North American Whale

Is the third in LindyStitches’s Endangered Species Stitch-a-long. Issued every other month for a total of six, each is complete in and of itself rather than being a partial segment of a whole design. There are some unifying motifs.  The Amur Leopard was issued in January, the Savanah Elephant in March leaving the North American Whale released 20 May as the third of the sixth.  I started it a few days ago and it is now at about 60%.

I am current on Sapphires in Sunshine – the most recent Tempting Tangles SAL.

I did a bit of substituting on the silks, using what I had on hand. The two blues are left from the OwlForest Treasure Island. The other two variegated flosses (golds, blue-purple)  are from BeStitchMe.

And finally – a visitor yesterday afternoon was contemplating leaving when I startled him…

Unfortunately, I didn’t have my phone in my hand – so didn’t capture that “oh NO!” look that was on his face.

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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