A Dilemma Indeed! Do I Stitch or Do I Read? discussion
What are you working on?
The GRAY WHALE INN MYSTERY SERIES is a great series. I love B&B Mysteries and Karen does a great job with this series.
Pamela wrote: "I would probably get back into to needlpoint of it wasn't so darned expensive"
tell me about it!! I was lucky to be given a good sized stash from someone who was moving into smaller retirement housing. She didn't have any of the fancy new fibers, but some nice wool. I confess to liking the wool even if it is old fashioned. I have a small porcelain cat I'm working on that I bought fancy fibers for but I can't afford much in the way of needlepoint supplies. I do encourage gift certificates to places that sell these types of things as gifts though!!
tell me about it!! I was lucky to be given a good sized stash from someone who was moving into smaller retirement housing. She didn't have any of the fancy new fibers, but some nice wool. I confess to liking the wool even if it is old fashioned. I have a small porcelain cat I'm working on that I bought fancy fibers for but I can't afford much in the way of needlepoint supplies. I do encourage gift certificates to places that sell these types of things as gifts though!!
Pamela,
I created an album on the yahoo group and added a photo of the cottage so far (hopefully that is okay?). I'm afraid I don't have a web page or online photo account anywhere....
I created an album on the yahoo group and added a photo of the cottage so far (hopefully that is okay?). I'm afraid I don't have a web page or online photo account anywhere....
That is just fine and add all the photos you want!! I will extend the invitation on here again today that if anyone would like to join the yahoo group CreativeCrossStitch we would love to have you over there. We have stitchers, crocheter, knitters all are readers. Come one come all.....
Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory."
Pamela wrote: "Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory."
Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The Other Boleyn..."
Yes Pamela - Rocky Point is a lighthouse Cross Stitch Project. It's quite complicated at the minute with all the colour changes in the sky, so I just have to persevere.It'll be worth it in the end.
Pamela wrote: "Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory."
Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The Other Boleyn..."
Yes Pamela - Rocky Point is a lighthouse Cross Stitch Project. It's quite complicated at the minute with all the colour changes in the sky, so I just have to persevere.It'll be worth it in the end.
Vorlady wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory."
Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The..."
Thanks for the book recommendations, I'll check them out.
Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The..."
Thanks for the book recommendations, I'll check them out.
I just cast on for a prayer shawl (knit). I'm using a pattern from one of the Knit Along with Debbie Macomber books -- the one for Back on Blossom Street. I'm going to donate it to a really great group called Sheila's Shawls and Paul's Scarves when I'm finished. Its a pretty simple pattern called "Long on Warmth Prayer Shawl". I'm using Homespun yarn -- I'm not sure how well the pattern will show through, but I love this warm, soft, cozy yarn. I hope the combination works out well....
I'm still working on the Swan Cottage project as well, but I've been very busy and tired lately so cross stitch has been put on the back burner -- again ... *sigh*
I'm still working on the Swan Cottage project as well, but I've been very busy and tired lately so cross stitch has been put on the back burner -- again ... *sigh*
I am making a centipede for a little boy about to turn two. But I am awfully tempted to make a cross stitch seat for my chair at knitting group - the seat is so hard! And I have this pattern I'm attracted to, and I already have all the right colors for it...Currently reading Will in the World How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, and looking around for a new novel, as I'm between novels currently.
have you heard of/read Interred with Their Bones? It's a mystery related to Shakespeare/The Globe theater....
I haven't read it yet, but my room mate got a copy and liked it.... She is a fan of the "literary mysteries"....
I haven't read it yet, but my room mate got a copy and liked it.... She is a fan of the "literary mysteries"....
I think I read it a couple of years ago, and enjoyed it, Vorlady.
bummer -- it goes with the other... :-\
How about Ill Met by Moonlight?
or Caliban's Hour by Tad Williams?
both are along the Shakespeare theme too....
Have you read any Lois McMaster Bujold? She's one of my favorites -- science fiction or fantasy.... Her A Civil Campaign is rather a comedy of errors *grin*
How about Ill Met by Moonlight?
or Caliban's Hour by Tad Williams?
both are along the Shakespeare theme too....
