Remember

 Printed on the back of my patriotic pear.  Every year I view the American cemeteries in foreign lands, and imagine how families of these fallen dealt with their loved ones being buried so far away.  They served together, they rest together.

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Either or

The bluish looking stems on this chart with the bright red poppy drew me to it.  DMC substitute for the GAST is 371.  I don't purchase GAST because of the drastic difference of the same color skeins.  Ordering online is a crap shoot.  

The 371 wasn't showing well, pulled 372, good.  But not the bluish tone at all.  So before I start this needs settled.  Me?  Settled?  Not in life and certainly not in colors!  Chose 321 for poppy, from top.... 3023, 647, and the 372.  The few stitches seen between skeins is 522, thought it would show more gray.  Did not.

The blues were too blue, other greens showed very green on the Havana.  The darker shade can be the old 3022, not the new green one.  DMC sub is 3787, dark gray.  

It's a tough decision when several will look good, but offer entirely different outcomes.  

Hmmmmmmmmm .....

Thoughts?  

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When it becomes a chore,

and that love for the project turns to ... meh,

it's time to set it aside. 

Good grief I am so tired of this.  And my favorite 3777 is not as red as I expected with the ecru, seems darker and drab.  Many many hours, days, and frustrating errors involved, but sometimes it is best to let go.  Almost half the ecru fill completed.... 

adios.

At some point it will be done, but moving to a small that can be completed quickly is best for now.  The Nash designs and these birds from Erica Michaels will be perfect.

I am wearing sweats and can't believe how cold it is.  My flowers were kept inside for over a week and I finally moved them out.  Not good at all, the temps, the wind, the rain are nasty.  It will be June shortly, and I remember needing the heat on during that month the last few years.

I thought my echocardiogram taken May 5 was fine since I did not receive a call.  Found out yesterday it hasn't been seen by a doctor or read yet.  And this is the state of art wonderful surgical center that received 5 stars.

Enjoy the weekend.

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Cross eyed coverlet

Seriously.  

Even if I charted this, the errors and crossed eyes would persist.

I didn't see the large one in the last post until the photo.  One extra row would have continued and caused complete failure.

Finally have the outline as a guide, not easy with this pattern.  I'm trying to stitch to the finishing seam so no stitching would need to be trimmed, possibly loosening threads.  

Hope to finish the red soon, ecru will be much easier but still a lot of stitching for such a tiny finish.  The original design did not take long at all, this is a marathon.

Another Nash small in the mail, this on Havana.  One of the others will be on the Lupine fabric.  Yes it does look different in the photos.  Close up is lighter and under led bright white bulb.  Another small piece coming today.

I'm freezing, may bundle up and finish potting annuals today.  

Missy is doing well.  I thought they would have to sedate for the exam and tests, but they put her in a cat bag and managed ok.  They were shocked that she is about 20 years old.  All tests and xrays were good!  Great doctor and staff.  They even helped me up after hitting the floor when I got the bill.

The "situation" dodged a disaster, but has a long and unrealistic way to go.

Hope your day goes as planned and your flowers aren't frozen.

 

Be safe.

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Stunad

Italian for foolish.  And I certainly am.

Picked the needle up after days of dizzy, and I am finally getting the pattern for this coverlet memorized.  Somewhat.  Why don't I just chart it?  Wouldn't that be the smart thing to do rather than error after error and continuously referring to my original stitched square?  Geez a lou.

Since my laptop croaked, I cannot download or transfer my old free charting program, which held all my freebies and pears.  But I have graph paper, so that's not an excuse.

This is 36 count, slightly larger than the 40 finish, and I'm winging it.  Once the ecru fills in, I think (know) I will love it.   A tiny pillow would be sweet too.  

For those interested in the miniatures shown previously, A Tebbatt is from RedBarn samplers, the other is my adaptation of a photo on French General's site, no chart. The larger is Scarlet Letter's 1840 Miniature on 46 count.

My tablet suddenly denied access to any retailer, so I needed to change to the Firefox browser.  Google and Chrome are the problem.  Before that change, my screen orientation failed, even trying to read gmail, and if I wanted to use vertical, it disappeared.  I can't stop the voice respond, even though settings deny it.  My photo Gallery has changed, and I'm looking for an open window to toss the tablet.  Ran everything necessary for virus or mal, looked for remedies, all failed.  As for the laptop, I found a place that will install windows 10 and remove the most annoying Windows 11.  

Rainy, cold, blah blah blah.

Be safe.  Be well.  Behave.

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Stuff

 Things have been ..... distracting.

Maybe later.

Monkey Mona (Missy) was another event, she is doing well as of this evening.

Received a small order from 123 and thought I would share this gorgeous color.  By PTP, this is Lupine in 40 count.

Very very close to 632.  Not wine, not brown, but a marriage of the two.  Glorious I tell 'ya.  Site lists 3860 as a match, another good representation.

At least this batch!  But of all the dyers, PTP has been quite consistent and reliable.

Later .....

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