Changing Seasons (Fox and Rabbit MSAL) /2

The February section of the Fox and Rabbit 2022 MSAL is just beautiful, and I used various combinations of greens--and used one thread each of a different color for gradients--to stitch my version of the greenery. I'd like to learn new stitches and use them this year, though I didn't manage that in the Feb …

Changing Seasons (Fox and Rabbit MSAL) /1

I've made very little progress on the January section of this MSAL, and it's not surprising. I spent most of my hobby time on the personal coding project that I'd started last month, and didn't stitch much. (I've almost completed the coding project, though, so I guess the arty hobbies will rise to power again.) …

Floss and Fabric

The Fabric The new Aida fabric that I ordered for the Fox and Rabbit 2022 MSAL, while I was still mulling over whether I'm going to join, arrived some time ago. (Spoiler: I joined the MSAL. Kinda.) In my experience, shops and sellers don't care much about the intended usage of fabric; they usually don't …

Linen and Threads MSAL 2021 – Wall Hanging

Happy New Year to you! Hope 2022 brings you health and joy, and of course, lots of crafting and arting! 🙂 Just when the year started, I made a wall hanging out of my Linen and Threads MSAL project. I loved the process, and love how it turned out! I started the process by removing …

Linen and Threads MSAL 2021 /11

The final section of my Linen and Threads MSAL 2021 is now done! When I shortlisted sets of colors for this section, I decided to overlay them on an image of the entire project, so I know they fit the overall theme. None of them did, however (I'm not surprised) so I ended up tweaking …

Linen and Threads MSAL 2021 /10

I'm happy to have finally finished the November section, since I just hadn't been able to devote much time to it during November. It was actually December when I made the last stitch in this section, way after I downloaded the December chart and was wondering whether I liked the colors I came up for …

My First Pair of Socks

I knit my first pair of socks! I used Hermione's Everyday Socks as the base pattern (thanks Alissa for the suggestion), but of course I made changes, since that's what I do. Sock on the right shows the thumb side I watched a few sock videos first to make sense of terms in the pattern, …

SAL Progress (And a Finish)

Here's a quick update on my stitchy projects - Halloween MSAL I had a lot of fun stitching this project (design by Stitchonomy.) To summarize--I made a miniature version of it on 11-count Aida cloth by stitching 4 stitches per square. I finished the project by making a Halloween-themed mixed media frame, which was totally …

Friday Finishes: Cotswolds Sweater, Handy Bag

I have two yarny finishes for today's update, and I'm super-pleased with both! Cotswolds Sweater (pattern by Laura Hulslander) I finished knitting the body some time back, and had kept the project aside for blocking. However, it doesn't look like I'll get the blocking done anytime soon, and I asked my sis to click a …

Linen & Threads and Halloween MSALs

My stitchy projects are progressing well. The yarny ones, not so much, but I hope to get more time for them in the later half of the month. Linen and Threads MSAL - September section I managed to finish this section of the MSAL just when the month was about to end. I love how …