Have you read any Lois McMaster Bujold? She's one of my favorites -- science fiction or fantasy.... Her A Civil Campaign is rather a comedy of errors *grin*
it's been quiet over here!Finished Point Blank - loved it
Reading Beach House by James Patterson - loving that (he's always good)
stitching - fair stuff - coasters, towel keepers, mini's to attach to ribbons for bookmarks and making bookmarks with ribbon and foamies.
I posted a couple photos of the knitting projects I'm working on -- a scarf and a shawl. Both patterns come from novels I read recently. Alix’s Lace Prayer Shawl was from one of Debbie Macombers Shop on Blossom Street books (also on the web: http://www.debbiemacomber.com/index.c... ) . Ronnie's Scarf came from an unexpectedly trashy romance novel I picked up because it was a knitting fiction title Tangled Up In Love by Heidi Betts. The Scarf is very pretty, lacy but the yarn I'm using softens the effect....
I finished the centipede, and I'm afraid I was very naughty and started the cross stitch cushion.Currently reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and re-reading Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic, which is excellent.
oohhh!! post a photo so we can see! :-)
Hmmmmmmm, don't think there's a picture taken of it yet. Have to ask Bob if he'd be sweet. (Me no do digital camera.)
I only have one because my nephew was getting a better one so he gave me his old one for Christmas. I joined Ravelry a while back and wanted to post photos of my knitting projects so I started taking them.... Annnnddddd I get to take photos of my cats. (challenging, but rewarding -- wish I'd been able to when they were younger too....)
I am working on a sweater right now (my first one!) Currenlty reading Middlesex...so far kinda dry.
If I'm lucky I can persuade him to take photos of both my knitting and my cat! He took one of her earlier this week that still cracks me up - she is sitting on a stool in the kitchen, resolutely refusing to show her face to the camera.
Susanna wrote: "If I'm lucky I can persuade him to take photos of both my knitting and my cat! He took one of her earlier this week that still cracks me up - she is sitting on a stool in the kitchen, resolutely refusing to show her face to the camera.
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that would be great! I love cats :-) they are great.
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that would be great! I love cats :-) they are great.
Kathryn wrote: "I am working on a sweater right now (my first one!)
Currenlty reading Middlesex...so far kinda dry. "
I want to make a sweater this year -- the year is fast going by though! I have only made a doll sweater so far -- it goes on a clown toy that I'm almost finished making (but have abandoned since Christmas -- should finish it!)
Good luck with the sweater!
Currenlty reading Middlesex...so far kinda dry. "
I want to make a sweater this year -- the year is fast going by though! I have only made a doll sweater so far -- it goes on a clown toy that I'm almost finished making (but have abandoned since Christmas -- should finish it!)
Good luck with the sweater!
Kathryn wrote: "I am working on a sweater right now (my first one!)"
how is your sweater coming?
I am re-reading Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman and am trying to make the granny square washcloth from the back of the book. I've never made a granny square before so it's interesting and fun :-)
how is your sweater coming?
I am re-reading Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman and am trying to make the granny square washcloth from the back of the book. I've never made a granny square before so it's interesting and fun :-)
I am reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and working on a cross stitch cover for a pillow for knitting. The chairs there are very hard.
I visited my stitch buddy over the weekend and we spent several hours stitching Saturday. I got quite a bit done on the Swan Cottage crewel embroidery project! :-)
I'm back to working on some coasters for the mug gift bags. I'm learning to do some papercrafts for the bookmarks, too.
Crichton is a new author to me, but enjoying the sci-fi mystery :)
I used to read Michael Crichton all the time. I enjoyed Timeline :-) and all the others I read :-)
Mug gift bags sound interesting :-)
I started a new/different shawl to donate to Sheila's Shawls. It's called Show Your Colors (pattern available free: http://www.spunkyhats.com/pattern_sho... ). The Ravelry group for Sheila's Shawls is doing a KAL for it... Much easier than the Lace Squares Shawl I started earlier (and is now hibernating until I have more alone time to concentrate on it).
