One cute robin!

This is the progress made on the Snowmen Biscornu by yesterday evening. It is stitched on 32 count white, opalescent linen for a sparkly effect. I chose to use the floss recommended by the designer for a finer finish (DMC 4215 for the scarf and DMC 4235 for the snowflakes and buttons). Instead of doing French knots for the snow I used some left over Mill Hill crystal beads, these were stitched on using DMC 4235, being variegated this gives each bead a slightly different look.

This shows the detail of the melted snowman on the underside. Here I changed the colour of the robin's breast to a bright red, as charted it should be the same colour as the carrot. I think he's one cute robin!

So strictly speaking, it's back to the Santas on the rotation. However, this week is a funny week with a lot of travelling involved, yesterday from mine to The Other Half's (195 miles), tomorrow The Other Half's to York ready for Tornado's big day on Thursday (188 miles), Thursday York to mine (120 miles), Friday mine to Llangollen for a 'Railway Weekend' (75 miles). The distances involved don't really matter it's the time taken to travel them and we are bound to get stuck in a jam somewhere! It will be interesting to see how much I manage to get done. Most of the sky in the New York Skyline (Reflections) was actually done travelling in The Other Half's white van up and down the country and in and around London. And yes, just in case you are wondering, he can be a 'White Van Man', this is OK in his van but not when he's driving my car!

No really, I shouldn't complain, he does do all the long distance driving, creates fantastic meals which means that I have more time for stitching!

'Railway Weekend' ~ yes or no?

This is March at the end of stitching tonight. The rabbit, or is it a March hare? is complete except for the eye and a yellow beaded flower. The M of March is also complete with the other letters still needing beads.

This weekend should be a 'railway weekend' where we go to Llangollen in North Wales to do volunteer work on the Llangollen Steam Railway but with the bad weather forecast I am yet to make the decision to go or not. So, if I go, no posts until Sunday. Where do we stay when we have 'railway weekends'? Well, I am the owner of a railway carriage called, on the railway, 'The Six Wheeler'. This has been converted into living accommodation and has a bedroom, kitchen and living room. The carriage is about 36' long and about 8' wide. It has electricity, cold running water and wood burning stove and is really cosy, when it has warmed up! This is the only photo I could find of the interior, but it gives you the general idea.

I have taken many photos of the railway but I think that this is the best one.