Restart

I've now restarted the punto antico biscornu.  It's all in blue this time!  I'm using some of the Weeks Dye Works thread I won.  This is the two ply floss.  It's definitely not nearly as bulky as the Watercolours.

Yet Another Start

This one I'm not working on much yet either, but I did manage to start it.  It's Odds n Ends from Tam's Creations, and is the new Sticklounge logo.  People are doing it in all kinds of colors.  Me?  I'm just doing the pink on blue thing.  It's going to be in my regular rotation of Sticklounge projects, but I just haven't put it there yet.

Resamplered

I'm working on the second part now and have it partially done.  It's been going slow because I don't get to it every day.  On the other hand, it -is- making progress.

Beribboned

The light part of the ribbon is now done, which is yet more progress.  I've also done more gold and more brown.  Shocking.  If I ever get a break in my stitchalongs (ie, catch up to the point where I don't have an immediate deadline), this will become the project I work on daily, just to get it done.  It's so close.

One of Two Done

I completed one of the two parts I was given this time, and I've made a good start on the other.  I still love the way this is coming out.

Started a New Row

I started part nine.  I've got it and part ten to do.  They'll hopefully go pretty quickly.  Despite its size, the stitching tends to go fast for me.

Antique Market Finds

Sunday before last, we went to the antique market.  Why?  Because I was told that putting all my jewelry in the drawer randomly was not going to continue.  So I saw an idea in Martha Stewart and agreed to that instead of having to get a jewelry chest.  It's using little antique dishes as jewelry holders in the drawer.  This picture shows the first three dishes ... and three handmade barrettes that we bought on the way to the antique market.

And this is what Andreas bought in the booth next to the barrettes - he's been looking for a good knife from here.

This is a picture of it unsheathed.  Unlike most of the knives around here, the blade's forged instead of stamped.

And the steampunk finds....their fronts

and backs.