Knitter in Progress

Here's the minimal progress I made this last weekend on my Provence Sampler for the HAEDless SAL. Since I have allowed myself to come to terms with the fact that is piece is off center, I am actually enjoying stitching on it. I love working with just one color--it goes so quickly. But I won't be giving up my big a$$ projects in the near future, no worries there, the single color ones are a good break though.

This past weekend was the HAEDless Sampler SAL. I have been working on Provence Sampler using Caron Wildflowers in Flame. I think what is the most fun about this for me is that it seems to progress so quickly. You forget after you have stitched over 1 for a while how much faster stitching over 2 is. And, of course, there is the fact that this piece only uses one color. I think I am only working on one HAED piece with 50 colors(the rest have 90) so one color is really a thrill for me :) **clickable thumbnail** The picture is kind of bad, it was cloudy this morning and its hard for me to get a good angle on this one.

I had a fantastic stitching weekend. I completed the entire right border--top to bottom. I was a bit concerned at first when I noticed that I only had about 2 inches fabric allowance on the left side of the fabric. I called the framer I use and they said they could work with 2 inches so I soldiered on. When I reached the bottom, I found out that I barely had any fabric left(about 1.5 inches). This.is.very.very.bad.news. Long painful story short, I have to rip out EVERYTHING I have completed so far. That means over a skein of Caron Wildflowers is wasted; hopefully I can salvage the fabric. I honestly do not think I have the fortitude to restart this particular piece right now; I may change my mind by next month I do not know. This really, really, really, really sucks. I started the piece just after Rage was born and clearly I was in a sleep deprived stupor and started off about 1.5 inches--which unfortunately I did not figure out until I picked the piece back up this year. So bow your h...

I got a few letters done this weekend in between transporting the kiddos around town.

This is the second of the two SALs I'm involved in this year. This piece has been in my WIP pile for quite some time. Stats: Pattern: Provence Sampler(Butternut Road) Fabric: 18 Count Cream Wool, Wichelt Floss: Flame Caron Watercolors Stitched: 1 over 2 I haven't stitched over 2 threads in a long time--those stitches felt HUGE! I love the color but I'm a little worried because I didn't prerinse my threads so I'm not sure if I'll be able to wash it when I finish--not that that will be a problem for a while. In other news, I went with my neighbor to see Sweeney Todd last night. I love most of Tim Burton's stuff and this movie was no exception--what a great cast. I'm just glad I didn't eat before I went because between the blood and the bodies falling down the chute headfirst I thought I was going to puke.