Pretty Roses, Robin Redbreast

I picked up a selection of magazine freebie kits from the thrift shop a month or so back, and they were perfect for making sure I didn't fall asleep at my work conference! I only ended up getting the one done, which I picked because it was the most aggressively pink of the lot and wanted to get it over with. I was having trouble getting a picture of the finished stitch that wasn't either very yellow or very blue, so this'll do for now.

Also got a bunch done on Robin this weekend. He's really coming along. I'm pretty sure I'm already done with at least one colour.

Robin Redbreast

And we're back!

Not too much progress in the last month, but that's because I've been working on something else for the last little bit. Now that that project's done though, back to the stitching!

I'm kind of hoping that this will be done by Christmas; DH actually likes this piece, so I thought I'd have it ready as a Christmas present. We'll see how it goes.

Robin Redbreast

Well, here's the top 30 rows of this piece. The nice thing about it is that there's no backstitching at least, so once all the crosses are done, that's it!

I picked up this pattern from the thrift store, and whoever had surrendered it had already kitted it up with floss (though no aida). I bought it because it was worth it for the floss alone, but when I brought it home DH said that he liked the piece, so I decided to make it for him.

Puss in Boots - Latch Hook

Took some time off after clearing out my WIP pile to play some video games, then picked up a mystery latch hook from the thrift store that I decided I wanted to do.

The colours were kind of annoying on this one actually: there were several colours that could have been interchangeable (what's the difference between vanilla, honey, and spice?), and the yarn counts were off for some colours because they included extra. So I did the best I could (especially considering it didn't come with a reference photo) and I think I got the colours correct.

I think the kit is from Caron, but maybe it's just not available anymore, because I can't find it on their website. 

And I've already got my next stitching piece gridded up and ready to go on the scroll frame. Wonder what it could be!

 

Elegance

She is done!
I hope!
I'm pretty sure I've got all the backstitching done and that I didn't miss any, but I always have a sneaking suspicion that I've forgotten some.

I feel like the belt could be better, but considering I spent an entire evening on just the belt itself, it's as good as it's going to get. The right side is a stitch too high I think, but oh well. Plunging that cording was hard enough the first time - pulling 20 strands doubled over through a hole in 18 count aida was not something I wanted to do more than I absolutely had to.

DH says that we're definitely going to have to finish this one and put it on display.

Elegance

Foreground is complete! Now all that's left is 35 rows of flowers and branches. It's all coming together now!

Elegance

Her face is done! Her eyes look weird though, just being a single pixel atm (technically, there's a white stitch next to each black stitch, but they're hard to see against her light skin): the backstitching should make them look less weird.

The dove is almost done as well, just the last couple of feathers on that front wing. Her hair's a mess of blue and black, then it's just a bunch of background flowers and branches before finishing.