One Stitch At A Thyme

Well here she is....  picture taken just an hour ago.  I didn't even bother to take it off the scroll frame.  I was so excited to get a snap up here on the blog and squeal YE HAW - Happy Dance -- First finish of 2014!!!  I've been seeing everyone's posts flooding in almost every day last week and I've been dying to post something stitching related.  Hopefully in the next few days I'll have this washed and in it's frame ready for Tony; and I'll have an updated photo of the final project put up on my finishes page.

 

 

Name:  A Vikings World

Type:  Counted Cross Stitch

Finished Chart Size:  13.25"w by 8.5"h

Leaflet #:  DBL-C38

Designer/Publisher:  © Designs By Lisa

Finished:  Jan. 5, 2014

Misc. Info. : Started Approx. Feb. 17, 2013.  Stitched on 25ct. evenweave (mystery color from my stash) using DMC cotton floss.  The name at the top of the ship reads as Anthony Jorgen.

Well here's my little ort beaker.  I didn't know if one was supposed to start with an empty container on the first posting of the New Year or if the orts gathered after I posted in December counted.  I'm pretty much a floss miser so there's not that much to see yet.  Right now it's filled with orts from "A Vikings World" project.  I hope to have this project finished, washed, and laced up for its frame in the next two weeks; then it's off to the races with my WIPocalypse list of projects.

Happy New Year's Day and Tai (who poked his nose in the corner of the picture) says thanks for stopping by.

Well here she is...  I finished the backstitching on the ship last night.  Now it's on to the Viking Liturgy under the ship and I'm almost done.  I've purchased the wood frame today, I don't know yet if I'm going to have a mat cut for it as Tony wants his middle name stitched above the ship's mast and I don't know if there will be room for one. But without a mat the stitches will get smashed if I have a glass cover for it.  Guess I'll just deal with that little road bump after I get it finished and laced up for the frame.

 

Well it's going to be a really slim recap for 2013 as I only had one finish for the year, Birds of a Feather by Brenda Gervais of With Thy Needle & Thread.   I'll be setting up a finishes page  for 2013 and from now on every year after that - soon.

 

I can't believe the blog year is over all ready.  I hate to say it but I've been rather neglectful in the years since 2009 about posting here; in fact I didn't post at all in 2011.  I've tried to make an effort to post at least once a week now that I've been unemployed for the last 14 weeks.  I'm still trying to keep a positive outlook but it's really getting hard, especially when I'm running out of jobs openings that I qualify for to apply to.  I'm grateful my parents are still around and they've given me temporary shelter under their roof.  It really sucks being homeless. The sad reality is I'm not going to be able to find work around here and will probably have to start looking in the Seattle - Tacoma area.  I've never lived and worked anywhere else in my life and it scares me to death to think I've got to leave my family and friends and go some place I don't want to be. What makes it worse is knowing I've got no one that wants to go with me.

Today, just for the hell of it, I re-read my entire blog from the very first entry all the way to now.   It's amazing how much has happened in my life in the time I've been blogging here. I've done an awful lot of pissing, moaning, and complaining. Along with the occasional happy dance/stitchery finish and quite a few book reviews. I hope this next year shows more frequency in the stitching updates/finishes, and less complaining about the other crap in my life.

Happy Holidays to all and may the New Year give us all what we wish for.