Monday, June 27, 2005

At long last progress

I managed to beat down the one migraine I tried to get so I had a very successful weekend of stitching on the butterfly fairy. I laid it out on the afghan on the sofa to snap so it has interesting bumps.

Work in progress photo of the ross stitched butterfly fairy

I also put a few more inches on the scarf this week. Instead of trying for some sort of "artistic" progress photo of it, I decided to leave it in my project box and snap it there.

Work in progress photo of the scarf I'm knitting

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Sometimes a migraine is a good thing

This weekend started out with me trying for yet another migraine to ruin it, but I nipped it in the bud. I took myself to IHOP for breakfast where I consumed vast quantities of coffee - as well as an omelet and toast - and then I went to the post office to check my mail and then I swung by the Hobby Lobby to pick up some DMC 425 and 426 which I was dangerously close to being out of. While at Hobby Lobby, I picked up another roll of 22 count Monaco so I can start the second butterfly fairy when I finish the first and the Shadow Knitting book by Vivian Høxbro. And when I paid, I was pleasantly surprised to discover the book and fabric were on sale. I walked away with paying less, including tax, for all four items than the untaxed, full price of just the book. AND, I don't have a migraine or even just a plain old annoying headache. So I'm off to stitch!

Craft supplies purchased at Hobby Lobby


And just for good measure, here's a snap of my lovely Gobzilla sunning herself.

Goblin sunning herself on the footlocker below my window

Monday, June 20, 2005

And the butterfly fairy

I spent another weekend battling migraines so I did not get much done on the fairy. I'm a little disappointed in my lack of progress the last two weeks, but it can't be helped, I suppose. I still hope to get it done in time for Christmas. And I really, really hope I can have next weekend migraine free.

Progress photo of the butterfly fairy I'm cross stitching for my granddaughter

Progress photo of the butterfly fairy I'm cross stitching for my granddaughter

The scarf . . . and then some

I managed to put a few more inches on the scarf this week. I conned the Prodigal Son into holding it up so I could get a size perspective. He's about 6 feet tall and the scarf is in the neighborhood of 5 feet long. Of course, Prodigal had to have help from Heru and Mouse. What would yarn laying on the floor be like if it didn't have a couple of cats keeping a very, very keen eye on it?

Progress photo of the scarf being held by my son and viewed by two of my cats Progress photo of the scarf being held by my son and viewed by two of my cats


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Monday, June 13, 2005

Weekly update

I only worked a few hours on the butterfly fairy this weekend. I had migraines on Saturday and Sunday so I spent a very unproductive weekend just feeling sorry for myself.

Work in progress photo of the cross stitched butterfly fairy

Work in progress photo of the cross stitched butterfly fairy

I also only spent a couple of hours knitting on the scarf. It's just about four or five inches longer than it was at last week's report. The change isn't significant enough to warrant a new set of photos.

Two new books arrived

the knitter's handy book of sweater patternsthe knitter's handy book of sweater patterns,
Basic designs in Multiple Sizes & Gauges

by Ann Budd

This looks like a nifty book. I've just thumbed through it and it looks like the kind of thing I need to get me started knitting sweaters. I need instructions to tell me what to do for shaping a neck and arms and such. I don't need pattern instructions.

shawls and scarvesThe Best of Knitter's Magazine
shawls and scarves

edited by Nancy J. Thomas

This looks like a wonderful book. Unfortunately, with just a very quick glance through it, it appears the book gives the kind of instructions that are quite literally Greek to me. Those pretty diagrams don't mean a thing to me.

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Taking wing

And the butterfly fairy is coming along nicely. I didn't get as much done this normal two day weekend as I did last week, but it is very steady progress. I'm actually quite pleased with myself for how regularly I've been working on it.

Progress photo of the butterfly fairy called Night I'm stitching for my granddaughter

I wish I were a better photographer so the subtle shading of the wing was more apparent.

Progress photo of the butterfly fairy called Night I'm stitching for my granddaughter

It's growing!

Did you know it's actually a little bit difficult to get a full length picture of a scarf that's almost four feet long without someone holding it up? And since there was no one here to do that when I felt the need to snap, un-full length snaps is what you get instead.

Progress photo of the blue feather and fan scarf I'm knitting for my stepdaughter

Progress photo of the blue feather and fan scarf I'm knitting for my stepdaughter

That last photo makes the poor scarf look like it has some sort of bumpy disease. It doesn't. I just didn't smooth it down as much as I thought I had.

Oh, well. I never claimed to be much of a photographer.

;D

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