Posted in Cross Stitch on May 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »
That’s the Book of Ink Circles (BoInk) Celtic Mystery Sampler! I wasn’t going to start this one… I was just going to collect the charts. But… after seeing the frame and the first 2 parts I couldn’t help myself!!! Here is part 1 done! I love stitching this one!
25 ct. mint Lugana 2×1
Posted in Cross Stitch on May 16, 2008| 1 Comment »
I just finished part 2 of the Spanish Mystery Sampler. This part was SO much easier for me to stitch than the first part… I just had a lot more fun with it. It didn’t seem as repetitive as part 1. I’m curious to see what part will be released next. Now I just have to be patient and wait the 2 months to find out!!!!
28ct linen 1×1
Posted in Cross Stitch on May 12, 2008| 2 Comments »
I had a wonderful stitchy weekend!!! It all began on Friday… I took the day off of work and went on a road trip to see 2 LNS with one of my friends. The 2nd shop we went to is located in Alameda, CA. It is by far the BEST cross stitch store I have EVER been to!! It’s called Needle in a Haystack. It’s a huge store, with so many cross stitch charts, fabrics and pretty things to look at. The best thing about the store is how organized it is. They have their charts hanging in sleeves so you can see each one easily without digging through a box or bin. I was very impressed!
On top of it, they have so many patterns I have never seen in a LNS before. We spent 3 hours looking at everything… and I still don’t think we saw it all. I will definitely be going back there!!!
Saturday I went to my friend’s house and spent the afternoon stitching on our HAED Sal Challenge WIPs. We got a lot of stitching done, and then went out for a fantastic dinner. On top of it all, when I got home I found I had been RAK’ed 2 amazing HAED charts – Old World Map and QS Light of Beautitude! What a wonderful end to my stitchy weekend!
Posted in Cross Stitch on May 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »
I feel like I am in a small stitching slump. I came down with a flu/cold 2 weeks ago… and still feel like I am battling it to a small degree. I think that is a big part of what is causing my lack of initiative to stitch much lately.
I am looking forward to this weekend… it’s the HAED May Challenge SAL. Hopefully that will give me enough of a boost to move forward with Dragon Knot 2. I would love to finish page 6 by the end of the SAL. We’ll see how it goes. I will post before and after SAL picks early next week to show what I was able to accomplish.
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