Mirror of Erised, Page Five complete!
On a cold and windy day ( April 13, 2005, to be exact), I started a massive cross-stitch project. (Okay, it might not have been cold and windy, I don't remember. I'm trying to set some ambiance here, be quiet.)
I figured it would take me about three years to finish, by which point I would need trifocals, assuming I wasn't blind.
Four and a half years later...I have finished Page Five. (Out of sixteen. Again, be quiet.)
What will eventually become this:
...began as this:
...and is now this:
The Details:
Erised is being stitched 2 over 1 on 28-count antique white Monaco fabric. The pattern is ALL full stitches - no halfs, no three-quarters, and best of all, NO BACKSTITCHING. The finished design will be approximately 12x15 inches and will utilize around 70 different colors. There are sixteen pages to the pattern total.
I began Erised in April 2005 and worked on it pretty much continuously until June of 2006, getting approximately 1/3rd through Page 4. I had to stop at that point, because I was overseas and couldn't get any more of my preferred size 28 needles. I picked it up again in February 2008, finished Page 4 exactly 3 years to the day that I began the project, and almost immediately went into Page 5 before having to start and stop several times to complete approximately five thousand baby announcements. Page Five was completed on November 7, 2009, while watching The Manchurian Candidate (1962). I'm hoping that doesn't end up being significant.
The pattern was taken from the Harry Potter Uno deck (don't ask which card; I've forgotten) and I used a cross-stitch program I found online to create the pattern. The pattern is not for sale, nor is the finished product; all copywrights and honors go to J.K. Rowling and whoever it was who drew the original picture. I don't know the name of the artist, but if anyone can supply it, I'll happily credit them, because I completely love this picture.
You can read about Erised's journey in stitches here.
A Close-up on Page 5
The plan is to go straight into Page 6, which ought to be interesting, as that's the bulk of the glass. But I'm really looking forward to the bottom of Page Six, because that's where I start working on various family members! Whee!
I figured it would take me about three years to finish, by which point I would need trifocals, assuming I wasn't blind.
Four and a half years later...I have finished Page Five. (Out of sixteen. Again, be quiet.)
What will eventually become this:
...began as this:
...and is now this:
The Details:
Erised is being stitched 2 over 1 on 28-count antique white Monaco fabric. The pattern is ALL full stitches - no halfs, no three-quarters, and best of all, NO BACKSTITCHING. The finished design will be approximately 12x15 inches and will utilize around 70 different colors. There are sixteen pages to the pattern total.
I began Erised in April 2005 and worked on it pretty much continuously until June of 2006, getting approximately 1/3rd through Page 4. I had to stop at that point, because I was overseas and couldn't get any more of my preferred size 28 needles. I picked it up again in February 2008, finished Page 4 exactly 3 years to the day that I began the project, and almost immediately went into Page 5 before having to start and stop several times to complete approximately five thousand baby announcements. Page Five was completed on November 7, 2009, while watching The Manchurian Candidate (1962). I'm hoping that doesn't end up being significant.
The pattern was taken from the Harry Potter Uno deck (don't ask which card; I've forgotten) and I used a cross-stitch program I found online to create the pattern. The pattern is not for sale, nor is the finished product; all copywrights and honors go to J.K. Rowling and whoever it was who drew the original picture. I don't know the name of the artist, but if anyone can supply it, I'll happily credit them, because I completely love this picture.
You can read about Erised's journey in stitches here.
A Close-up on Page 5
The plan is to go straight into Page 6, which ought to be interesting, as that's the bulk of the glass. But I'm really looking forward to the bottom of Page Six, because that's where I start working on various family members! Whee!