Another finish ~ Wooly Winter

Here he is, my little Wooly Snowman. I sat down to a lovely stitching session yesterday afternoon and added him to this Winter design. He didn't take long at all to do. Such a joy to stitch up and I love the tassels at the end of his cap.

There weren't a lot of embellishments to add to this piece, so I was able to finish it all up by late afternoon. Then some photos were in order to compliment this cute design.

DESIGNER ~ Shepherd's Bush

PATTERN ~ Wooly Winter (released in 1994 as a kit)

FABRIC ~ 32ct Twilight Blue Linen

THREADS ~ Au Ver A Soie silk (1 over 2)

EMBELLISHMENTS ~ Beads - Creme and Carrot, Charm - Silver Snowflake

STARTED ~ 7 August 2009

FINISHED ~ 16 August 2009

My photos show the joy I have when I get to finish a project. Hours of work involved needs to be captured in pictures.

Now I'm at the place again on deciding what to do next. I'll need to have a look through my stash to see what jumps out. This time I haven't decided what's next, before I completed my latest finish. It's a wonderful choice I have to make though. :)

Til my next project... keep those needles flying with all those gorgeous creations, everyone!

Caps Of Wool

I got a bit further on my progress with Wooly Winter yesterday. Better than the previous night's session. Hearts, specialty stitches, and little caps of wool were completed. I love the woollen hats, and they were a lot easier to do than the mittens. :)

Wooly Winter - 15 August 2009

Now I can work on the snowman and all his trimmings. Think I'll do some more today as the weather is ideal for it. We had such strong winds last night (I kept waking up because of them), and today they're still around though not so strong, but there's also quite a bit of rain falling. Well, I guess it still is Winter here, so I can't complain too much. The plus side to it is that this type of weather does allow me to stitch more. So I'm going to spend a lovely Sunday afternoon stitching and keeping warm inside.

Til next time... happy stitching!

Mittens Bright

Not too much progress on Wooly Winter to show. I worked a little on it last night and managed to get the row of mittens done. This took me longer than I thought it would. The only other row I managed to finish was the wording above 'Mittens Bright'. I had to stitch this row twice, since I started it in the wrong place and didn't realise until I got virtually to the end. Some frogging was done on the row of mittens too, so with all this pulling thread out, you can understand why I didn't get very much done.

Wooly Winter - 14 August 2009

I hope to get more completed over the weekend.

Look what a day's stitching achieves!

Yesterday I managed to get some gardening done in the morning, then I was free to partake in a little needlework for the afternoon. What an enjoyable day it was. Mid afternoon I sat down to stitch. I seemed to be working my way through this small sampler, so I kept at it into the evening. Have a look at it grow!

Wooly Winter - 9 August 2009

Those pesky snow flakes came up again. This time they were a different variety, but no easier than the last ones. In fact, a little harder. I worked through them though and fortunately I didn't have too many to do with this narrow design.

The photos I took were done this morning before I went to work, so they're a bit darker than the last post. They're probably more true in colour to the actual piece though.

I've also just realised what the next stage will involve... MITTENS!!! Yes, those darn little hand warmers have popped themselves up in this design too. They were finicky things to do in Snow Patch, but hopefully practice makes perfect. I'll let you know how I go.

Hope you've all had a wonderful weekend and been able to get all the things you wanted done. I know it doesn't always happen. We can live in hope though.

Happy stitching and til next time, keep those needles flying!

A Wooly Winter it is!

I made a start on Wooly Winter last night.

Wooly Winter - started 7 August 2009

I was cruising along until I got to the snowflake. There's three of these that go along the row and I have completed just one so far. Stitching it in the night light (although I do work with an Ott-lite) wasn't helping, as it was very fine work. I'm still not convinced I have done it with no mistakes, so I'm going to look over it again before I move on to the rest of them.

Nina has just informed me that there's a SB Village Blog which I wasn't aware of. Thanks for letting me know about it, Nina! I'm thinking of joining it because they are by far my favourite designers. I haven't joined any other groups since I don't have the time to get too involved, but I think I should make an exception with this one, don't you think? I remember Tammy telling me about another group a while back, but I never got back to her about it (sorry). So thanks as well to Tammy for passing on this information. You're looking out for me which I really appreciate. This is what I love about the information you can get from peoples' blogs.

I'm snuggled up inside today since it's quite chilly out. Though the sun is shining, there's not much warmth to it. I think I've picked the right time to be stitching on my Wooly Winter because it's certainly been one of those here this season. Can't wait for Spring!

What's next and Awards

Ok, so I've been having a bit of a break from stitching this week. I've sort of known what I was going to do next, but have had a few nights relaxing after work to get my needle hand back into gear and ready for my next project.

I'm probably like a cracked record but I've picked another Shepherd's Bush winter themed kit. This one's called Wooly Winter and it's a long, narrow sampler but not a very big one.

SHEPHERD'S BUSH - Wooly Winter

The linen is a 32ct Twilight Blue, with Au Ver A Soie silk threads (no variegated one this time).


I was tossing up whether to do this or Snow Patch for my last start, and Snow Patch ended up winning. So instead of looking at what else I could do, I decided to pick Wooly Winter as the next project.


I've also received a few Awards lately from some lovely ladies. It's so kind of them to send them my way.

The first is from Hilda ~


Another from Natalie ~


Then a third from Lucy ~


You're all very sweet to send these my way. I don't seek any accolades when doing my blog, only enjoyment for myself and others who want to drop by to see what I'm doing. It's also a way to share information on my favourite hobby, needlework. I love that people are inspired by my works, and that I too, am with theirs. Please drop by these ladies blogs to see what delights they may inspire us with. I am not passing on these awards as I do find this a difficult task, but believe me when I say that I am honoured to have received them. :)

Happy stitching!