Still Dotting the Stripes

Still working on the big middle band, but more of it's getting done. 

The Main Drag

Stefan Cel Mare is the main commercial street in Chisinau.  We were walking across it on a Sunday afternoon when I took these pictures.  Andreas wasn't pleased with my timing.  It's a six lane road with a lovely park in front of the cathedral and many shops.  This street also has the national theater and congress on it.

No Where Near...

So, it turns out that I'm no where near done with part five of this!  I've almost done the whole chart, but the instructions now say to turn it over and do the other half of the mandala.  The same is true for part six.  LOTS of stitching!  Since I'm kind of bored with this repeat four times, I'm going to continue on part five while starting part six.  More variety, less boredom.

Time

I ran out of ribbon floss, so it was time to look into the background lettering....

Another Scarf Done

I had some eyelash yarn from Turkey that I bought in Uruguay.  Decided to make something useful with it.  Voila, a scarf!

Stranding Out

The main work this week was on the passionflower.  It's beginning to really take shape.

Thank You Both!

After not getting any mail for a while, we got a whole bunch of it last week.  In the same shipment were these lovely exchange ornaments from Margaret G and Ing!  Aren't they great?  Thank you both so very much!  Now to start hanging ornaments around the house.