Seeking green thumb

As I get further and further on this piece, I am realizing there's so much green! Seven of the squares (see grid below; Y = yes, non-green color is finished and N = no, not finished) are either completely done or all the non-green is done. The top left is nearly done, too. And yet there's so much blank space! Crazy.

Y    Y    Y    N

Y    N    Y    Y

N    N    N    Y

I was looking through my photos from the place with sheep, and it was fun to see that my brain likes to take pictures of the same things that I like to build using cross-stitch - here are some of my favorite plants and flowers from the trip!

I've also been picking out a few smaller designs that I could incorporate into presents for people, and there is definitely an overabundance of plants there. A+ for consistency, I guess? 

If only I had someone with a green (cross-stitch) thumb to swoop in and do all the green for me (like Evil Twin is so good at in our actual garden), then I would be practically done with this. :P

- Catherine

  

A stitch in every square

After my last photo, I decided to tackle the blue flowers in the top right square (they're blue, I promise); after I finished those, I used the last of the blue thread on the bottom left corner. I used my last green thread to make progress on the middle bottom squares, and then the remaining three felt so lonely that I needed to put something there. And now I have something in every square! It makes me happy to see them all coming along.

Even better, I got to the store today to buy more green thread. They only had 2 skeins available, so I hope that's enough to finish (rather than have 4 separate dye lots - I have been talking a lot to Middle in the last week about the importance of planning your projects carefully in advance, so I am feeling silly that I didn't buy more green thread earlier). 

I still don't know the destiny of this project - there isn't anyone that seems like an obvious recipient, and the size/shape of it don't immediately suggest a use other than "hang on the wall". I have time to think about it, though - I fortunately get to take a break from plane flights after one more short trip this week, and I will focus my time at home on the quilts.

- Catherine

 

Crafting in the land of the midnight sun

It is fun to see what people in other places do for crafts. I am in a place where there are lots of sheep, so unsurprisingly there are lots of sweaters and little sheep friends made out of the extra wool. However, yesterday we stumbled across a most delightful conglomeration of extra wool and extra fabric - see? Each of these little fellows was different - hair or not, horns or not, smiles or frowns, and all made out of different scraps. It makes me want to play when I get home!

- Catherine 

Travel time

[Note from CG: I wrote this post last Saturday. There has already been more cross-stitching! Will post more tomorrow.]

I have had three plane flights this week, and all of the corresponding airport time too, so lots of cross-stitching! I finished the second block (bottom right) and have made good starts on the two sets of yellow flowers. I am nearly out of the dark green thread again, and still have tons of leaves to do, so I will get 2-3 skeins when I go to the store next.

Fun to see it taking shape! 

- Catherine

Edit: Rotated the image.