I just noticed I haven’t written much lately, that’s beacuse I’ve been unable to stitch for the last week or so. My odd muscle pains moved to my neck and shoulders. No results from the blood tests yet but I’ve been feeling a little better and even managed to do some stitching yesterday and today.
I received a small packet a few days ago from England. My husband asked what stitching stuff I had ordered now and I had to say I had no idea. It turned out to be some variegated rayon threads I bought off Ebay before the holidays. I guess they got stuck in the post somewhere. I wanted to test them so I started a small chart from My Aunts Attic. It should be finished soon:
That’s a lousy picture, it looks so much better in real life. The green thread is a DMC variegated. I will try to take a better pic when it’s finished. I LOVE my new threads, they are in big skeins, the thread is easy to work with (compared to many other rayons) and I think one strand will cover quite nicely on 32 ct fabric too. This one is done on 36 ct.
I got a scary Christmas present from my grandmother:
It’s a hardanger tablecloth. I have never done hardanger or any other cutwork ever and the thought of cutting the fabric threads makes me VERY nervous. This is a complete kit with 22 ct hardanger fabric and perle threads. I’m not good at stitching tablecloths, I never finish them because I get bored of the repeated motifs… but it is pretty…
