So here we are with the very first TUSAL pic of 2015 and I'm already late with it! Oh dear! Not a good start at all.....hangs head in shame.
For anyone who doesn't know about the TUSAL please head over to Daffycat's blog here to find out all about it, and hopefully join in with the madness!
So here's my ort jar for January...
Sadly, not many orts there....but it could be worse...it could be empty! Hopefully there will be more orts in the jar in my next TUSAL picture next month.
So this month my son headed off overseas to do his masters degree. Of course, something like that deserved a good luck card....
The stitching was quite simple and my plan was to do layers of coloured paper on the card to make it a bit fancy. Unfortunately, we were forecast a major snowstorm and I really wanted to get the card in the mail before the storm hit so that it could be on it's way while we hunkered down to survive the blizzard conditions predicted. So, due to lack of time ( and lack of planning on my part!) it ended up a bit less fancy than I had intended. Anyhoo, it's the thought that counts!
So while the snow storm rages outside, I have been working on a some crocheting. One of my Xmas gifts was two balls of the most gorgeous yarn....so soft and wonderful colours. And in true Rhona fashion, I decided to pick a rather complicated pattern...why walk when you can run?!!!
Here's my progress on a wonderful shawl pattern...
I'm not sure if there are some mistakes in the pattern (it was translated from German) or if I'm just a bit thick when it comes to reading crochet patterns, but the pattern doesn't seem to be symmetrical ...so I'm just kind of winging it on the bits that don't seem to be right. Of course, that could be a recipe for disaster and lots of rattling down of hours and hours of work. Fingers crossed that it works out for me! Hopefully this won't take me months and months to finish...but who knows!
Until next time...happy stitching!
Rhona
I can't believe that we're more than half way through January and I'm just getting round to writing my first post of 2015!
First of all.... Happy New Year!
Well things have been a bit manic in my household which is why I haven't posted. Lots of changes....some good, some not so good, but life goes on.
On to some of the good stuff. I have to show you some wonderful stitchy goodies that I got for Christmas. My daughter gave me these beautiful embroidery scissors....
They are wonderful! They feel heavy and solid....and cut like a dream! The company does quite a few different styles (all absolutely gorgeous) so I can feel a collection obsession coming on ;)
And then my wonderful hubby, who ignored our rule of 'let's cut back on our Xmas spending', bought me three gorgeous cross stitch kits...
I'm amazed that he managed to pick the perfect designs....although I have a sneaking suspicion that my Amazon browsing history kind of helped! Now I have to make the difficult decision of which one to start first....and that's a good dilemma to have!
I have managed to get some stitching done and have been working on something that I started ages ago and have had sitting in my stitching basket gathering dust....or as I like to call it... a hibernating WIP :)
This design isn't very big but seems to be taking me ages! There's lots of blending of colours and various numbers of strands to stitch with which is why I think it takes me so long....as well as the fact that I'm the Queen of slow stitching!
Now that I have managed my first post for 2015, I hope to be able to get back to reading and commenting on all your lovely blogs.
Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time...happy stitching!
Rhona
