Xstitch Update

Moseying Along

Seven panels complete of the road scarf.

An update of the cross stitch , have decided to do a regular picture update to prove to myself it's progressing.

Misty

Misty who we adopted two months ago. She is really coming out of her shell, the stitches and craft show inspired me to pick my Mark Skaife Car crosstitch. Guess who been running off with highlighters and skeins of cotton.She likes to help knit too!

Had so forgotten what it was like to have a young cat around full of mischief.

So I think I made it about 3 weeks without knitting, but after a week of cross stitching and seemingly not getting anywhere ( the pattern has 30,000 stitches) needed some thing that noticably grew. Started on Lionbrand's Road Scarf in Tweed aran by elle (found in The Warehouse and out of the stash) a wool/acylic/viscose blend but quite soft. It consists of panels of basketweave, mesh, sugarcubes and moss stitch repeated 3 times, but I have decided to get out the Reader's Digest Needlecraft book, and attempt 12 different stitches. Felt a bit silly doing a scarf at the beginning of the week when spring seemed to sprung to it's full glory, but weather has now turned miserable cold and wet. Good excuse just to be crafty, not at all miffed that it's the start of my leave. Can't garden in rain & mud.


So for a moment I have found a balance of reading cross stitch, knitting and reading. Maybe because I'm not under pressure to complete anything , thinking I will keep the scarf for myself. Hubby is just happy I've picked up his cross stitch again as he has been waiting 4 or 5 years for it's completion. I have discovered my WIP for cross stitch is bigger than I thought with at least two more major projects(no little quick one's for me):-\\



In two weeks I've only achieved the top right hand corner tyre wall and a bit of grass. I had a colleague who I gave the pattern, it took her nine months of constant stitching to complete. My own fault I like things to look realistic and I suppose if I wasn't so lazy I would have learnt how to use the software properly so maybe get rid of individual stitches of just one colour, there is heaps of those. It has 100 colours in it. But I know from the finished piece, it does turn out well. I have a second one to do, in my wisdom I thought a set would be nice. If I ever get to it, the background will be half stitch for sanity's sake.