I have been doing a LOT of cross stitching during the past three months. Oh, I'm so happy to be back into it! Most of what I have worked on are still incomplete: usually I only like to show my finishes, but I think that will have to change if I want semi-regular blog content! I participated in Stitch Maynia this year: I had fourteen new starts and love every one of them. I was happy to get back to my regular works-in-progress at the end of the month though.
One thing I did finish was this sweet design above from Danybrod. Bluet, Marguerite, Coquelicot. The flowers are just so summery, and each colour represents the stripes on the French flag. A perfect stitch in anticipation of our trip to France next month!
Crochet has taken a back seat to my cross stitching this year. I think I may have burnt myself out on it from the two years where that's all I wanted to do. It bothers my shoulder as well, so a break is probably a good thing. I even considered selling off my yarn stash: thankfully I realized that was just the gremlins talking and instead just boxed it up to keep the dust off of it. One day I will get it all out again and it will be like the best yarny Christmas ever!
I do try to keep just one crochet project on the go: I pick it up occassionally and put in a few stitches. No deadlines for finishing and slowly, slowly things come to completion.
I call these Porch and Patio wraps. They are made from easy care, washable acrylic yarn; perfect for early morning coffee on the patio or late night sitting by a camp fire. The pattern is really easy and mindless, but I think the finished piece looks more complicated than it is. I used two skeins of Caron Big Cakes for each shawl: 'Nightberry' for the shawl on the left and 'Blue Hawaiian' for the shawl on the right. You can find the pattern here: https://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-2-cake-shawl-pattern/
Happy days,
Jenn
