, but a piece of cloth where I sample new-to-me embroidery stitches. Sarah Homfray is an advocate of doing this. I've been bingeing on this gal's videos lately. If you have any interest in embroidery, I recommend her channel.
Gorgeous celtic knot. I do agree that outlines pop more if done with a darker thread.
ReplyDeleteThanks for weighing in, Marsha. It's occurring to me... when anticipating possibly being done with these stitches by the weekend, I forgot to take into account how much time the outline stitches will probably take!
DeleteLove the idea of creating a stitch "book". I've seen that done where the pages are the embroidery cloth and each page is a different stitch, or picture using the stitch. I too will be hunkering down due to the heat. Can't even go outside and enjoy my beautiful decks.
ReplyDeleteMaureen, I'm thinking we share pretty much the same weather. Didn't we go from beautiful (if rainy) to scorching hot awfully quick?!? Our sunroom is like an oven now. I don't even think opening the windows would help as there's little breeze here right now. It's too hot to do the work needed to find out.
DeleteThat looks great Becki!
ReplyDeleteWe are supposed to be in the low-to mid 70's this coming week. I do not miss New Home 2.0 Summers at all.
I don't blame you, TB. Low-to-mid 70's in June sounds wonderful!
DeleteAll lovely, Becki, especially the Celtic knots! With time on my hands recovering from surgery and now feeling (a bit) more chipper, I am learning from my blog friends. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're on this side of your surgery, Bob! I pray your healing goes well. And thank you for checking out my stitching! :)
DeleteStitching and homemaking sound like perfect pursuits for these scorching hot days!
ReplyDeleteCheryl, I went out yesterday afternoon to move the garden water sprayer a couple of times. Then around 8pm went out again to do some weeding. That was it. Today, I haven't yet step outside. Tomorrow, though, I have things I need to go do mid-day. Thankful for air conditioning and looking forward to a cool down this weekend when it's supposed to dip into the high 80's.
DeleteI love how the Celtic knot is coming along. Pale gold thread sounds like it would suit this project so well, it you didn’t use it as an outline could you use it for some highlights? Or will there be a frame around it? It’s lovely so far though and the shading is working well. Liz (Highlandheffalump)
ReplyDeleteBecause I've had no internet for the last week, I'm afraid I'm nearly finished and didn't see your suggestion of using paler gold thread as an accent (or the outline, for that matter). I may give it a try and see, Liz.
DeleteYour Celtic Knot is looking wonderful and I think I agree that outlining it with something darker would be nice.
ReplyDeleteI often toy with the thought of doing a stitch sampler book too but haven't acted upon it (yet).
Mary Anne, the idea of having/making a stitch sampler is purely for the sake of making a sample of something where the stitches may be new to me. I'm not sure it will be attractive enough to do anything with, but the idea of making a sampler as a practical thing (instead of something decorative) just never occurred to me. In fact, it hadn't even occurred to me that a sampler was probably originally a very utilitarian thing - to simply practice stitches on.
DeleteI love your counted cross stitch. I used to do that when my sight was better. I have long since given those craft supplies away. As I have gotten older, I have centered my crafting mostly on knitting in an effort to reduce the huge yarn stash I have accumulated. I’ve done some crochet but mostly knitting - and I have also donated a lot of yarn that I no longer love. I still have some weaving supplies and even some spindle spinning supplies - both of which I doubt I will ever return to.
ReplyDeleteElaine, I'm beginning to feel my near eyesight diminish. At the moment, I'm having some trouble getting a prescription right, and my eye doctor thinks it may be my cataracts are affecting my vision. New glasses are due in next week. If they don't clear things up, I will be getting a referral to a surgeon for cataract surgery.
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