Angling Along

I took this piece to my EGA meeting on Monday and got some extra done on it. The double cross stitches are all worked in the same color of Watercolours, but since the instructions say to skip every other and fill in on the second pass, you get a kind of piebald effect to it. That's emphasized by the way the stitches are made - the top stitch changes by placement within the design. I'm not sure yet that I like it this way.

Frame Done-ish

I got the dark blue outline of the frame done this week - now I get to start working on the fun part. Corrected the mistake in the middle, too.

New Part Started

I finally began part four this week - and the beginning looks like a giant black egg outline so far. Hopefully that'll change soon. I'm just so happy to be starting a new part.

The Wheels on the Blackwork Go Clunck, Clunk, Clunk

Another bit of stuff done on band eight. It's a pretty complicated design and I have two more big flowers to add, along with vining. The four small wheels were pretty easy to put in, though I do think I made the wrong choice in using Elegance for this color - it's just too thick. On the other hand, it adds texture.

I'm getting to another stitching wall, though. Here it is nearly halfway through the month and I've not finished anything so far. Last month, I completed nine things! Next month and the month after are going to be slow finish-wise too, since I leave for overseas again in the middle of next month. I'll be doing other things than stitching and enjoying myself, though, so that should be good!

Second Star Started

I received the second part of See the Star last week and started in on it. More colors will show themselves in this part, from the instructions. You just can't see them yet. My husband says that I like making his photography challenging by picking tone on tone colors. I just think it looks good.

Encircling

This green line is the last of the real circles in this piece. After this, I'll be making it square. The measles have really toned down since I've added so much more green.

Up the Tower

Darker colors this week - blackish and brown. I also added a few stitches on part seven, since it was easier to count there than where I'd have to place them on part six. I still feel like I'm making real progress. It's fun to watch the town come together as I stitch.