She is shiny

and I had planned on having her finished today, which just didn’t happen.

First, I had help from the cat who felt that his place was on my lap with his head between me and the stitching. When that didn’t go over well with me he went for his second option; sitting on the desk blocking my tablet and scattering beads. The only time he was willing to leave me alone was when Noah came by to take out the recycling and just happened to have a treat or two…

Anyway – the project is Taurus – #10 of the Nora Corbett Zodiac Girls. She has been all complete except for the backstitch and beads since May of 2022.

was where I started.

Backstitching, hours, and 425 beads later she was still nowhere near done.

I finally hung it. 735 beads + the backstitching and I still have well over 100 beads to go. I just ran out of energy, patience, and the hot tub was calling me.

 

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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One Response to She is shiny

  1. Cat says:

    Has the cat trained Noah…or has Noah trained the cat? 🙂

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