Sew Dance

So I finished the shawl with minimal visits from the frog. Still needs blocking. And so I started on The Black Stallion. I had only 17 rows done on the page, now I'm at 40. With the exception of 3 stitches, it's all 2 colors. I also caved to HAED's sale. The first one is now retired and I bought the hard copy. Just in case I ever decide I really don't ever want to stitch it.

So I finished the bodice of the duster and tried it on. It was way too big and also the weave was too tight. I will have to go up a hook size or two for better drape In the meantime it looks like this... So onto my cross stitch. Remember the last time I picked up "Best Friend"? I got quite a lot farther. So page one done, I went to a WIP I had put down because I had to frog. Ended up frogging most of what I had done today (4 rows) and did manage to redo and complete more before taking this photo. But the frog has come to visit this week. I wonder if it's mad that I got rid of the fly that got into my apartment. Took a few cool pictures of the sunset Tuesday night. Also some of Clyde, here's my favorite. And I picked up more stash. I saw these on the specials page of abcstitch... The ornaments I had thought were cute a while ago. The last one "Russian Hunting" was an impulse buy, mainly because it was so discounted an...

It's really the end of August already? Sheesh. Anyway, spent a bit more time this week on my cross stitch. Finished a shawl. It's currently being blocked. The rest of my yarn came. The patterns, the needles and the pink yarn on the left was a free gift due to a promotion when I ordered the rest of the stuff. And I started something new. Well, two new things but one ended up having mistakes in the pattern so I'm waiting on a response from the company.   This cute little kitten was hanging around the location I was filming at last Sunday. Bit skittish but I got it to bump it's nose against my finger. There was another cat, that I assume was it's mother, who was much more friendly.

Not much more done with the cross-stitch. But I only work on it a day or two. I finished two things. First is the Sun Blossom Mandala Doily. And I just finished this one about 10 minutes ago, 'Yes, Yes Shawl' made with Red Heart's Unforgettable in Tidal. Still working on this shawl. Got a little stuck because of an error. Will have to redo the last 3 rows. Then here's part 1 of the stash I ordered Sunday. All cotton except for the blue cashmere/linen on the top left and the silks to the right of that. And all fingering/lace weight except for the purple DK at the top right. And the sewing patterns. 64, whittled down from 82 I believe. At some point this week, I'll put them on my pinterest board. Back to work on some things I've already started before beginning something with my new yarn.

I have it all this week. First, I finished my dragon filet crochet. I switched to a new cross-stitch. And I started some new crochet. A necklace, A mandala, and a shawl (with marino wool!) I also got a new catalog in the mail (for some reason it was addressed to my mom) from The Stitchery. Lots of lovely patterns but I'm resisting. I also resisted buying anything at a local yarn store I popped into. Too much wool and unhappy with the colors of one yarn I wanted to buy. However I've done practically nothing today because I've been fighting with the McCall website due to it's extreme sluggishness. The 99 cent out of print sale may have something to do with that. But it's made it hard to look at the patterns then cull them. In the meantime, I've made yarn lists on two other websites, one of which I will be purchasing. (Help me?) There are just too many lovely things I want to make.