Hi folks. After two days of sitting in facilities for nephew and brother, I spent today at home. Many of those hours were used for the berry topper, and wasted.
No green looks even slightly appealing with this thread color. I used the gray/green fabric in the previous post, sewn into leaves with wrong sides together. Faint blue pattern, the right side was too strong. But then I tried for the top and am not pleased with the wool stem. I know .... good enough. No it's not.
I'll remove, keep those leaves, add a round cap of the same fabric over the top to hide the center. Love the thread color, but didn't test green with it. Any other monochrome berries or pears in the future will have topper chosen before stitching.
My unnerving palps are constant now. In a few weeks we will have a place that offers PET stress testing. New, no false positives, 3d image of heart. But no treadmill, the medication that makes your heart act as if you ran a marathon. Not fun.
Hope all is well.
Edited to add. I just read the story about the Ross Farm in PA losing all their sheep and lambs to a horrific fire. She also lost her son end of last year. Heritage and rare breed sheep is her wool business from what I understand. My heart will ache for those sweet animals for some time. Visit her website https://www.therossfarm.com/ to donate for rebuilding or to purchase her yarn.
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