Stitchy Fingers

Like each month I'm faithfully posting my ornament to participate in the Stitching Lotus Ornament SAL. So here she is ... my first finished witch (the one with the green hair) ... together with her two sisters - at least the toes part of the third one ;-)   The middle one needs a couple of white stitches in her shawl  and some backstitching and then she'll be finished as well!   I hope to show them all finished into dolls for the next SAL in June (certainly before the long school holiday July/August arrives because I won't have time then being entirely "entertained" by my children :-). On the knitting front me eldest DD's dress is almost finished ... have a look. See you soon!

Gosh ... another week has passed without posting! I guess I don't feel inspired a lot for the moment due to that grey, dull and rainy weather that keeps on going. It's way too cold and rainy for the time of the year and it feels like Autumn instead of Spring!!! As you'll maybe know by now, I'm also venturing into the knitting world with some easy models that I'm trying to realise. First one was a small bag with cable, second two lovely dresses for my girls (not yet finished due to my fingers that where in a bad shape after knitting for a week) and ... I've recently seen an idea that inspired me. Here it is ... what do you think? Jolanda's blanket made entirely of embroidery wool found in a thrift store (featured on the blog  from Wieke van Keulen) In my stash ... a box with around 1000 skeins in a rainbow of colours   I've made a first tryout block like the ones in Jolanda's blanket but I tend to knit a little bit "tense...

Hi all, Just a quick note to show you my first entirely stitched witch that I'll enter in the Silver Lotus' Sal of May. I let the pictures speak for themselves.       I've also made a good progress on the second witch (they're really fun to stitch) ... I can't wait to finish them into "standing" dolls:-)

For the moment I'm mainly attracted to  Halloween pieces - don't ask me why - so I'm stitching on two (to me) beautifull pieces that will represent a challenge to finish them off. The first one being "Sleepy Hollow" from the Cricket Collection that didn't see a lot of progress lately because I'm waiting for new skeins of Weeks Dye Works and ... I didn't resist the temptation of starting on a chart I have only acquired recently = Bewitching Trio by the Needle's Notion. Wednesday, 1st of May (Bank Holiday) Friday, 3rd of May   In the meanwhile I've completed the purple middle part, added the orange to the skirts' edge and finished the left piece of her shawl. Here's a complete picture (chart/leaflet picture). When stitching you also have some time to let your mind wander off ... well, I started wondering why witches are always pictured with a broom and a black cat. Well I can tell you that the lecture on google was qu...

First of all I'm glad with my new followers! It proves that I've got some things to say and show that interest people. LOL!!! I've been working on a couple of projects in the meantime. First of all I've finished knitting the back part of my eldest DD's dress (see previous message). I've also started and finished my monthly April ornament. It's a little bit smaller than the other ornaments that I've shown the last months because my other stitching was more time consuming. So here it is ... a "marine" ornament (I've combined two hearts - there are 9 in total - because I liked some parts of the design better than others). I'll be giving this away as a present. From the booklet "Country Hearts Am Meer" by Acufactum   In the meanwhile my special WDW threads arrived and I was able to stitch some more on the left part (the Van Tassel Farm) of Cricket Collection's "Sleepy Hollow". Unfortunatelly they didn...

Hi all, As you've maybe imagined I was on Easter holiday at the Belgian coast with very limited computer access. But fear not, behind the screens I kept working on a couple of pieces! On a small side note ... I had way too many things in my projects travel bag that I didn't even touch - but better too much than too little! :-) First of all "Sleepy Hollow". It will be bigger than I imagined it would be. Maybe I should've taken a higher count than the 32-ct I'm working on (the count mentionned with the pattern). I had to put it on the floor to have a convenient "shot" ;-)   And then I also started knitting on a dress for my eldest daughter (7 years) which will be followed by another dress for my youngest one (almost 5) meaning that my fingers will suffer :-). I had to google certain things because I'm a beginner and some of the explanation given was more for the intermediate knitter in my opinion (luckaly not much though).   P...

First of all a warm welcome to my new followers! I know I'm a little bit late but I didn't want to withold this picture! ;-) Makes me want to stitch on Easter projects like ... Or Cricket Collection's current freebie "Slicker Rabbit" :-) Picture from the Stitching Dreams blog The freebie can be found here Wishing you all a lovely Easter holiday!