Two (Count 'em) Two Finishes

Greetings, Blog Buddies,

Thanks for all your comments--I enjoy reading every one.  Today I have not one, but two, finishes to share with you.  First is Jack O'Lantern, found in the BBD 'Tis Hallowe'en booklet....

He's such a happy fellow.

This is another 40-count-over-2 piece.

He might be appearing somewhat larger on-screen
 than he is in real life.

Many tiny crosses were involved in this piece.

Which is why I particularly enjoyed my next finish...

This is from Laura J. Perin's

Holiday Ornaments, Series 1

It's on 18-count canvas (love it!).

I don't need magnification to work this one.

This canvaswork piece is a whopping 4-3/4 inches square--

too big to finish as an ornament, in my opinion.

It can't hide behind Jack O'Lantern!

So I decided to make all four ornies in the set

plus one extra, then finish them as a cube.

The sixth side will be covered in fabric.

Fortunately, I realized at the outset

that each ornie in the set was a different size!

They varied from 80 stitches square

up to 86 stitches square.

I figured the easiest route would be to adjust the smaller ones

so that they would be 86 stitches square.

This one was charted for 82 stitches square--

I added the extra ecru border over two

to make it the size I needed.

We're having "October's bright blue weather" here today.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend,

whatever the weather.

Thanks for visiting!