Mug gift bags sound interesting :-)
I started a new/different shawl to donate to Sheila's Shawls. It's called Show Your Colors (pattern available free: http://www.spunkyhats.com/pattern_sho... ). The Ravelry group for Sheila's Shawls is doing a KAL for it... Much easier than the Lace Squares Shawl I started earlier (and is now hibernating until I have more alone time to concentrate on it).
Mug gift bags - being resourceful. Our church has an Attic Treasures Fall Festival every year, selling donated items, baked good, cookie walk, soups, and wraps.
So, we started up the craft table again last year and this year I came up with this idea -- stitch up coasters of plastic canvas to match the nicer mugs, put them in a gift bag with packets of tea or hot chocolate and whatever. Turn a 50c item into a $2 item, for teacher gifts, hostess gifts, etc.
That sounds very clever, Kim.
Susanna wrote: "That sounds very clever, Kim."
it is indeed. Too bad you couldn't get more than $2!
it is indeed. Too bad you couldn't get more than $2!
Vorlady wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I am working on a sweater right now (my first one!)"how is your sweater coming?
I am re-reading Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman and am trying t..."
It si coming along! Thanks for asking. I am on the body of it, and the pattern works in the round from the top down, It is a turtle neck so I feel like I have been working on it forever!
Kathryn wrote: "It si coming along! Thanks for asking. I am on the body of it, and the pattern works in the round from the top down, It is a turtle neck so I feel like I have been working on it forever!."
sounds like it's coming along well :-) do you have any side projects? Or are you being good and concentrating on the sweater? Can you watch tv or anything while you work? If you're working in the round that's a lot of knit stitches!
sounds like it's coming along well :-) do you have any side projects? Or are you being good and concentrating on the sweater? Can you watch tv or anything while you work? If you're working in the round that's a lot of knit stitches!
I'm reading Domestic Affairs by Eileen Goudge, and it's a bit long and boring. But I am almost halfway thru, so I shall continue!As far as stitching, I am working on a Chatelaine "White Nights of St Petersburg". Another long, somewhat boring piece, but again, over halfway thru-shall continue on!
Susan wrote: "As far as stitching, I am working on a Chatelaine "White Nights of St Petersburg". Another long, somewhat boring piece, but again, over halfway thru-shall continue on!"
I looked this one up since I wasn't familiar with it: http://europeanxs.com/chatelaine/pete...
It looks very nice, too bad it is rather boring :-)
I'm reading Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold and am going to start reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde this weekend -- believe it or not I've never read it!! I'm contemplating making a amigurumi dodo for fun to go along with the novel!
I looked this one up since I wasn't familiar with it: http://europeanxs.com/chatelaine/pete...
It looks very nice, too bad it is rather boring :-)
I'm reading Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold and am going to start reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde this weekend -- believe it or not I've never read it!! I'm contemplating making a amigurumi dodo for fun to go along with the novel!
Where did you find a dodo pattern?!?
I found it on ravelry, but I think this is the same pattern: http://crochetme.com/mauritius-dodo
:-)
:-)
How cute!Alas, I don't crochet.
I'm just learning so it might be beyond me, but I keep trying! :-)
I didn't get much reading done this past weekend (though I did see several episodes of Murder She Wrote).
I finished crocheting a hat (Anarchy Irony from the Stitch 'n Bitch Happy Hooker book). All I have left to do is sew the anarchy symbol onto the hat.
I started and got about 1/3 of the way through a crocheted shawl to donate to Sheila's Shawls. It is the Hugs of Comfort Shawl from the back of the novel Dead Men Don't Crochet by Betty Hechtman. It is a quick and easy project that is pretty -- great for donating to charity.
On the Show your Colors Shawl project I knit 10 inches of garter stitch and the first lace section and am about an inch or so into the second garter stitch section. (hmmm, the pattern doesn't seem to be available anymore -- bummer!)
I finished crocheting a hat (Anarchy Irony from the Stitch 'n Bitch Happy Hooker book). All I have left to do is sew the anarchy symbol onto the hat.
