A little knitting

Well, I'm delving into knitting to add to my repertoire. I will be working on HAED design, which I will post a little later, but for now, here is my Roxanne Mystery Shawl.

My almost weekly update.

I worked on my Rosewood this past week. Here are the latest pics.

The design is beautiful. I loved doing the stitch under the first square, the one that looks like a feather. I thought the sheen of the floss was excellent with this stitch. DMC really does shine.

On a reading note, I'm currently reading Cotillion by Georgette Heyer, a wonderful regency author. I'm also reading Ramage by Dudley Pope, a seafaring book. Surprisingly enough, I'm quite enjoying this one, but then again, I've read most of the Horatio Hornblower books.

Here it is, at last. .

I finally was able to snap a photo of the sampler. After making my way through the eyelets, I moved down to the peacocks. What an absolute lovely colour that teally-green is. Simply beautiful. I'm sure the picture does NOT do it justice. This part is rather straight-forward. Simple cross stitches, no specialty ones.

Hhhmmm

HAs anyone noticed I've begun most of my posts with "OK"? Highly annoying. I've been working on my TGOS sampler. Almost done with the eyelet alphabet. I will post my picture when I finish that alphabet. I must say, if you don't like eyelet stitch, you might want to think of substituting a different stitch for this, say, a smyrna cross, or just plain cross stitch.

Wow, this is late! And a new one, at that!

OK, now I'm going to be alternating weekly, what design I'm stitching on. This past week, it has been a Rosewood Manor design called Antique Tin Tiles. It's quite lovely, and seems to be working up quite quickly.

It's a large design, so we'll see how much I can get done on my next week, this one being dedicated to TGOS Sampler.

A new update

OK, here is my latest on the TGOS Companion Scottish Sampler.

The Eyelets definitely take longer. I have to be very careful that no threads are carrying over the opening. Trying to keep it completely clear takes a little thought, especially when starting and ending a thread.

I find I also have to drop my needle more often. I must twist it as I pull the eyelet open.

Algerian Eyelets

OK, here is my progress as of today. I have started the Algerian Eyelet letters. This is a little slow going, because I have to be careful about nothing covering up the opening that is made in the center. They do look nice in the overdyed floss.