Good grief. Although the majority of the stress from previous ten months has waned, some of course, still remains. And I know it's not important compared to crises, but losing my hair has also continued to be a daily anxiety. Should that interfere with stitching?
One more attempt at the bottom areas by doing full cross over one rather than the two direction tent. It's not that every letter's thread fails, but the concentration to accomplish is not welcome. Once I understood the under/under method, over one became much calmer, and I'm hoping changing to full cross with be the answer. Now about that beast. Lots of tent fill, started twice (once with recommended two threads and once with single thread) and I've decided to chart him over two. If I cannot, that beast will become a cow. Happens to the best of us. Nothing charted yet but I feel it in my sugar craving torso, and I don't have a problem or feel guilty changing Rachel's work.
I am so anxious to finish this project.
Have a good day.
************************
6 comments:
So far, the sampler is really pretty but you shouldn't stress over parts that cause troubles. (Easier said than done!) I rarely stitch reproductions exactly the way they are charted and if I come to an area I struggle with, I'll either leave the area blank when its small or stitch something else in its place. Some people say this is supposed to be fun/relaxing and I decided long ago to do what pleases me. Something else I don't stitch are names of those who stitched the samplers on reproductions. Maybe this defeats the idea of stitching reproduction samplers but this is my choice.
FYI, my hair is badly thinning too and I'm not happy about that but guess that's what happens as we become "mature" :)).
Your beautiful soul far outshines your hair and what most of us see is the radiance of
your goodness anyway. Vanity thy name is woman... noooo.... stress, thy name is... Let
go, scarf or wig it temporarily and throw this concern to the wind... offer it up....
In the meantime, set aside this project and start Jan's beautiful offering for Carole..
the sentiment alone should bring you ease...in the meantime, a calmer approach might
come up with a resolve and a resolution to conquer the reproduction monster. Hugging you
along the way, dear one.
Marly, my hair is so thin.........had the prettiest hair in my high school year book.
I just do with it what I can and call it a day.
You've had enough stress to "choke a goat".......don't let the one thing that you enjoy cause you anymore stress.
Have you tried Chocolate chip frozen waffles (toasted of course).......with raspberry jelly and butter. That is my newest craving.
Take care, have fun ! Don't sweat the small stuff.........We'll be sweating in a few months........the good kind.
Charlotte in Va.
If it isn't fun, it isn't done here! A favorite decadent chocolate treat I haven't had for well over a year or so, is a chocolate coke float. Like a root beer float, I use coke with chocolate ice cream. I am sure it helped my hair issues, I could swear it was thicker after one or two of them! You know?
Well...stress does affect hair growth immensely so perhaps with the bit of downtake in the stress level, the hair will come to believe "it's safe to come back"?? Rachael is a charming but troublesome child it seems...but beautiful nonetheless. I have forgotten what the "beast" looks like in the original so a bovine would suit me fine. Even with your frustrations you accomplish 10x more than I do. Don't get me started on cravings. ~Robin~
Marly your hair loss can be related to your dry eyes and mouth. And of course the stress of last year too.
As said before, leave Rachel for a while in your project bag and start the one for Carole. When that is finished you will see that Rachel will be finished in no time!
Take care, sending prayers and lots of love, Truus from Holland
Post a Comment