Today I have one foot in Hallowe'en
....and the other in Winter ~
I'm working on the 'OWL O' ween' design,
and you can see that I'm almost finished with the boy-owl's clothing...
poor little headless thing ~
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| ...progress of OWL O'ween ~ stotching on 32ct Old Farmhouse Linen from ©Notforgotten Farm |
see those old pins?
I use them to count out my stitches...
how?
by pinning them in every ten stitches so I can keep my placement and not have to frog.
{ I love frogs and toads, and lizards...ok, snakes too)
but
I HATE frogging out my mis-counted stitches!
for those of you unfamiliar with the term 'frog' or 'frogging' ~
in the 'stitching' world, it means to take out your mistake...or rip it out,
rip it rip it rip it = ribbet ribbet ribbet = frogging!
(get it?)
so these old pins help me keep track of rows of ten,
like our charts are counted into 10 x 10 blocks....it works for me.
(clear as mud?)
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| headless owl-boy |
In other news:
I have been keeping a secret....
Our Farmhouse will be featured in the Winter 2013 issue of
We had thee pleasure of hosting Franklin & Esther Schmidt (photographers)
while our humble abode was decorated for a simple Country Christmas...
and
and
I am in the process of designing a free downloadable ornament for you to cross stitch ~
here's a sneak peek preview:
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| threads are stitched in quiet, snowy shades... |
So you can see that my mind is caught between two seasons right now!
(if i had my way, I would live in a perpetual AUTUMN!)
...and my days would not be complete without the companionship of Iggy...
although he prefers to sleep most of the time on the bed in the cool bedroom ~
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| sleepy Ig ~ |
I want to thank you for your kind comments on our new frame and 'Rev' design!
I am stitching as fast as I can to expedite his (and the others') release date!!
Always a pleasure to read your comments, they mean the world to me.
and
always happy to receive phonecalls from excited Folks too!
...Wishing you all a beautiful day my Friends ~
Blessed be!
Lori from
Notforgotten Farm