I am SO loving this piece! Not only is it easy to stitch, but it is fun too! In my opinion, all of my modifications are shaping up to make this a really cute and unique piece.
Here is my latest progress: At about 14 hours, it is about 52% complete:
So, I will try not to make this just another boring weather report… Anyway, the last few days have been really cold and foggy here in the Munich area. You know that old saying about how the fog is so thick you could cut it with a knife? Yeah, that kind of fog.
Apparently, we have been under some sort of “inversion layer,” and as a consequence it has been colder and foggier down here at 500 meters than it has been up in the Alps. However, the most interesting aspect of this phenomenon is the layer of frost we have received.
It started out some days ago just as a general frost. The grass was white when I got up in the morning, but because of the fog and lack of sun, instead of melting off later in the day, it stuck around. Day after day the frost kept sticking and the result was the last two or three days everything is so covered in frost it looks like it snowed! (As far as I know, there was no snow reported here anyway.) Even if it did snow, however, the majority of the white stuff on the trees, the grass, and everything else is frost. You can tell it is frost, because if you look at it up close, you can see the crystals. It is really quite neat.
This morning it looked to be sunny and clear for the first time since the “frosting” occurred. Since it is still cold, the sun isn’t melting the frost off things too quickly and in the shade the frost is still quite thick. I have seen this type of “frosting” before, but seldom does it last in the sunshine, so before it warmed up too much, I thought I would take some pictures.
This is my favorite:
Yesterday I stitched for about four hours (not non-stop, I did take a break to eat, mind you) on “You are never too old for a Teddy Bear,” most of which was done with DMC 987.
This piece is stitching up pretty quickly because it doesn’t have a lot of color changes. As I said, this actually calls for Kreinik threads, but since I don’t have any, I am making adjustments. The greens (DMC 987 and 3818) that I chose are looking wonderful and the cream-colored bear is so cute. On the pattern, the dragon’s tummy is supposed to be black, but I thought a golden yellow (DMC 676) would look better and I was right. Additionally, the pattern calls for gold thread for the dragon’s spots, but I think I will do an assortment of metallic colors instead.
I think if I keep working on it, I could be done by this time next week… we’ll see. Meanwhile, you can see the progress here!
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