Finished with those beads

But first – pictures of my helper today

Since supervising is obviously exhausting. And if you keep pushing the laptop enough – you can gain control of a significant section of desk –

But Taurus – Nora Corbett’s Zodiac Girl started May 2022 and is done now,  Finally – it turned out to be just under 100 more beads beads for a total close to 900.. This counts as  my first finish for April rather than making it the 9th for March. Starting the month this way feels much better. The fabric is 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha linen with all the called for Caron Waterlillies, Mill Hill Beads, DMC & Kreinik.

I now need to decide on my next finish-up project. I have Gemini to go, the Thea Gouverner Tea, and SALs, I could roll the dice.

After due consideration – I elected to start the new Barbara Ana – Portuguese Dreams SAL, the first the three parts was released today. Part one is only about 2300 stitches – of which I managed the first 1139. Block stitching can go rather rapidly

The threads are DMC, the fabric is 16ct Aida and last Decembers Fabric of the month from Ship’s Manor.

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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