Another finish!

In my last post I mentioned that I had finished Miss Kitty's Dragons by Just Nan, I think I had finished it all bar putting the charms on.  Here it is.

Now all I need to do is to decide how to finish it.

I have also managed to finish another project, Summer from Jardin Privé, not that we're having much of a summer here in the UK.

This was stitched as charted with DMC floss, except that I stitched the project with one strand of floss rather than the recommended two.


This week it's back to White Nights. I have decided to blitz this project over the summer, with the aim to get it finished this year. I've made a start this evening and am going back to it as soon as this is posted!

Back with a finish!

Nearly a month since my last post! Not good. Yet again things have been a bit hectic but should be calming down now.  I have managed two finishes since my last post but I can only show you one of them at the moment.  This is The Crabbiest Castle on the Beach!  a Silver Needle Secret Needle Night project from May 2009.

My other finish is Just Nan's Miss Kitty's Dragons, photo next time.

We got the wedding  photos from the official photographer a couple of weeks ago. Here is one of the few of me not holding my dress up to avoid the wet .

This one is on the front page of the photographer's website!

I hope everyone enjoys the long weekend and gets lots of stitching done!

A busy few weeks!

Well I'm still here!  It's been a busy couple of weeks since my last post what with exam marking and other work related stuff which has taken up most of my evenings.  Not much stitching has been done, in fact none, that's how bad it has been.  Anyway, I do have some things to show you.  Firstly, whilst we were on our mini mystery honeymoon I knitted two more scarves.

I say 'mini mystery honeymoon' because we went away for three nights but I did not know where we were going, hence the mystery.  Our first night was spent at the Midland Hotel in Morecambe

This hotel is described as an iconic art deco hotel and it does not disappoint.

The second night was spent at Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel in the Lake District.

The final night was spent on the other side of the country on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.

Fingers crossed more stitching next time.

Four finishes and a wedding!

Two weeks exactly since my last post and a lot has gone on! In the week running up to 'Our Big Day' things were so relaxed that I was able to finish a few things off. Firstly the scarf that I had started to knit.

Then I finished Official Crazy Cat Lady from Raise the Roof Designs.

This was stitched in the recommended over dyed floss on an unknown fabric, which has cat paws printed on it. I will probably make this in to a bell pull.

 

The next thing to be finished was the Spooky Greetings Bell Pull from Waxing Moon Designs.  I have the pull ware for this so finishing it off will be tonight's job.  Next up another scarf hit the knitting needles. Knitted in a different type of 'wool' this was a much easier knit than the previous scarf.

Anyway, enough of the finishes. Here are some photos of 'Our Big Day'.

These were taken by family and friends, the more arty ones by the official photographer. Next time I will post some photos from our Mini Mystery Honeymoon. Mystery, because I did not have a clue where we were going! It was all booked by the Groom and as you will see next time he did a good job.

Happy stitching!

A finish of a different type!

This weekend I finished my jumper. It is based on Sarah Lund's one from the TV series The Killing.

This is the first thing I have knitted in a long time and I really enjoyed doing it. So much so that I have another project on the needles.  This time a scarf.

I had a lot of school stuff to do last week so very little was done on White Nights, but every stitch is progress.

I have a couple of projects packed for the next two weeks, one of which is a new start, but with 'Our Big Day' only five days away now who knows how much I will get done!

Happy Easter to everyone. 'Our Big Day' pictures next time.



Update time!

Last Monday I switched on my trusty laptop so that I could show the world my stitchy progress and the Internet was down and remained so for most of that evening. I then got bogged down with marking, let's not go there, but it's that time of year again!

So, previously, it was the Christmas week on the rotation. At last, Joy to the World got finished.

At the end of that week we went up to Edinburgh, my second weekend there on the run. This time it was to pick up the kilt and various accessories ready for 'The Big Day'.  I was able to do some more stitching on Official Crazy Cat Lady.

Last week on the rotation was Halloween week and I made a new start.  The Spooky Greetings Bell Pull from Waxing Moon Designs.

This week it should be a free week on the rotation but instead I'm going to stitch  White Nights, as next week, it's usual slot I will be otherwise engaged with final preparations for 'The Big Day'.

Whilst in Edinburgh I was given the plate that we decorated on my Scottish Hen Do.  It came out better than expected. See what you think.

With a bit of luck, normal service will be resumed next week with the normal Monday post. Until then ...

Happy stitching!

Spring is here!

It's been two weeks since my last post and quite a lot has been going on on the stitching front.  Firstly, I finished Spring by Jardin Privé.

This was stitched on 32ct opalescent linen in the recommended DMC floss. The only change I made was that I used one strand of thread not two for that more delicate look.

Last week was the turn of White Nights. I was quite pleased with my progress the main buildings and border on the left hand side are finished, there is still some way to go on the right hand side though.

I also managed to do a little more on Joy to the World, which is back on the rotation this  week.

Last weekend I took the Heirloom Wedding Sampler to The Nimble Thimble to be framed. Whilst I was there I indulged in some stash enhancement, a Shepherd's Bush kit and Official Crazy Cat Lady from Raise the Roof Designs.

I stitched this on the train to and from Edinburgh, as this weekend it was my Scottish Hen Night. This involved doing something crafty, and hopefully, I will be able to show you what was created by five of us next time.

Happy stitching!

The Heirloom Wedding Sampler is finished!

As of today there are five weeks and five days to go until our 'big day'.  I finished the wedding sampler on Wednesday evening last week.  Here is the floral heart.

The design has two part rows of stitching at the bottom of the heart but I decided to leave these out as I thought they detracted from the heart itself.  The whole thing is too big to photograph in one go. I will have another attempt when it comes back from the framers.

So, for the evenings I had left last week I did some more work on Joy to the World.

This week is a free week as rotation wise, February seems to have had five weeks in it, strange I know.  So I have chosen to do something which should be quite quick, fingers crossed.  This is Spring from Jardin Privé, another design in the Maggi Co's Village range.

Next week it's back to White Nights as I should have six full evenings stitching!

Happy stitching!

Half term and Hardanger

Last week it was half term and a busy week it was what with spending a few days in Wales, at my mum and dad's, in Yorkshire and then back to Wales for the weekend.  Despite all this I managed to get quite a lot of stitching done.

Firstly the Heirloom Wedding Sampler. I had left it with all the Kloster bock set up for the Hardanger.  So armed with 'Basics and Beyond' and  'Fundamentals Made Fancy' by Janice Love I got going on the Woven Bars, Doves Eyes and Picots followed by Divided Wrapped Bars and a Curled V in a Fan.

As you can see I went on to do some partial and full Greek Crosses.

This section is now finished apart from adding three tear drop shaped beads.  In total, this was two days of stitching.  This weekend I was able to make a start on the final section, the floral heart at the top of the design.  This week is a free week on the rotation so I intend to do more work on this, starting with the remaining bullion knot rose.

In spare moments,  and for a change, I managed to get a few more stitches in to Joy to the World.

So last week on the rotation it was Halloween week.  Whilst in Yorkshire for a few days I was able to stitch the Happy Pumpkin Scissor Fob  from Shepherd's Bush. 

I wasn't too happy with the finishing of this, mainly the ribbon edging and how it was done, and I won't be doing any more of those unless I can find a tutorial somewhere that gives better instructions.  So that's my half term round up. I hope you all had a productive stitching week.