Winter Brew

Delightful!  I love it.   For those of you wondering about the difference in some neutrals, this may help a little.

All 35/36 count

Far left - R&R Winter Brew
Second from left - Lambswool
Third from left - unbleached natural
Right edge, Weeks Dye Works Beige

The overdyed threads from Colour & Cotton are very nice, very subtle.  I don't think there would be a problem wondering if colors would have radical variations if ordering online.

Have a good day!!

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I said six feet!

No one listens to me.

Another rainy morning.

Its always a good day when your border meets.  The pink dog at the top was to be carrying the basket and the date stitched to its left.  I don't like current dates so I've omitted and moved the basket over to compensate.  Not much left to do before starting the house which I'm sure will take some time.

Mark is out for the weekly shopping, I am still not well enough and shouldn't be spreading my germs.  No testing. Not necessary.  No fever and am improving.  

We're painting the trim on the second level and changing the door hardware to black.  My knobs on the first floor were purchased long ago from Emtek, black wrought iron, but are very pricey today.  So I opted for black with a similar rectangular rosette in a standard knobset.  I will try to sell the other oil rubbed bronze from Emtek that we are replacing.  Whoops.  I forgot about that blue project case I was to offer.  I think I boxed it for shipment and if I don't see something, I will forget about it entirely.

Stay safe.

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Delivered

Didn't expect two orders in one day and so soon!   My small linen piece is the same as I ordered a few years back, Lambswool in 35 count.  My older one is lighter and pinker, the new one (same color) is darker and nicer.  Here's the difference in the old and new, I like them both.

And this is Lambswool compared to Weeks Dye Work's Beige.  One of my favorites, it leans toward green, even more than this photo.  I'm anxious to see the Winter Brew in a few days.

I adore Nash's Paisley and always have.  Lots of fill-in stitching which is fine.  All the samplers will be great and one will be chosen for the next project.  Paisley will be a summer project, easy to stitch while relaxing on a swing.

Hannah Jenkinson from Nash (photo from Country Sampler) will be stitched on a lighter linen than called for.  

The only disappointment is the Hinkling chart.  It is high quality paper and the detailed chart is over 10 pages, very nice.  But one color is a very light gray and I really can't see it unless pulled close to my face.  Even then the satin stitch lines are almost unreadable so I have to choose a color and fill this in myself.  Do not like marking a chart but the faint lines will not transfer to a working copy (which looks like a child's coloring book when I'm done).  

I love this sampler and I think it will be stitched next. 

Have a good day buds!!  Be well.

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Finds

A piece of R&R's Winter Brew 17 x 27.  It took a while since the online shops I use were all out of stock, but there was one piece left at Cardinal Needleworks 

https://www.cardinalneedleworks.com/pages/test

so I jumped on it before I had a chance to browse their other products.  It's happened to me before, when I took my time with an order and lost out so I clicked that Place Order button quickly.  This morning, I see that they dye their own linen and also threads, Colour and Cottons

https://www.colourandcotton.com/pages/about-us

Their threads are DMC based and 8 yard skeins of one yard lengths.  Never knew about this company, will be browsing this afternoon.

Another place I found the Winter Brew is Ye Olde Cross Stitchery if you've been looking for a piece.

https://www.yeoldecs.com/detail.cfm?ID=53871

As for threads, in addition to Colour and Cotton there are also Valdani 6 ply colorfast in 10 yard skeins.  This site has them on sale for $2.69 and many other shops carry them also. 

https://www.embroidery.com/valdani6ply-skeins.ec?efid=3260

 Great selection of colors.  The shop in Boardman has the full line and the colors are rich and gorgeous.  Don't know when she will open again but I may email to see if she could mail them.  I've ordered 10 yard cards of GAST before but I can't say if all their colors are offered as such.  Someone on FB mentioned a company's overdyed floss and they were impressed, but I didn't write it down.  You know how that goes.

