Not a day that is going to interest most people, unless you are really into relaxing sea days on a cruise ship or really into cross stitching.  And then there is the off balance of time zone changes. Specifically that wonderful 30 minutes off from everyone else that seems beloved of Nepal, South Australia, and, apparently, Newfoundland.  All of which is made better by the fact that I have Wifi so that I can do a “what time is it in…” query every once in a while and keep track of times I should be connecting to other places.

Because I am delighted to be finished with both:

I. – Halloween in the Round from JBW Designs. stitched on some 18-20 ct white Aida that came from MyVintageNeedleArts on Etsy. It is a small design but seemed like something fairly easy to do. I put in one or two of the Owls while in Germany, then put it aside for a while. The threads are both Threadworms – the brown is floss, the green is 12ct pearl cotton. Single strand of each.

II. Then there is Detective Nathan Perls, one of the SheepPunk series from ForbiddenFiberCo. He is stitched on the kit 16 ct Aida with the kit floss

unlike the nice small previous pattern, this sucker was almost 10k worth of stitches and I will admit to being sick of block stitching by the time I was done.

And finally, there is the Pacific Northwest Stitch Summit 2024 run by Acorns&Threads of Portland. I knew I would be out of town so registered for Zoom in the first place. The wifi here is now apparently StarLink and participating hasn’t been an issue. Never mind I don’t have any of the retreat package with me…. So my main issue, (and this is definitely a first world whine) is dealing with the time zone differences. I didn’t stay up for the whole thing…