~ Repetition ~

Happy Sunday 

* friends & folk * 

sunny & cold

windy then not.

always the same, always changing ~

kinda like me...

always switching gears but between constant things:

Hook... Punch... Stitch......Repeat

{as my header reminds me}

with the Spring shows on my schedule looming,

I am flitting like the butterfly I am between textile mediums ~

... working on finishing my Lancaster Barnyard rug

now that I've totally changed the flower to include the blues that you all loved, 

and brought colors of the hen & rooster into it as well;

I can say that I am pleased ~

it is a more neutral rug than any I've ever hooked before,

 and I must say that I do enjoy the limited palette.

The 'black' background is made up of three dark wools now, 

as before it was just one and it was too stagnant for me...

~ I like movement in my backgrounds, 

... even if it is subtle.

Having been asked if I am 'retiring' from cross stitch, and emphatically answering NO WAY,

I have just been taking a little break from it to work on punching & hooking a slight bit more for different events I'll be at this year....

but, even though my tired eyes aren't what they used to be ~

{{with blessings from the Universe}} 

I will never stop designing patterns for cross stitch. 

nope, never.

but, since I can't see to stitch as well as I used to,

 I have to rely on the talents of others to stitch most of my models for me

...and I am so very thankful for them!

 I do have two new designs that are being stitched currently

by my sweet model stitcher/friend Heather.

{yay! for Heather!!} 

their titles are ~

"Steal Not This Work" 

& 

"So Inclined..."

I'm excited to show them to you

and I think you'll like them.

 

...this one has been in my hoop for a couple of weeks, 

a design that I'm stitching first, {to the best of my abilities}

... then I will chart it.

I'm actually stitching this on my stained Cupboard Cloth {Osnaburg}

and am including some Algerian Eye stitches into it for fun.

you can see there are chickens included in the design too...

I have chickens on the brain lately I guess!

here's how I feel lately ~

 

 and I know I'm in good company,

for most of my friends are included in this description above.

Hoping your Sunday is a Peace-Full one ~

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori