Working Outward

I got the third set of bands done now.  It's filling up fast!

Yay! Officially on Seven

I'm finally officially on part seven of this piece.  It's only been three and a half years since I started it, and I've worked pretty steadily on it.  Of course, I have a lot of other projects, but still.  I'm slow.  Although they look quite similar, there are differences in the four sides.  The top edge of this side is definitely different from its predecessor.  It's nice to have something different to look forward to on this.

New (to me) Magazines

On the same trip as the bead shop, we stopped into a news stand on the Plaza Independencia.  It had a -lot- of magazines, including a lot of crafts ones.  All were in Spanish, but they're pretty easy to understand.  I picked up these five.  All have projects I want to do in them.

Back to the Kaleidoscope

Another stitchalong in progress, since I completed the other part of the German Group Mystery.  This one's the Kaleidoscope Mandala, and I've made some pretty significant progress in just a couple of days.

Gray and Green

It's taken me a while to get through the rotation this last time, so it's been almost a month since you've seen this.  I did get some of a shutter done, some of the roof, and a bit of the sidewalk.  A looong way to go still, but it'll get there.

Beads!

On Friday, we were walking along Montevideo's main drag - 18 de Julio - and came across this little hole in the wall bead shop.  It had lots of stuff packed in, from strings of polished uneven gemstones to seed beads to novelty stuff.

And this is what I bought, for under eight dollars.  The bag of seed beads is half a kilo, and the baggies had a lot of beads in them - each of the baggies under a dollar.  I'll definitely be going back when I have more time.

A Quick Stitch

I only started this toward the end of December, but I'm already mostly done.  It's only got the outer outline to go.  I just have to decide if I want it in variegated blue or in purple.