Stairsteps

I've gotten the outline of the middle element done; now it's time to get everything else around it started. With this part complete, though, I shouldn't have to worry about having things out of place by much - I hope.

Back to Brown

One last brown week, it seems. I did a lot of brown next to the completed house and got most of the other brown houses done. it seems several houses will finish quickly and together - hopefully somewhat soon.

Thank you Cindi!

Remember I made a tin for a tin swap last month? Well... Cindi drew my name to send one to, and she made a beautiful one! This is it, in four pictures. Thank you so much, Cindi! I love it.

She also put some goodies inside. I don't tat, so the tatted things are such a beautiful mystery to me. I'm sure I'll find a use for them. Thank you for the motifs and threads and beads and thread holder!

Not Flagging Yet

I had to do some frogging this week, right at the bottom. The darker patch that was there was off by one row, so it -all- had to get ripped out. On the other hand, I got some work on the flounce on the side done and lots of white-ish panel done. I'm still not flagging in my effort to complete it.

Shorn Sharr

A week ago, my Mattie the Sharrvelous had hip surgery. She had what is called an FHO because she had severe hip dysplasia. As you can see, they made her ugly for a bit! She looks really funny with all that area hairless. It's even more starkly disconcerting in person.

Mattie's healing well and is putting a little weight on her leg. Hopefully, she'll be terrorizing deer again soon.

Stitching Along with Marquoir

This week I started another project with the Marquoir group. They started it about two months ago, but I wanted to get caught up, or at least finish the Spring Mystery, before starting more. This is the first part of Kaleidoscope Mandala from Ink Circles. Tracy Horner, the designer and owner of Ink Circles, graciously allowed us access to it. I'm doing it in the original colors but in Vikki Clayton's silks.

Doesn't Look Like Much

Because there were looooong lines this week, it doesn't look like much progress. There were as many stitches as usual. They just didn't result in more than a line or two of progress down the pattern.