During half-term, I made a lot of progress on my cross-stitch, and reminded myself why we backstitch...

Before backstitching


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Or at least, I can focus my rage down to a tiny point and stab a piece of cloth a thousand times.


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Humuhumu lost two teeth today. That's four teeth in the space of two weeks. Keiki lost one of his upper incisors a couple of days ago. Our children have very gap-toothed smiles right now.

I started a new cross-stitch.

I updated my slow cooker recipe post with the things I've made in the new year (DW / LJ).

The gerbils continue to be captivating ( Read more... )

I bought this cross-stitch from Hobbycraft because I had a voucher to spend, and because I wanted to practise other types of stitching (back-stitching and lazy daisy) before trying my hand at the funkier bespoke designs off Etsy. The contrast between the rather mushy quality of the cross-stitch alone and the crispness after back-stitching is quite ( Read more... )

I got bored with the 365 question meme after the end of February and have no plans to restart it. I can, however, thank it for one thing: reigniting my interest in cross-stitch. I was taught to cross-stitch by an eccentric great-aunt when I was around eight years old, on the plastic frames with thick yarn. As I grew older, I graduated to the Aida ( Read more... )