Hiya folks. Hope you're all safe, dry, and warm. Still very cool here and we've been picking up leaves with the mower for a few weeks. Can't believe the leaves starting falling in AUGUST!! Looking into the already sparse woods, half is brown. Enough.
Five bottles of Similasan later, I picked up the sampler. And royally screwed up. I've mentioned before that I do not refer to the chart and instructions enough. The first error was assuming the three rows of two stitch high satin were the same color.
My yard's grass is the same green throughout, no variations in shading, so there was no thought to the sampler's being any different. Of course not you cocky smart-ass. After completing the rows and checking the color photo for the next motif, I saw the error. How could that be? It be. My satin stitch is sloppy at best and tiny scissors can easily be slipped beneath that tunnel of thread for removal. Worked like a charm. Wait. What's this? How did I cut the linen thread? I pulled up gently on the scissors so as not to be near the fabric!! Dammit.
This piece is 32 x 36, a long and time consuming task to reweave a thread. But I did. I pulled the cut piece out first, replaced the thread, then I got to the already stitched house and I just wove into the back. That cut end will not be going anywhere since it is secured by the block of stitching for the house.
Since my eyes can't handle any extended time for close work, I will need to be a bit more astute and a lot less complacent for this return to stitching. Otherwise, the limited time I have will be spent correcting reckless errors.
This is a new stamp that came out this summer. We don't have any locally but I usually order online, many more offered than I would ever see here. Should we get a few and affix to charts he visited?
Have a great day!!
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7 comments:
All I can say is 'Bless your heart' (I'm from the South!}. I, fortunately have never
cut a linen thread, but when and if I do, I'll be calling on you for weaving directions.
Wishing you a great day and lots of stitching!
Oh dear! I've had to do that weaving thing myself....
Love the FROG stamps - I have not seen them. I need them (since we have frogs at our water feature!!).
LOL love the frog as a memento applied to each Dratz! project that had me frogging...A plane flying over would not have noticed the solid green vis-à-vis
variegated rows, Marly, and I applaud your keen eye and patience.. Hope the eyes
hold up for more stitching in the coming days...you are so gifted. Happy Autumn!
I'd have pouted a minute or 3 about the different greens, and then said to self "Pffft! Stitcher's choice design change." and moved on. I did not know about the reweaving trick, but then again, when I do remove stitches, I don't use scissors. Slow, laborious picking out one at a time with a blunt needle is my method. It's probably why I leave minor errors unless caught immediately, or it's a painfully obvious error.
Love the frog stamps!
Ack. Don’t you just want to throw a tantrum when you have to frog something? I feel your pain. Good thinking weaving the linen thread in to fix it. I don’t think that would have occurred to me. I would have cried!
Sending sunshine your way...
Love the idea of the "frog" stamp but I'd need a few dozen.
Ugh! So very frustrating when things like this happen... But, I know you, Marly--you'll fix it up good as new and carry on :) Hope the eyes hang in there for you ♥
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