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I was working on some fun cross-stitch tonite while watching some dvds. Can you guess who this is? He needs his hair and eyes but he's out of this world. A lot of fun to stitch in just shades of color.

Fun day crafting

Worked hard at crafting today and had tons of fun. This is my December project of the month with the stitching that I had finished. Everythings pressed and ready for a lot of assembly.
Here is the pillow assembled but flat ready for stuffing and embellishments.
It's done!!! It came out really nice. It's hard to get the specialty sparkly threads to show up nice on camera but the snow is velvety and sparkly. Very nice.

From there after a short dinner break it was on the the November project of the month. I beaded the tree, garland and wreath and pressed everything in readiness. I decided not to add the clay stockings that were included. I think they were too flat a texture against all of the sparkly beading and sparkly thread.
Here are the parts after a lot of fitting and glueing. The front is ready to be hand sewn onto the easel back.
Here it is all finished. I was unsure of the bow so it is just stuck in firmly with a really long pin that is hidden.
Now finally a look at the back upon completion. Hurrah, a great day of crafting and finishing. Now since I finished two things I can start something new!! I did work some more on the Rainbow sock last night whilst watching the nailbiting Patriots game. The heel is turned and I am onto the first foot. A great project to do because I find I'm not watching my knitting all of the time. Cool. Ninja Knitting.

Updates and progress

This is a picture of what the December project of the month should look like.
This is what my December pillow looks like at the present. Lots of stitching to go but it is fun to work with all of the specialty threads.
This is how much of the rainbow sock has been knit. I like the color stripes but I think I prefer more patterning in the yarn. I'm using a K3P1 ribbing for good stretchability. The next sock will I think be a more fancy rib pattern or easy cables for a bit of interest.

So to all out there, Happy Crafting!

No pictures

My computer is not near the scanner or the camera today so sorry but no pictures. I worked on the rainbow sock and knit the leg and almost all of the heel flap. Worked on the December needlework project of the month and did more backround stitching.

Happy Days

Had a great day off today. Got lots of exciting stuff done like paying the bills, laundry, dishes and taking out the trash. But then I got to craft. I worked on a needlework "project of the month" for December from Silver Needle. It's going to be a pillow with a snow scene on it. There is a horse pulling a sleigh and its done in specialty threads. It's coming out quite nice. It's been a happy crafting day.

Resting on my laurels

No real crafting happened today, unless you call knitting gauge swatches crafting. It is a necessity though when knitting mystery yarn from the attic stash. I had fun using my new yarn winder to redo balls of yarn, getting them ready to transform themselves into new and exciting something or others. I suspect that socks are going to be a featured product this year. The gauge swatch is the key to success.

Good comments from all the receipients of my labors. That makes all of the hard work worth while.

Happy Holiday Crafting

The holidays were a great sucess and lots of fun. Had a great time with friends and family and all of the crafting paid off big time. I didn't have a lot of time to craft at all. I did cast on a new sock in multicolored rainbow strips and knit just 3 inches.

I did get a ball winder and swift for the holidays. I just finished winding my 1st ball of yarn on the winder. I love it. Now I can split up my yarn balls and rewind a lot of misc yarn in the attic as well as all of the hanks I own. I love knitting from center pull balls (less mess). I also got some wonderfully soft yarn with pattern and knitting needles with kitties on the tops. Oh, so cute. They are going to be fun to knit with.

Back to crafting tomorrow with some socks and maybe even a little needlework. Can't wait for the fun.