Stitchy Fingers

It's already that time of the month for posting my update on the Silver Lotus' 2013 SAL :-) I would like to enter two of my Country Cottage Needleworks "Houses of the Month" series, being January and February. Entirely stitched with DMC on 32-ct Lambswool linnen   Next month I hope to show you March and April or one/two houses of Country Cottage "Santa's Village" :-). Current mock-up picture of the Santa's Village Have a nice day!

Yesterday (Sunday) marked the start of a new stitching adventure ... one that won't be finished for quite some while. As you might already know I just love the German designers and I decided to venture into something that is completely new to me ... stitching a tablecloth! I already had my eye for quite some time on a Christmas tablecloth featured in the book "Winterzauber" from Acufactum. I have a beautifull piece of fabric that's just perfect for it (only flaw = it's a 10ct instead of the asked for 12ct). Vaupel & Heilenbeck yarns were ordered and duely received so ... off with this adventure! I'll show you a real picture once there's more to show than the meager 30 stitches I have now (needed to baste the whole thing, count to make sure I was starting at the good place, ... this all took more time than I thought it would take :-)! Here's a preview of how it will look like once finished. The fun I'll have playing with new to me t...

Now that knitting the dresses for both daughters is almost finished, I'm starting to think about my projects that I'll be doing the next couple of weeks during that the long summer holiday - which will be sunny I hope :-) You're going to laugh with me but I'm already thinking about some Halloween and Christmas projects because I won't make it in time to finish any bigger summer project before the ending of September. It will definitely be a Cricket Collection theme for the rest of the year. My original Summer projects would've been:   OR   ALSO TEMPTING   But then there are other projects that are calling my name louder and louder :-)! I definitely need to finish my Sleepy Hollow because I want it to be my "showpiece"  on Halloween and I'm tempted starting Ladie's Night or Haunted Treehouse ...     OR EVEN   There's one thing ... I don't know where to find small badges of the fabric used...

Hi all, Yesterday marked the release of the new Hobbit trailer - the second one out of three called "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug". I've seen it ... and I can't wait for it's release!!! It'll hit the theaters on December 13th this year. Guess where I'll be? :-) A couple of teaser pictures: Off reading "The Hobbit" again ;-) !!!

June ... already! The reason for not posting over a week is/was triple : 1st - finally some good weather arrived over here and I've been living more outdoors than indoors (hence not much computer time for me) 2nd - last Sunday (2nd of June) marked the beginning of the sunnier period but still with lots of wind. Guess what ... I "caught" myself an angina - infected throat (I recognised the signs because this was the 5th or 6th time I had it). 3rd - the reason of my blog post title :-) I received something I was lusting for quite some time from my hubby = a tablet. Not one of those fancy yet pricey brands but something that will do for my requirements (reading my mail online, checking out blogs and playing around :-). Stitching wise I didn't produce a lot of things because I NEED to finish my daughter's dresses. In the meanwhile I've made some good progress. Sunday 2nd I finished the first dress and now I'm already on the second part of the seco...

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...