The end of the rotation for Crimson Glomour and the return to the Golden Wood. This is another HAED chart by Ruth Sanderson. I bought it as a gift for Mrs. Dibble and loved it so much that I bought one for myself too. To make it interesting we are having a competition, whoever finishes first is treated by the other to a fabulous lunch at Doyles on the waterfront. It's kind of a win win situation but it's the principle of it all.
You can see Mrs. Dibble's progress on her blog, she has completed a page and half at this point, as for me weellll I'm not quite so far in. Anything can happen in a week! I'm using 2 strands over one on 22ct white Hardanger fabric and mounted on Q snaps as I'm running out of scroll frames and refused to allow myself to buy another one as I would only be indulging my naughtiness as it's my fault that all my scroll frames already have a cross stitch mounted on them. Anyway Q snaps make the cross stitch portable and I can take it to work to complete on those errr down times!
Everyone believes I will lose because I am an obsessive project starter but I believe that with my rotations I will be on a roll as I won't get bored and more importantly I won't start another cross stitch. Saying this when I first got Golden Wood and began working on it, I also started a Faces of Faery cross stitch but that was before this blogging started and my rotations which I believe has cured me of my evil compulsive ways.
Well that's my theory!
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| SK Crimson Glomour after one weeks rotation |
I haven't got as much done on Crimson Glomour as I would have liked. I was completing her hair and the confetti stitches involved was so hard going. Almost a new colour every stitch. So parking was required which helped but progress was still slow. I'm hoping next time she is on my rotation I will complete the first page.
Well Princess - the contest is out there in cyberspace so it must be true.....thank you for saying that I have finished a page and a half - that is a little bit of an over estimate. But I did do some yesterday - I used it as a prize for cleaning the house and washing the kitchen floor....just like a kid "If you eat up all your veggies you can have a sweetie!!" Well it worked......clean house and progress made with Golden Wood.....did you see my fish on my blog?
ReplyDeleteI did see your fish on your blog, they are very mesmerising! I worked on Golden Wood all day and night yesterday but haven't picked it up today as I am cleaning the fridge out and working tonight. Will bring it to work though. Game On Dibble!!
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