-
Recent Posts
Archives
All Pages
- Home
- Blog
- Projects
- TFME
- Kuwait Diary
- Kuwait Diary
- Cross Stitch
- Shirts and other garments
- Heartstrings Sampler
- Knit & Spin
- VierMaus
- Gallery
- Knit & Spin
- Gallerie 2
- Purim 2006
- Gallerie 2
- Purim 2006
- Finished Projects 2007
- UFO’s 2007
- Finished Socks 2008
- Finished Socks – 2007
- Finished Socks – 2006
- Prior to 2006 – Socks
- Orphans and Odd-Balls
- The 1995 Sock Yarn Review
- 11 The Terrace
- Doors
- 50 Ways
- Finished Projects 2007
- UFO’s 2007
- Finished Socks 2008
- Finished Socks – 2007
- Finished Socks – 2006
- Prior to 2006 – Socks
- Orphans and Odd-Balls
- The 1995 Sock Yarn Review
- 11 The Terrace
- Doors
- 50 Ways
Meta
Category Archives: Cross-Stitch
presents
the problem with hand making presents is not being able to share what you are doing till after the present is gifted. By that time, well, one can be throughly sick of the whole thing. In this case, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch
Leave a comment
forgot to post
Obviously, I wasn’t quiet with it for the last few days of 2022. Posting a belated finish – Leo Rising by LongDog Samplers. Stitched on a 16 ct BeStitchMe fabric that came in (I think) the Space Mystery Box with … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch
2 Comments
FFN
is finished for now. I have managed to get the entire floral thing with pot stitched. It equals 78% of the total stitches needed for this section. The rest of the stitches are a single stitch border which will go … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch
Leave a comment
How Hot?
Like many others, I prefer stitching full coverage pieces on pre-gridded fabric. I am not so naive as to believe that I can keep track of stitches at any significant distance. Counting errors happen. Since I prefer stitching along the … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch
2 Comments
New Bed
We. have this bed – It came from Germany – shipped in summer of 2014. George says it was new when he bought it. The mattresses were decent but not exceptional quality. The catch, of course, is that they are … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Home
Leave a comment
and the storm rolled in
there was a huge storm that rolled through on New Year’s Eve which dumped an incredible amount of rain, caused a lot of flooding with winds that added damage for good measure. The only good thing that came out of … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Home
2 Comments
and I make plans because?
Seriously, the first thing that happens is that I make plans. Then they fall apart. Perhaps I should be glad that my ideas lasted a whole three days. And yes, I am still on track with Royal Gardens – with … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Home
Leave a comment
New Year, New start(s)
Ok, this is now truly 2023 and I am not making any resolutions. Perhaps determined not to increase the WIP pile without finishing out projects from the last couple of years but it seems more than silly to make resolutions … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Home
1 Comment
The tossing of the ORTs
In every fiber craft that I can think of, there are always left over bits. In weaving it was thrums – those left over warp ends. In sewing and quilting there are scraps. In knitting/crocheting – I am not sure … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Home
2 Comments
Packing up
While US residents are indulging in overeating turkey with various trimmings, I was enjoying the views of the Pacific Ocean (yes, to the East) and avoiding the contents of my suitcase, the bed, the floor…. oh yes, and the need … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Travel
Leave a comment
Directionless
Or should I say clueless? Let me start out with a statement of what should be obvious: I have lived in the Northern Hemisphere all of my life. Yes, I have been in Africa, South America, Australia, and New Zealand … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Travel
Leave a comment
One hassle fixed
First – yes, I did get the issues with USAA resolved. But it took turning on my phone, accepting the AT&T charge and having to spend time wading through the automated menus, speaking with a poor woman in Texas in … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Travel
Leave a comment
Door Chicken
Remember what I said about the vast majority of passengers on this ship coming from Australia & New Zealand? Now, think about cars and driving rules/ Got it? Now expand that to walking, stairs, and going through doors. North Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Travel
Leave a comment
The final hour
Well, as of 0200 the ship made the final time zone change on this side of the International Date Line. I promptly ran into the obvious problem – no way to set my phone etc. The result was spending the … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Travel
Leave a comment
Not worth an hour
Our “port” today is Raiatea, Society Islands. With a population of around 12000, it has beaches, agriculture, tourism, and a small airport. (that small bit of very flat land right along the shore between the beach and the mountain.) Again … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Cruising, Travel
1 Comment
Victoria, BC
As we pulled out of Vancouver almost three hours after our original planned departure – I started to wonder about our time in BC. There is an issue about tides, bridge heights and large ships which I was interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Cruising, Fiber, Travel
Leave a comment
Virtual Cons
ChiCon 8 starts today ( or mostly tomorrow). Obviously, it is in Chicago. What is just as obvious is that I am not there. Attending in person this year felt like it was insurmountable. I attend Cons for the people … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, SciFi Conventions
Leave a comment
World Cross Stitch Day
Its a thing. Who knew? I certainly didn’t know until I heard it mentioned on a couple of YouTalube channels. So – just like all the other days this week – I decided to do some cross stitching in honor … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Home
Leave a comment
phones, zoom, stitching
It looks like Thursday is going to turn into my socialization day. Or conference day. But with stitching. I have had one standing Thursday night call for ? maybe a year? with a friend who lives in the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch, Friends
Leave a comment
Haunted Library – Prologue
And all 5000+ stitches of the Prologue to Lola Crow’s Haunted Library SAL have been completed… This is where I started and it was 1046 stitches to finish this section. you can’t seem them easily, but there are one stitch … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch
Leave a comment