No meeting means more stitching

After a little break for a meeting with my Scout Training Adviser yesterday, I did some more today.  I wasn't going to as I was supposed to have a staff meeting tonight, but it was cancelled.  Yippee! And there isn't a staff meeting next week either because it's half term.

It's only a little bit more, but a little is better than none.

Day 5

Edges, page 6

I did a little bit of work this morning before we went shopping, then again this evening once I'd gotten home from visiting a friend who's broken her ankle.

So anyway, I had to pull apart the chart book to find the edges.  It's fun trying to balance them because I like to sit curled up which means I get stiff which means I have to fidget which means the pages slip and slide!! So trying not to drop them was fun.  But despite all that, I managed not to lose any pages and I've reached the top, left and right edges of page 6 now.

Day 4

After the dentist...

9.05am.  Seriously?! 9.05am!? What a horrible time to go to the dentist to have an injection for two fillings.  Yeah, turns out I only needed one injection which I found awesome.  One is better than two in this case!

But anyway, as soon as I got home, and once I'd had a nice hazelnut hot chocolate, I picked up the kit.  I now see what people mean about the sheer volume of 310 that occurs! That's all I stitched today.  I found it quite nice just doing large blocks of one colour.

I worked on it all day aside from when I had my lunch and tea, then when I left for Cubs this evening.  So a pretty productive day.

Day 3

Skeleton Cat, Day 2

Almost as soon as I got in from Church this afternoon I picked up Skeleton Cat.  It was a little slower going as there is an awful lot of odd stitches here and there as well as nice large blocks.  I also had a quick panic earlier when I thought I'd threaded the lengths onto the cards in the wrong place! You can imagine the relief I felt when I realised I had gotten it right after all.

I worked on it from about lunch time until not long ago.  I just gave up and got ready for bed around 11pm.  Really not looking forward to tomorrow morning though. :-( I hate the dentist.  I don't want to go.

Day 2

The end brings a beginning

Once I'd finished untangling all the threads (I blame Gibbs for distracting me!) and threaded them all onto my newly laminated cards I finally made a start on Skeleton Cat by Gecko Rouge and I must say I'm intrigued by it. It's larger than I thought it'd be but not the largest I've ever done.  I have church tomorrow then the afternoon free and I'll be feeling sorry for myself Monday as I'm having injections for fillings in the morning and taken the day off because of it.  I'm such a wimp, but at least it means I might have plenty of time to take my mind off it by stitching.  I hope.

Anyway, a couple of hours this evening, and we're a go!

Day 1

The Dolphin's Domain: Completed!

And here it is! The Dolphin's Domain by Dimensions.  Completed this afternoon after working on the backstitch this morning before I left then at the DHQ while waiting for the hikers to arrive.  Completed the last few stitches this afternoon once I'd gotten back home in the warm.  And because I'm absolutely rubbish at French knots (I smile at my friend Nathalie and she teach me in exchange for me teaching her cross stitching) I've just stitched over the same point to create a small knot-looking stitch.  Close enough.

But anyway, another work complete.  Where's the next one! Ah yes, Gecko Rouge's Skeleton Cat.

Day 44

Commence backstitching

I was so determined last night to try and complete all the black backstitch before I went to bed but at midnight when I realised that the entire of the lower left corner is black I called it quits.  I'm hoping to get a chance to work on it some more today.  The Cubs are having an incident hike around the different Scout Huts in town, finishing up with the district headquarters.  I'm not going with our Cubs, two of the other leaders are.  I'm staying at the DHQ to help out there.  I'm hoping it'll be quiet-ish there as there will be a gap before the first group arrives.  But you never know.

Day 43, backstitch