Incoherent Scribblings

Biscornus Everywhere!

On two consecutive days, two biscornus reached their destinations.
On Monday I received my biscornu from Ish. It’s called “Beachcomber Biscornu,” and I couldn’t think of a more appropriate title because the little seahorses and crabs stitched on 28ct Vintage Country Mocha Cashel linen really make me want to take a walk along the beach looking for shells among the sand!
Ish also included two skeins of hand-dyed floss from a place in Wales. The colors of the floss are so pretty and I already have plans to use them when making my next biscornu!

Then on Tuesday, the biscornu that I stitched for Outi reached her mailbox. The pattern is an EMS freebie that I stitched in monochromatic colors over one on 28 Count White Meran and finished into a little biscornu-fob.

One side is green and one side is red: The green side represents Outi (for pics of the green side, see Outi’s blog) and the red side represents me. I adored this piece so much that I had a hard time letting it go, but I finally did.

Whew! What a great exchange this has been! Big thanks to Ish for the biscornu she made for me and to Outi for moderating.

SBQ: Rip, Rip!

Today’s SBQ is:

Do you use your needle, a seam ripper, or something else when you have to frog stitches? Why do you use the method that you do?

I have a seam ripper that I have used on occasion, but typically I use my needle. I use my needle because I think it works better than a seam ripper to pull out those little stitches… especially on linen.