Amur Leopard complete

and here he is in all his glory.

stitched on 18ct fabric hand dyed by VintageNeedleArts (Etsy shop) left from another project. As the background and one of the suggested floss colors wouldn’t work, I substituted DMC 3862 and two colors from Forbidden FiberCo (Coffee & Cloves) for the fancy floss suggested.

The next animal in the series has been release – the Savanah Elephant. It is cute, but not as much as the leopard. Perhaps I am thinking in light of the elephants I saw in Africa and not being all that impressed especially considering all the environmental and agricultural damage they do.  I am not starting this one till next month so it leaves as spot open to fill now with anything I can do in less than 2 weeks.

then there is the challenge of attempting to stitch with a lap kitty.

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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3 Responses to Amur Leopard complete

  1. Cat says:

    Apparently the lap kitty thinks you should “paws a while”!

  2. Pingback: Not so early | Holly Doyne

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