This morning I finished the stitching on a birthday present for next month. It could have been easier – I like the pattern, there are only four colors and the fabric is perfect (except for dealing with 32 count) it was just a lot of small motifs. Now that I think about it – I need to double check to make sure that there isn’t any back-stitching.
And so it was back to the Barn with another 700 stitches which puts me at 72%. From here it is cows and flowers…
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!
I really like this little red barn!
I like it too, at 42xx (or more) stitches it just hasn’t seemed all that little!