June IHSW: Two Small Finishes

Hey Blog Buddies,

It was a little too warm and humid here over the weekend (for my taste), so I did stay and hermit in the air-conditioned indoors and got a lot of stitching done this weekend, to-wit:

My first attempt at reversible blackwork.

This was a guild project from about 5 years back.

I had actually taken a few stitches in it

and then put it away.  You know how that goes...

The stitches themselves are simple

(one little straight stitch over two threads).

But the diagram was something else!

All the stitches were numbered and

had a specific direction.

And there was no grid!!!

There were a couple of over-one-thread stitches

that caught me by surprise.

They were hard to differentiate

from the slightly longer lines.

This was not something I could do

and watch (or even listen to) TV at the same time.

Here is a close-up of part of the back--

yes, it is truly reversible.

But weaving the loose ends into the existing stitching

still looks somewhat messy to me.

I found out the hard way

that I should use the straight line on the outer border

for all my tail weavings.

This was a good practice project,

and I'll probably be using it as a bookmark.

But it's not "gift" quality.

After that, my second finish was a true no-brainer:

4th of July by Lizzie*Kate--cute and quick!

And it's not even July yet!!

Now to get it mounted and framed.

(I have a red frame that will work.)

And there's a small cubbyhole waiting for it

in my little seasonal bookcase.

That's it for this month.

To find links to all the other hermitters

participating in

International Hermit and Stitch Weekend,

click here.

Thanks, Joyce for hosting this!

Hope your weekend was fun.

And thanks, as always, for visiting!