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dragonxser s threads my thoughts about stitching knitting gardening and life dragonxser s threads my thoughts about stitching knitting gardening and life home about wish list a great year for knitting 31 dec 2015 1 comment by dragonxser in knitting 2015 has been a lot of things many good a few sad but it has been a fabulous knitting year i knit 13 1 miles this year the highest total in the past 5 years many of these projects are gifts or charity projects while a few remain here for family happy new year to all of you may your needles knitting or otherwise be busy this coming year the yarn store summer 13 aug 2015 leave a comment by dragonxser in uncategorized okay so it has been a while and all the usual excuses apply busy busy busy we have been here and there this summer and i have made a point of dragging dh and dd to every yarn store we could find where ever we were while in calgary we drove out to custom woolen mills http www customwoolenmills com near carstairs if you plan on going please follow the directions at the website let s just say that google maps lead us on a merry little back road way that was very scenic a gravel road around a prairie slough was a little more than i had anticipated lol the mill itself is amazing if you like 100 year old machinery and a real down home welcoming atmosphere we did a quick self tour of the working mill made friends with the barn cats chatted with some of the workers watched a lady making socks on vintage sock knitting machines and oh yes bought wool i found some lovely singles and sock weights and a prize skein of wool with alpaca the brown one in the sale bin if you are planning a road trip be sure to check out the guided tours offered on fridays let s hear it for the ladies 25 feb 2015 3 comments by dragonxser in cross stitch dimples designs way back in the late 1990s and early 2000s there was a wonderful cross stitch designer named terrence nolan he published under the dimple designs pangaea label terrence designed and stitched a wonderful array of ladybugs butterflies and beetles birds mermaids and russian imperial eggs unfortunately for the stitching world terrence walked away from designing sometime in the later 2000s the latest design i have seen was from 2006 his insect and egg patterns are now out of print and hard to find which means they go for big bucks on ebay such a shame that he could not benefit from his continuing popularity my january 1st start was let s hear it for the ladies which was a collaboration between terrence and claudia of dutch treat she produced the anne cloth table topper and the border design and terrence provided the ladybug charts look how nicely it turned out i made a number of changes including stitching the lady bugs with 2 strands of floss and filling in the quarter stitches all for better coverage i left out the gold motifs that claudia had included in the central and corner squares for a simpler look and changed the gold in the outer borders to the red perle for a bit more color i subbed the watercolour fiber color to one i had on hand and used only 2 skeins the pattern called for 3 i am looking forward to my next dimples project just need to make up my mind a long time coming 11 feb 2015 4 comments by dragonxser in carriage house alphabet book finish it up way back in 2010 i was involved in a round robin stitching project with a lovely group of stitching friends you know how it works i stitch on everyone else s piece they all stitch on mine and every one ends up with a lovely finished project and a wonderful keepsake i chose to have everyone stitch their initials from the carriage samplings house alphabet series with the idea of turning it into an alphabet book i copied the finishing idea from a wonderful stitcher in england named karen v with her kind permission by 2012 all my pages were home and i finished up all the little letters that still needed stitching and last year i got started on putting all my pages together as a practice piece for finishing cheryl s book project once i finished cheryl s book mine sat patiently waiting waiting waiting something finally clicked this week so i have been stitching pages together one a day until today when they are suddenly happily all done i just finished threading the ribbon thru so here it is my letters from friends now i need to pick out another project that needs finishing given that i have some momentum going it s a birthday day 26 jan 2015 leave a comment by dragonxser in birthday cross stitch knitting our lovely daughter turns 16 today and no i am not going to embarrass her with naked baby pics or teenager pics but i will say that it has been an amazing thing to watch her grow into the young woman she is today who knew it would be so much fun i have been busy with hand work of course and have these to show for my efforts hands of blue by lucy hague a fun knit that i ended up doing 3 times for 2 fingerless mitts my fault not the pattern knit with paton s classic wool in denim and this little mitten ornament is from dickens mittens by the cross eyed cricket i added some back stitching around the chains and used the 4 braid that i had on hand but i think it captures marley s ghost quite well and these are the first socks of 2015 tomar cable socks by impeccable knits in cascade yarns sporty stripes this was a test knit for luise look for the pattern to be published later this year and now i must go bake a birthday cake blackout chocolate cake is on the menu today do you have 18 jan 2015 leave a comment by dragonxser in uncategorized any of these charts that i am searching for i would love to purchase or trade for these items dimples designs wee beasties 12 dimples designs secret life of snow 6 dimples designs young professor fizzby dimples designs mini ladybugs 1 and 2 dimples designs mini jewel scarab mini scarab duet mini ladybug duet yellow ladybug duet and red ladybug duet the prairie school christmas trees book 82 heritage crafts the gatekeepers by sue hills the primitive needle salem remembered the primitive needle witches hollow leave a comment if you can help the last update for 2014 11 jan 2015 1 comment by dragonxser in folk art painting and that is of course the christmas ornaments that i paint each year for my kids and a few special others these wood pieces jumped up clamoring pick us pick us and if you notice the holly leaves are in the shape and place of a bow tie because bow ties are cool and this removable heart snowman was for my brother and sil who receive a painted wood piece each christmas yes they do have quite the collection now and that ends the crafty update for 2014 how do you measure your year stitching 2014 09 jan 2015 1 comment by dragonxser in dimples designs ornaments i must admit that there was not much stitching going on this past year i started out with a little set of hedgehog ornaments and then fizzled out during the summer months but things picked up in the fall when i started dimples designs shall we dance i have wanted to stitch this piece forever and am so glad that i finally picked it up i subbed beads for the stitched fairy dust that swirls around the fairy and hummer as the stitches did not show against the colored fabric i am delighted with how it turned out my first finish of 2015 done jan 2nd i was lucky enough to borrow a chart in the fall this one is from bh g holiday crafts fall 1998 and so made short work of stitching cats and moon on black cashel no less the pattern called for the word boo to be written up both sides i think i will design a spooky grey tree instead so this one is done but not yet done as we go into 2015 i rushed to get a few more ornaments done for my own collection and for the kids before christmas arrived and here are the results and that is the total of stitching for 2014 my goal for the coming year is to stitch a bit every day so far so good hats and mittens and everything else 04 jan 2015 1 comment by dragonxser in knitting most of the hats and mittens pictured were for the charity hat mitten scarf tree i mentioned earlier altho a few were special requests from family and friends the baby and toddler items were just too adorable to resist and are tucked away for a time when they are needed and that sums up the 2014 knitting did someone ask about socks 03 jan 2015 2 comments by dragonxser in knitting why yes of course i was busy knitting socks this past year i have worn my own handknit socks for the past 3 winters so my sock drawer needs to be full and yes some of these went to special people as well and the wee little elf socks at the end of the pics were for the christmas tree previous older entries email subscription email address sign me up join 110 other subscribers my links dragonxser on ravelry pages about wish list categories categories select category aqfb 1 ballet knitting 1 birthday 6 blackbird designs 7 blogroll 1 bloom woodworks 2 blue moon rockin sock club 2008 6 bookcase curio cabinet 1 bramble 1 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