Hey, this is kind of fun...

[neotoma]

So, I totally wimped out yesterday, and did *not* try to go to the Inaugural Parade. Which is just as well, as my coming down with hypothermia or pneumonia would have been a bad outcome for a lovely (but *freezing!*) day.

Instead, I went to twistedchick's place, armed with an apple cake -- substituting half the sugar with 3/4 of a cup of honey is apparently the key to making it orgasmic, who knew? --and watched the Inauguration with her and her spousal unit.

As we were waiting for something to actually happen, she asked if I wanted a cross-stitch needlework kit -- a Welsh Leek miniature card kit from The Textile Heritage Collection. Oddly enough, I had packed my cross-stitch needles and notions, in the vague idea that I would get some work done on the kit my mother passed off to me over the Christmas holidays. And I had The New Cross-Sticher's Bible by Jane Greenoff that I picked up by luck on Sunday. So...

I got about half of it done over the course of a day.



It really is easy like everyone said! And since I'm working with a tiny project, I'll get it finished by Sunday, and get a nice set of accomplishment out of it.

I already have another miniature cross-stich kit (a Finding Nemo, of all thing. It was cute, and cheap), and I could probably find a few more to get the hang of this. I want to work up to this cross-stitched panel for a tote, using up some of the kilo of pink I have, and getting confidant enough to eventually tackle the Sonne Spotte pattern from Long Dog Samplers that I have (9 pages of charts, over 30 different colors... eek!)

Comments

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Where do you get those kits locally? I think I'd like to get the other country/flower card kits.

And I know all about the GreatHonking Project. There's a reason I haven't finished the Swans Jacket in two years. It's too big to carry easily now -- also, I'm afraid of it, because it's a steaked project and if I mess it up, it's unfixable.

[wabbitseason.livejournal.com]

I've seen them in the local needlework stores. I know mostly the Virginia based ones like Needlewoman East in Falls Church and Scarlet Thread now in Great Falls. I don't think I've seen them in general craft stores like Michaels/Jo Anns/AC Moore.

All my needlework is over here (http://pics.livejournal.com/hildy/gallery/0000r1sq) in this gallery. I need to get back to my projects soonish, especially the Celtic SAL.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Do you know of any stores in DC proper? Virginia is a bit far for me to go, especially if it's off the Metro very far...