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we ve got sharp sticks knit sisters watch out we ve got sharp sticks day 24 the fall post by sarah february 18th 2011 day 24 monday february 14 2011 this is the first day that i haven t done any stitching i took my son to the doctor this afternoon and on the way home stopped to fill up my car with gas stupidly i stepped over the gas hose when the nozzle was in the gas tank of the car and tripped i fell hard hitting the back of my right thigh on the concrete block the gas pump sits on twisting my right knee hitting my right shoulder and finally hitting my head on the pavement i had my sunglasses on and they were driven into my head above my right eye earning me a nice cut which of course bled profusely as you can imagine this fall has really slowed me down this week i ve been to the doctor and gotten a ct scan which was clear but i m still hurting pretty good and spending a lot of time in bed sleeping but on the bright side monday was the only day that i haven t done any stitching at all i m working away on rabbit mostly posted in cross stitch rabbit comments off on day 24 the fall days 17 18 post by sarah february 9th 2011 days 17 18 monday tuesday february 7 8 2011 more plodding away on raspberry lemonade that s our kitty frank there helping me out with the photography you know cause cats are just oh so helpful when it comes to projects involving string there is progress being made but it s slow and i ve been really tired and grumpy the last couple of days i ve had a bad case of the winter blahs and my normal reaction to such a mood is to start a new project on the theory that nothing cheers one up like having a new project but i have forbidden myself any starting of new projects while so many old projects remain unfinished bleh so i was good girl and worked away on the ol lemonade a close up and a close up of frank awww isn t him sweet posted in cross stitch raspberry lemonade comments off on days 17 18 day 16 super bowl sunday post by sarah february 9th 2011 day 16 sunday february 6 2011 today i worked on some knitting while watching the super bowl with my family this is a baby blanket in the knit one below column pattern i bought the book knit one below soon after it came out and just fell in love with this column stitch and the possibilities for it i started making baby blankets in this stitch and so far this is my sixth one three finished and three in progress this particular blanket uses a cotton wool sock yarn for the striping columns and a cotton acrylic blend for the solid orange columns i try to stick to machine washable yarns when making baby things i feel it s not fair to expect parents of an infant or very young child to hand wash anything i know i certainly wasn t up to hand washing anything when h was a baby i ve really enjoyed making these little blankets and really feel that i ve only touched the tip of the design iceberg here there are so many possibilities with this stitch as i look at this i find myself thinking about making one with two different but coordinating self striping or handpainted yarns i have one in progress in which i m making a checkerboard pattern with blue and orange and the possibilities for design there are almost endless another interesting idea i also bought knitting brioche the essential guide to the brioche stitch not long after getting fascinated by k1below stitch patterns and realized that it is essentially a variation on the brioche technique really just another way to accomplish knitting brioche nancy marchant has come up with some truly intriguing brioche stitch patterns it would be interesting to see if they could be accomplished using the k1below stich technique instead of the yo brioche technique posted in baby blankets orangina technical issues comments off on day 16 super bowl sunday days 11 12 post by sarah february 3rd 2011 days 11 12 tuesday wednesday february 1 2 2011 we got hit hard this week by the midwest blizzard so i ve had a great deal of stitching time these past few days i couldn t get to work monday tuesday or wednesday because of the snow and ice and my son and i have been hanging out at home not doing much of anything but watching movies on netflix eating and in my case at least stitching i switched to working on rabbit after getting a little weary of zen duck and have gotten quite a bit accomplished the light color is complete on the first page of the chart and now i am filling in the dark color this is soothing work after zen duck with all its many color changes and confetti there s something very satisfying about working in two colors it allows me to concentrate more on the physical act of stitching rather than on reading a chart and keeping track of colors that might seem boring i know but i actually love the physicality of stitching be it cross stitch or knitting this two color chart is the equivalent of garter stitch in knitting it allows the process to take over and the mind to wander i can give myself up to the power of the stitch over and over and over posted in cross stitch rabbit comments off on days 11 12 days 7 10 post by sarah february 3rd 2011 days 7 10 january 28 31 2011 i picked up another cross stitch project that i ve been working on for awhile zen duck this is a chart from heaven and earth designs and it is beautiful although maddeningly slow going it has 90 colors in the chart and lots of confetti as cross stitchers say one or two stitches of a color here and there as opposed to large blocks of color but i do love the way he stitches up you can t see his hat in this photo because it is rolled up in the frame but that along with his face is the part that i have completed haed recommends that their designs be stitched over one on 25 count linen but i am stitching this on 22 count aida and that is small enough for me right now a couple close ups i find i can stitch on this chart for a few days and then i begin to get a little frustrated and have to turn to something a bit simpler for relief posted in cross stitch zen duck comments off on days 7 10 day six post by sarah february 3rd 2011 day six thursday january 27 2011 a bit of progress on raspberry lemonade posted in cross stitch raspberry lemonade comments off on day six days four and five post by sarah january 27th 2011 days four and five tuesday and wednesday january 25 and 26 2011 not too much to report slow progress on raspberry lemonade i m thinking i may change things up a bit this weekend and do some knitting the question