Here’s my first finish for 2009!
I used two DMC variegated threads and one of my new rayon threads, which was a metallic black/red variegated. This was so much fun to stitch and it looks absolutely creepy, lol! I think I will try to frame this myself, it’s small enough so I should be able to find a frame for it.
I started Star Spangle Fantasy by Sampler Cove and I’m very happy with the way it’s turning out.
The fabric is a light yellow more than beige but you all know my camera stinks. Again, I’m using one of those rayon threads, that’s the multicoloured one. The two coloured one is 1991 by Needle Necessities, called “Autumn in Vermont”. I have never been to Vermont so I don’t know how correct that shade is, but I love it! I have been taking a break from HAEDs and it’s nice to stitch something where you can actually see some progress for a change.
Basia tagged me to reveal 7 things about myself, so here goes:
1. I have dyscalculia (number blindness). I remember my own phone number and address and date of birth but that’s about it. I often order wrong threads for my projects simply because I can’t tell the numbers apart. I’m so bad at math you don’t want to know.
2. I wish I had a horse. I took riding lessons as a kid but I’m not sure I could handle all the other stuff. I’m not sure if I can even ride anymore.
3. I tried to grow frogs in a bucket on our porch when I was about 10 years old. They were endangered in Finland back then and I was trying to save the species. Well, it didn’t work out so well. Also, my mum didn’t appreciate my efforts.
4. I can draw and paint but can’t be bothered. It would take up so much of my stitching time.
5. I watch very little TV. If I was single I wouldn’t even have a TV, the one we have is my husband’s. I might watch a movie or a documentary if they are interesting but I’m not into series or anything else.
6. I’m easily annoyed by some sounds. I don’t buy squeking toys to our dogs, for example. I HATE mobile phone ring tones etc. My late dad used to tease me that I’m autistic. My hearing was tested when I was 14 and it turned out to be way better than normal. I can’t sleep in the same room with my husband because he snores. When he doesn’t he breathes and that keeps me awake too. I have tried ear plugs but I can hear through them.
7. I spent two years in a university studying English and gave up because I got tired of analyzing poetry.
