First IHSW for 2013!

Hey Blog Buddies,

This weekend was International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (IHSW).  For those of you who may be new to this phenomenon, it's a virtual stitch along, happening once a month, hosted by Joyce over at her blog Random Ramblings.  You can click here to find out all about it.

So this is what I accomplished:

I'm doing an ornament a month for the

2013 Halloween Ornament SAL.

This is from the Prairie Schooler Heads Up booklet.

I used DMC 310, WDW Carrot and one of my DMC greens.

The linen is 40-count to make it nice and small

so it won't overwhelm my tree.

Then, I switched gears to crochet.

It's getting pretty cold here finally,

so I made a cowl or neckwarmer, if you will.

It's only about 6 inches high.

Boy, this is an ugly photo!

The yarn is Sensations Angel Hair Stripes,

fuzzy but not itchy because it's acrylic.

This only took me a couple of hours--

crochet goes fast!

Here is the grayer side of the piece.

It really doesn't look too bad,

although I wouldn't categorize it as "pretty."

Finally (there's more?  oh yes!),

I did a little commitment stitching.

I'm teaching a mini-hardanger class

later on in the year, and this is the model:

This is a freebie from Victoria Sampler.

I stitched it on 25-count linen,

and I probably should have used #5 pearl cotton

for the satin stitch instead of #8.

And my wrapped bars need work.

I'm a firm believer in pointing these things out

to my class so that they can learn

from my mistakes.

I probably should do one or two more samples

on different grounds and with different colors,

if only to practice the needleweaving!

That's it for now.

Be sure to come back tomorrow because

it's my blogoversary, and you know what that means...

giveaway!!

To check out what my fellow hermitters

have been up to this weekend,

click here.

Hope you had a grand weekend.

Thanks so much for visiting!