Incoherent Scribblings

I decided it was time for a new scissor fob. Here is “Schoolgirl Lessons” by Little House Needleworks modified into a scissor fob.

Schoolgirl Lessons
by Little House Needleworks
May 26, 2009-May 30, 2009
28 ct Antique White Cashel Linen
Stitch Time: 11 hours
Gloriana “Bell Flower” Silk, Stitched over One

I have managed to come down with a cold or sinus infection (I haven’t yet looked at my snot to determine which ailment I have contracted) and I have to teach a library instruction class tomorrow morning (yes, I know it’s Saturday, but we have distance ed classes on the weekends and I am usually asked to do one or two of them a semester) so I was going to hop into bed after I finished stitching tonight without an update, but then I made the mistake of looking at my Google reader and the progress pictures I saw there made me want to post a picture of what I have been working on too. (Sorry about the run-on sentence. It must be the Ibuprofen or the Sudafed talking. Most likely the Sudafed since it is essentially Speed.)

Here is “Kitty Cottage Sampler.” I am about 65% complete. Everything has been smooth sailing with the exception of the little gate. After stitching about half of the gate I decided to frog what I had done because the recommended ecru was practically invisible on the Lambswool. I substituted 762 and while it is still barely visible, I like it better than the ecru.

Man do I hate frogging over one! What a pain!

While contemplating my next step regarding Flo (to order or sort beads, that is the question… I am leaning towards ordering), I decided to start a new project tonight.

“Kitty Cottage Sampler” is by Little House Needleworks and has been in my to-be-stitched pile for at least three years and tonight it finally made it to the top. I am stitching it on 28 count Lambswool Joblean and have decided to do it over one because I think it will make a cute ornament this way.

In addition to starting a new stitching project, I also started another “new” project. I finally checked out The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as an unabridged audiobook from my library. I figure I’ve read the book and seen the movie, so why not listen to it too? (Actually listening to LOTR as an audiobook is on my 101 Things list.) It took three hours to listen to two chapters so I predict I will get a lot of stitching done while listening!