Nearly There

I'm still working on the last bit of band eight. The way the separated soy luster shreds, it's amazing I have any hair left. I've got just a little bit more to go and then I'll never separate the stuff again.

The Green Line Grows

This week, both the green line and the light green squiggles (okay, leaves) grew around the outer border. It's getting close to completion and I might go ahead and put things aside to finish it this week.

Just In Time

The next part of See the Star comes out this evening, and I completed it before it does. Something I'm not behind on, yay! I like the way the colors are coming together, and I hope to keep up to date with this one.

Charity Heart

I caved and started something else this week, but it's small and for a good cause. Elke, one of the owners of the Marquoir group, is taking hearts drawn by children and turning them into cross stitch designs. She has 31 of these and they're to be used for a German children's charity. I volunteered for one, and ended up getting two. This is the start of the first one. Since the picture on Saturday, I've almost completed this one. You can see more on her blog. Hopefully, this one will be done today.

A Bit of Blue

With my fondness for overdyed floss, is it a wonder I switched out a lot of the original colors of this for overdyed? I'm liking the results so far. This is still part three, and there's a bit more of it to do before Tuesday, as the new part comes out on Wednesday. I should have it done easily.

We didn't go anywhere this weekend; my host got sick, and though he wanted to travel, I refused to let him do so with a fever. Instead, we went over to someone else's house and played Pax Britannica. It was interesting, being the US in the late part of the nineteenth century. Yes, I'm a real geek. I play war games. I doubt many of you do, because it's one of those rare traits. I did work on this during the Congresses of Europe where the US wasn't invited. Got quite a bit of stitching done.

Getting a Leg Up (or Down)

Bibi's coming along. This week I did some white again and black. The black line going down is the front of Bibendum's leg on the bicycle. I'm definitely over halfway on him now, and the big white guy's end is in sight.

Another Building Rising

Well, more brown and more red brick this week on the buildings. You can see the right hand building next to the center taking shape. It's still fun and is coming along slowly but prettily, I think.