Stitch heavy

Glad I omitted the numeric row, and for a 4" sampler (on 46 count), this gal is quite heavy. 

Like the gal stitching her.

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That wasn't bad at all

Not a match or lighter in sight, calm as could be.  The stitches removed easily as did the red fuzz left behind.  Very surprised.  I didn't use the Lift n Snip, just picked each stitch in reverse order and it was painless.

This sampler felt familiar and I realized the top and right side borders were also in BBD's Ooh la la book, top and bottom.  Four different borders, loose alpha, and red.  One of my favorite finishes, love that entire book.

First time doing the pin stitch, didn't remember that the floss is to be split, but on 46 it probably is a given.  Also felt foolish that I was executing it horizontally when diagonal would be much nicer, less bulk.  And it is.

The numeric row is being omitted, I want the piece shorter.  But it also draws my eye to it, sort of detracts from the motifs and borders, I guess because of the tighter placement.  So it's out.

Hope to finish soon, several other smalls are waiting for me.  As for 46 count stitching, I never considered an attempt since it seemed impossible.  My close vision has become bad enough to not allow any reading, even large print, without correction.  But 4.0 magnifiers, my contact lens, and focused lighting is working.  Wearing my prescription glasses instead of contacts, I use a magnifier lamp.  Darker linens are a struggle and avoided in that count.  Progress is slower of course and errors off one linen thread need frequent checks.  The first few stitches are harder until my eyes adjust, and surprisingly, they do.  But once started and adjusted, it has to be completed without switching back and forth with a lower count project.

Have a good day!

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The right way and the wrong way

This is the wrong way and I still do it.

Why would I not continue working the entire border which would catch errors?  Instead, I stopped the single straight row which allowed a one linen thread error in the center area to go unnoticed.  

The needle shows where it begins and I've tried several options to hide this but it didn't work.  The outline row makes it obvious since it aligns one thread (rather than two) from the center stitching and that linen thread happens to be a very very thin one.  There are a few thick threads on this fabric but unfortunately, not there.  So it smooshes together.  I started from the bottom to meet up with the outline, found the error, and already removed those stitches.

Suck it up girl.  Frogging 46 count with pin stitch starts will be frustrating, but not as frustrating as failing to learn from my mistakes. 

I stitch in hand but found that high count such as this 46 is easier to see when slightly stretched on a hoop.  Every little bit helps and I like the spring hoop for ease of use, but it is a little heavy.

Have a good day.

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Already in love

More stitching in the borders than I like but I love this baby red sampler.

I was finally given results of my echo done in December.  There was no report filed, and the hospital being sold caused a real issue.  But the cardio office went to the old (previous) system's program found on a laptop and was able to retrieve the images.  There will be no dialog or report and I trust the doctor that viewed them in absence of a radiologist.  Very relieved to hear they felt it was normal.  That's a term that seldom refers to me.

The upper body osteo surgeon is seeing me in a week regarding my right arm and hand, still can't move my ENT appointment for vertigo up from August.  I call every two days checking for cancelations.  They did refer me to a PT office, no vestibular therapist locally but they send all patients to this one facility.

I am still looking for a surgeon willing to work on my extruded two tear meniscus.  Trying to correct that before agreeing to a total knee replacement sounds reasonable but they don't bother with that here.  

So that's the medical minutes report for today!  

 

March is quickly leaving isn't it?  Seems like it just arrived.

Be safe folks.

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2025 Finish #5

 Too many color (and other) changes on this 36 count to mention.  One vase and bird were left out to create a tighter drum, but haven't decided if that will be or a finish as small pillow/pincushion.

Vertigo caused another lost day, but I am upright and being careful today.  Kim mentioned this sweet small in a post and I immediately ordered. 

On 46 count with dmc 22, it will be a tiny finish.

Enjoy your day, be safe.

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Berry pleased

It bugs me when motifs are so wonky. 

The basket on the top right had an extra row causing the berries to not be centered (I made fat berries to compensate).  This center basket had them up one, down one, less rows, misaligned, and the greenery way off on all edges.

This was enough to make me look for matches, but I was too lazy to look for them.  I decided to stitch berries without the chart, align the best I could, and then fill the greenery.  Would have been easier to graph the change first, but again, lazy.

Bingo. 

Problem resolved.  Hopefully the greenery will go as well.

Enjoy your day.

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