I’ve been pretty much absent from blog-land for the past week or so. I wasn’t away, but I had a four days off work between the holiday, a vacation day, and the weekend, and I wasn’t on the computer a whole lot. What I did, among other things, was learn to sew knits. I’m...
Finished Garden Path Sampler
I finished up the garden path sampler for the &Stitches June sampler-along! Once I ripped out the excruciatingly bad backstitch trellis and went with something else, everything started going pretty quickly. Clockwise from the red section at the bottom: Red: fern stitch Orange: tulip stitch Pink: woven cross stitch Purple: wave filling stitch Blue:...
Just Doodling
I finished stuffing and sewing the stuffing opening closed on the doodle stitch owl at my knitting group yesterday — yay! I decided to go with some berry-ish clusters of French knots in the embroidered motif instead of little satin stitch circles. I completely chickened out of trying the tiny circles in satin stitch,...
Hardware and Softie
A couple weeks ago I finally picked up a copy of Aimee Ray’s Doodle Stitching. What with my sudden bird obsession and all, I decided to try the owl softie project. I’ve made one or two knitted softies, but I’ve never sewn any. So far I’m pretty pleased with how it’s going. I was...