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
