Subversive Cross Stitch

Many years ago, a friend gave me this book called Subversive Cross Stitch. (http://www.amazon.com/Subversive-Cross-Stitch-Julie-Jackson/dp/0811853470/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1443572552&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=subversive+cross+stitch)  It has cute designs with snarky sayings and I loved it.

I finally got to use it to make MyFriend a birthday present.  I wanted to do something a little more elaborate than just the words and a little border, so I adapted a sampler I found in an old cross stitch magazine I had.

Here is the final result, presented to MyFriend on Sunday evening at one of his many birthday celebrations this weekend.  He loves it.

We will frame it, and he can display it somewhere in his house.  He can't wait to show it to his mom, as he thinks she will find it amusing as well.  They are good people.

Now I have to figure out what to do next.  The sweater?  Finish the socks I started?  I need to finish the bee I started for our brother.  I've almost finished all the stitching, then it's just the backstitching to do.  Maybe that's the one to do first.

Yay for finishing!  Even better, I had all the supplies for this except for two colors of floss.  That was nice.

Margie

Too many projects!

I finished my swatch of the sweater for MyFriend.  I think I need to go back and measure and plan a little bit.  I should probably use the actual yarn this time, instead of the test yarn I was using.  I do now know that the pattern works best when making actual cables rather than do the stitch as explained in the pattern.  I need to figure out how to do it without a cable needle to save time.

While waiting to decide what to do with the sweater, I forged ahead with the sock, hoping for the best with the gauge.  If they are small, then Smallest can wear them.  If they are big, then Middle can wear them.  If they are just right, then I will wear them!  So many choices in feet!
I thought I had a sock picture and a swatch picture, but apparently not.  Oh well.

So...now I am working on a project for MyFriend's birthday.  He will be 50 on September 28th.  We had been looking a while back at a silly book I have called Subversive Cross Stitch and he said he would hang one up if I gave him one.  I've taken a very sweet sampler thingie and I'm swapping out the nice words about friendship for "Be my bitch".  I think he will like it.  Here is the beginning.  I had to take out a row of fancy stitches as I used two threads instead of one.

I'll post more pictures as it progresses.  Or maybe just one when it is done.  I'd like to get it framed before his birthday, so I need to finish it quickly!

I am also having a bad case of startitis.  I have a bunch of yarn sitting around and I'm wanting to start all the projects that I've been saving the yarn for.  Part of this has been brought on by finding moths in my closet.  I don't know what they're eating - old sweaters or new yarn - but they're munching on something and I need to go through and clean stuff out!  When I pull things out, I will think about what it's for and want to start on the project, so this will be tough.  Fortunately for me, Ex-Darling is in town this weekend and will have the kids, so MyFriend has some other things to work on while I sort through the stash, plus piles of paper that have accumulated.

Good times!