I found another skein hiding on the ring and I think this one will work very nicely with the 3777 I've already used, so I'm good to go.  Any red I order without seeing will be a shot in the dark.  The brownish threads would do well for the people pants but since there isn't much variation I don't know if it would be noticeable in such a small area.  Probably won't remove and restitch, but we'll see.

This week's mail will yield NWP's EF 1836-1837, 

Stacy Nash's Hannah Jenkinson sampler, 

Lucy Beam's Family Sampler,

Stacy Nash's Paisley (animal crackers)

WDW Lambswool linen

Gigi R's Mary Ann Hickling sampler

R&R Winter Brew linen.

My lymph nodes are now larger than my boobs.  But that really doesn't take much to do.  New round of antibiotics since I am worse, but no fever.  In fact, this morning I was 91.1.  You think the battery may be running down?

I tried to reply directly to some of you that asked a question but remember, you're no-reply.  I tried my best to reply through blogs or here but I've not heard back from several.  If you expected a reply and never received one, please understand I can't if you don't email me directly.

Making progress on this small piece and happy to not be holding a large piece of linen in hand!  Also enjoying one thread since I am a sloppy and tension-ed stitcher.  My new fabrics are 36 count, I think I'm pushing it if I attempt 40, but the coverage still isn't that great.  Maybe because I'm coming away from two threads and expecting too much of that skinny single strand.

Stay safe everyone!  Sit outside and take in fresh air, nice deep breaths.  If I do that, it initiates a cough that sounds like an elk calling for a mate while stepping on a goose.  The cats lay low on high alert and start looking for a predator.  Silly animals.  My nephew's company (steel) shut down and laid of all employees once the stimulus package was signed.  He can't sit still for two minutes so this will be much harder for someone like him.  

Be well and stay safe.

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Reds!

Hi folks.  Hope everyone is well.  I sound like an elk calling in a mate while stomping on a goose.  No fever.  Without a fever, you aren't tested.  Mistake?  Who knows for sure, but I will check will my doc again tomorrow.  I'm not sick, just the throat and chest, sleeping a lot, so I'm not concerned.  I have an antibiotic (chewable!) and I started on that already.  How are you and your families?  Any concerns, colds, flu?

I am working on 35 count and doing OK, but I don't think the coverage is as good as I expected.  The WDW Beige linen is perfect for the threads.  The called for Winter's Brew (R&R) is listed as similar to DMC 612 on 123's site.  DMC 611 is used throughout the sampler so I would think that thread would not show at all, but it's very pronounced on the model.  I'm sure some linen pieces are lighter, some darker than that, and ordering online offers no choice.  

I've already changed two colors, the 611 to 610 for the clothing and and 3859 to 407 for the flesh.  Very subtle change.  GAST Pomegranate is the charted red used throughout or DMC 3777 which I've used so far.  But the house?  I want a variegated thread and my closest reds are Mulberry or Buckeye Scarlet.  One is too purple and the other very bright.  I'm not ordering the Pomegranate or any other GAST without seeing it.  Too many skeins dramatically different from others of the same name.  

These Mulberry skeins are subtle and very nice.  One Scarlet skein is pink, one bright, one is like yarn.  The twist is loose, fibers are raised, and none of the three are noticeably shaded.  I will order several (Valdani?) online today between naps and wait until they arrive before deciding on the house red.
EDIT- OMG!! It IS yarn!!  It's wool!!

And speaking of arrivals ... has anyone received or heard about Amercan Country magazine yet?  Emails, texts, no replies. 

The brats are doing OK.  Nit's hair is growing back on his ear except for the scar, but still curled in.  He smacked Petey a few times yesterday and Petey backed up.  Poor guy is trying so hard to be a part of the gang and I think he is making progress.  They were all peacefully napping on the deck yesterday.  He was a big bruiser when he arrived and ate like a horse.  He had round worms and received the medication in his food over a month ago.  Now he is much thinner and hardly eating at all, even fancy shmancy canned food.

Stay well and be careful!  I think this will be longer than expected.

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houses

helpful drink

start

ordered sampler

Mary Ann Hickling 1809, Gigi R

had. to. have.

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