This week’s cross-stitch update and our trip to Florida last weekend go hand-in-hand.
When we travel by car, I
like an easy project to stitch that doesn’t require a lot of counting and
something that I can do on Aida or evenweave. As it happened, Primrose Cottage released
their free chart for January the day before we started traveling.
Chart: Sweetly Sayin’
Fabric: 16 count Aida, white by Wichelt
Floss: All from my stash; Classic Colorworks
and Cosmo
I’ve pulled some Valentine
fabrics and will fully finish it this weekend.
Why did we go to Florida?
Well, remember when I told you about the embroidery machine hubby gave me for
my birthday here? I mentioned that I once had a machine
that didn’t work very well. When we were in the process of selling our Florida
house, I didn’t think my embroidery threads
would do well in storage. I offered them to my best friend. We agreed that she
would use them until I got another machine. If I never replaced the machine,
then she could keep them.
I did get another machine so...
I have almost every color
of Floriani embroidery thread.
They are stored in boxes of drawers that are numbered by the Floriani chart.
Now I am ready to dig into
my fabric scraps and start creating some fun projects.
There is one more bit of
creativity that I haven’t shared yet.
Our town’s “Ice Fest” is scheduled
for the end of the month. See my post here for a previous Ice
Fest event.
Visit Haywood is an
organization that promotes local tourism and small businesses in our community.
Our local yarn store asked for volunteer knitters to make a scarf that would be
sold in the Visit Haywood booth. All proceeds go to promoting Waynesville’s
small businesses.
The yarn store provided yarn
and the free chart.
Malabrigo Rasta One Skein Scarf by Kaity Fraker
Other than that, I’ve been enjoying walks around the lake, as our winter weather has turned mild. The swans are back and entertaining as ever.
See you soon,
