Nearly Halfway

I've got pretty much all of the blue on the top part of this corner before turning it done. Now to put the gold in and really get that area looking like it should. This one will be staying in my rotation. It's what I've worked on the longest, and deserves to be worked on more.

Nearly Arched

I am almost done with the left hand arch. I'd run out of the metallic thread I've been using, else it'd be finished. Found some, so it will be done next time I work on it, after the Christmas blitz. Had to do some frogging on the right side; the pots were all off by one stitch. That's fixed now, though.

Frogs

I'm working on this one every day now, doing two lengths of floss each time. It's getting there. Since this picture was taken Friday night, I've practically finished frog number two. My son still hasn't really seen it or figured out who it's for, but he is a teenaged male...

Remember This?

I started stitching this (it's called Buttonholes and Bargello) almost exactly a year ago and finished it, according to earlier entries, early February. My husband finished framing it yesterday. Didn't he do a good job? He designed and made the frame himself. He orders the mats, too, picking the colors he wants to use. I think he did a really good job. We're not sure if we're keeping this one or giving it away.

Starfles Done

I got the second row of starfles done this week, and started the next band, which has lots and lots and lots of Jessica stitches - in slippery Marlitt. This one's getting set aside for the Christmas blitz, though, so it'll be a few weeks before much more progress is made.

Yarn Stash

When we went to New Hampshire at the beginning of the month, I not only bought quilting and stitching supplies, I bought yarn from the shop next door. The purple/blue/green/white stuff will be used to make an afghan. The single skein of blues and teals I'm going to use in a future needlepoint project.

Another Chicken

Really, the round robin that I started with my planets was not a poultry one. Not that you can tell from what I've been working on with it. This is the last one I will, and it was at my house before the round robin was cancelled. I feel an obligation to work on it before sending it back. It's rather bigger than any of the others, and it's got no empty spaces in the square - everything's stitched. On top of that, no sign of my planets yet, and still no sign of the autumn exchange I was supposed to get. That was to have been mailed on September 15th. I mailed mine before then. Not even an acknowledgement that it has come. For those reasons ... well, I'm glad it's coming to an end. I don't like dealing with people who do not fulfill their obligations. It's one of my biggest peeves.