Cancer (the Zodiac Girl) complete

I had originally titled this – Cancer Complete. And then I thought about it. Since “Cancer” is more than a sign in the Zodiac and the word is also used for various nasty diseases experienced by too many, I didn’t like the ambiguity.  And that uses up all my big words for the day.

According to an old worksheet I found (and also noted here) she was started 7 July 2022. The fabric is  32 ct Vintage Country Mocha linen purchased in a batch from 123Stitch.com and stitched with the all the called for DMC, Caron Waterlilies and Mill Hill Beads.

Besides the last couple hundred beads, I had to add about 50 stitches that I had ignored. Located with the beads on the end of the antenna type things, apparently I had decided to wait til the backstitching in order to insure they were in the correct location. This also obviously avoided a lot of counting….

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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