I cheated on my....cross stitch! At least I felt like I had.
These last few days I have been spending time on my knitting. I even had a master class with my mother on Saturday. The reason for this was because I held the needles in a peculiar manner and was quite slow. So I decided that if I worked on my technique then I would improve. I am glad to say that the practice has been paying off - I made a tea cosy (I need a tea pot in order to finish it off) and am half way through a knitted Santa. I can see straight away that the tension is better, and that my knitting speed is increased. I am really happy with the progress and will post a pic of Santa (and his cute nose) when he is finished (any day now).
When I woke up this morning I felt guilty, I seem to have inherited my fathers catholic guilt without being a catholic. I thought I should be stitching when I was knitting and when knitting thought I should be stitching. So to try and make up for it I stitched a snowman today. I was going to put him in a card but I think he would make a great ornament. I found the pattern in a Joan Elliott book (I am a fan - lol!) and thought I would give it a go. After I started it I realised that I didn't have the exact colours or any gold beads. So as usual I made do with the colours I had and used some blue beads - I thought they would pass as snow better than the red ones I have!
So here is a pic of the little man and when I have finished off making him into an ornament I will post it again. I better get back to knitting Santa - he is armless and legless, mittenless, topless and hatless!
These last few days I have been spending time on my knitting. I even had a master class with my mother on Saturday. The reason for this was because I held the needles in a peculiar manner and was quite slow. So I decided that if I worked on my technique then I would improve. I am glad to say that the practice has been paying off - I made a tea cosy (I need a tea pot in order to finish it off) and am half way through a knitted Santa. I can see straight away that the tension is better, and that my knitting speed is increased. I am really happy with the progress and will post a pic of Santa (and his cute nose) when he is finished (any day now).
When I woke up this morning I felt guilty, I seem to have inherited my fathers catholic guilt without being a catholic. I thought I should be stitching when I was knitting and when knitting thought I should be stitching. So to try and make up for it I stitched a snowman today. I was going to put him in a card but I think he would make a great ornament. I found the pattern in a Joan Elliott book (I am a fan - lol!) and thought I would give it a go. After I started it I realised that I didn't have the exact colours or any gold beads. So as usual I made do with the colours I had and used some blue beads - I thought they would pass as snow better than the red ones I have!
So here is a pic of the little man and when I have finished off making him into an ornament I will post it again. I better get back to knitting Santa - he is armless and legless, mittenless, topless and hatless!
Guilt is a funny thing, especially of the religious variety! I was Christened Catholic and raised Southern Baptist! No wonder I'm not religious now, but man does that guilt still linger!
ReplyDeleteI tried so hard to learn to knit and crochet, but I just couldn't get it, that's how I started cross-stitching, it was a last ditch effort by my Step-grandma to teach me something, so congrats on learning!!
LOL! You're so funny. Cute snowman, and now.... where are pics of your knitting? ;)
ReplyDeleteI like the blue beads. He looks great!
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Vey cute snowman Kate :-) He will make a great ornament.
ReplyDeleteLove the blog Kate. As I both knit and stitch, I do a bit of both each day, mornings usually for knitting or through the day where I can pick it up and leave it down and then evenings for stitching, this I find helps ease the guilt a bit lol. Love the snowman, he's very cute and would make a terrific ornament.
ReplyDeleteYour snowman looks cute. Great job!
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