is what to work on the afghan the socks the baby blanket the shawl s hmmmmm on the other hand i have some other cross stitch projects that would be fun to work on as well one of them is a two color project from artecy called rabbit based on a william morris design i m finding this restful because it is only two colors so the amount of thinking i have to do is limited to the actual counting of stitches and then of course once i get the one color stitched all i have to do is fill in the other color in the empty spots no looking at the chart at all clearly i m in initial stages with this project i m stitching this on an 18 count linen in a dusky blue grey i chose different colors than those in the pattern and they are rather unconventional a dark russet brown and a light mauve y pink that i really have no name for i think that together they look complicated and unexpected especially combined with the blue grey fabric i m hoping i will still think so at the ending stages after putting in hours of stitching posted in cross stitch raspberry lemonade comments off on days four and five day three post by sarah january 25th 2011 day three monday january 24 2011 last night i worked on raspberry lemonade and watched anthony bourdain on the the travel channel progress is slow but steady a close up each of the four corners of the piece is the same so no surprises here and i can usually stitch away without much checking of the chart posted in cross stitch raspberry lemonade comments off on day three days one and two post by sarah january 24th 2011 days one and two saturday and sunday january 22 23 2011 this weekend i worked on a cross stitch project that i started last summer it s called raspberry lemonade and is a design by artfulstitches on etsy i really like this woman s designs and this is a very nice chart i have been eyeballing her other mandala designs ever since i purchased this one last summer like many cross stitch charts and knitting patterns found online now this is sent as a pdf file to your email account after you purchase it i enjoy the way this chart is actually fairly simple and uses comparatively few colors few enough to make this a portable project but looks complicated another nice thing about this design is that because of its basic geometric design i don t have to constantly look at the chart another closer view my goal is to have this project be my first monthly finish of the year i d like to have it done by feb 15 2011 i ve decided that since i started by year long project a little late in january my goal date for monthly completions is going to be the 15th of each month today more work on raspberry lemonade posted in cross stitch comments off on days one and two stitching every day post by sarah january 21st 2011 i bought this book for my new kindle 365 a daily creativity journal make something every day and change your life when i ran across this book i was in search of a daily meditation book i could keep on my kindle something like barbara crafton s the sewing room uncommon reflections of life love and work a creativity journal was not really what i was looking for yet as in all things what i find is often not what i was searching for i m not even really sure why i bought this book to tell the truth it simply spoke to me of course i m quite familiar with the concept of a daily creative effort and the way in which committing to such an effort can act as a spur to creativity a path to discipline and even a spiritual practice of sorts growing up our father got up every morning quite early before going to work and sat down to write when i was a small child he wrote on a typewriter accompanied by much cursing as he was a poor typist later he upgraded to a dos based computer system and word processing program complete with daisy wheel printer now of course he has an up to date well fairly computer with an ergonomic keyboard and laser printer there are times however when he goes out of town or stays with family that he still writes in longhand with a clipboard paper and pen the point is in the 40 years of my life i could probably count on one hand the number of times that he has skipped his morning writing session very few people have this kind of discipline as a child i took my dad s discipline for granted but when i really stop to think about it it is astounding and awe inspiring so with such an example before me i really have no excuse my new book is written by noah scalin a man who resolved to make a skull a day for a year he used all kinds of media some of his projects were small and some were very large some were permanent and some were temporary recorded for posterity only in photos some were solo efforts and some he made with friends the only rule was that he would make one image of skull each day all other factors were variable he recorded his efforts over the course of the year in a blog and now has written this creativity journal as well as published a book of the skull images yesterday i sat down and did a little brainstorming about what my year long project might be a number of things occurred to me but with scalin s advice to keep the outlines broad enough to remain interesting and flexible i decided on these two year long resolutions 1 stitch every day for a year 2 finish one project a month for a year number one is cheating a little i admit since i normally stitch every day anyway by stitching i mean knitting cross stitching which i have been doing a lot of lately sewing and quilting i am deliberately keeping my definition broad here so as to leave myself lots of room to switch media and projects at will something else i typically do anyway but resolution number one leads me to resolution number two something a little harder for a craft transient such as myself i have many many unfinished projects languishing in dark corners drawers and bags you see my vow is to finish not just any project but a currently unfinished project every month at least one a month in any medium there are many possibilities here afghans sweaters socks shawls quilts cross stitch projects let the stitching begin posted in it s the process the new yoga comments off on stitching every day previous entries ellen and sarah bales two different sisters who are also two different knitters in two different parts of the country and live two different lives pages about fall 2006 knit sisters challenge and contest archives february 2011 january 2011 january 2010 march 2009 august 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