I started and got about 1/3 of the way through a crocheted shawl to donate to Sheila's Shawls. It is the Hugs of Comfort Shawl from the back of the novel Dead Men Don't Crochet by Betty Hechtman. It is a quick and easy project that is pretty -- great for donating to charity.
On the Show your Colors Shawl project I knit 10 inches of garter stitch and the first lace section and am about an inch or so into the second garter stitch section. (hmmm, the pattern doesn't seem to be available anymore -- bummer!)
I'm about halfway through my first filet project. It's a small one of a bunny and can be found at this website: http://crochet.about.com/library/nrab... I'm doing the bunny on the left.
I just discovered this other filet bunny pattern (for a baby blanket) and am debating over it: http://www.coatsandclark.com/NR/rdonl...
A reading group I'm in is starting to read Watership Down by Richard Adams next month. I'm going to use the filet pattern as a bit of an oversized bookmark -- maybe. I might cross stitch a bunny bookmark too.
I just discovered this other filet bunny pattern (for a baby blanket) and am debating over it: http://www.coatsandclark.com/NR/rdonl...
A reading group I'm in is starting to read Watership Down by Richard Adams next month. I'm going to use the filet pattern as a bit of an oversized bookmark -- maybe. I might cross stitch a bunny bookmark too.
I'm almost finished with a dishcloth I'm knitting for a contest, in a basketweave pattern, and have just started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Vorlady wrote: "Susanna wrote: "That sounds very clever, Kim."it is indeed. Too bad you couldn't get more than $2!"
I've made the "executive decision" on the price list and they're being priced at $4. That would include mug, coaster, tea and hot chocolate, and probably a small package of cookies, crackers, or something...
KimG wrote: "I've made the "executive decision" on the price list and they're being priced at $4. That would include mug, coaster, tea and hot chocolate, and probably a small package of cookies, crackers, or something..."
that's great!! I still think its a bargain :-)
I've been craving cross stitch lately. I've been so busy working on shawls for Sheila's Shawls and learning to crochet that I haven't done any embroidery or cross stitch in ages. I'm hoping to have a chance to pull out some cross stitch very soon.
that's great!! I still think its a bargain :-)
I've been craving cross stitch lately. I've been so busy working on shawls for Sheila's Shawls and learning to crochet that I haven't done any embroidery or cross stitch in ages. I'm hoping to have a chance to pull out some cross stitch very soon.
I just started working on the small cross stitch pattern Make A Wish that came in a recent CrossStitcher magazine. (Actually it came with the floss and a piece of aida cloth too!)
Here is a picture: http://www.crossstitchermagazine.co.u...
Isn't it adorable? The magazine has a couple more by this designer that are cute and small. I have only had a chance to add a few stitches, but it was nice to be cross stitching again! :-)
Here is a picture: http://www.crossstitchermagazine.co.u...
Isn't it adorable? The magazine has a couple more by this designer that are cute and small. I have only had a chance to add a few stitches, but it was nice to be cross stitching again! :-)
Making a baby sweater in feather and fan, and still on Girl with a Dragon Tattoo.
I am crocheting 2 blankets, making a scrap book, cross-stitching 2 cat pictures and i have everything ready to start a water colour painting when i get around to it... :P
Wow! you're busy!! :-) and you're into tons of crafts too!
I finally had a chance to cross stitch on my Mermaid again this past weekend. For a couple hours, sitting on the porch with my stitch buddy! It was great!
I finally had a chance to cross stitch on my Mermaid again this past weekend. For a couple hours, sitting on the porch with my stitch buddy! It was great!
My boyfriends a rock climber so i need to do lots of things to keep me busy when he is away...
I'm knitting a chicago blackhawks logo to hang on a friend's wall. I'm reading Eat Pray Love and Great Expectations. :)
I finally finished the Show your Colors shawl this past weekend. I cast off using a "picot" bind off -- but it really looks like little flowers and was very nice. I still need to weave in the ends and block it but I finished knitting! It was my biggest knitting project so far.
A Dilemma Indeed! Do I Stitch or Do I Read?
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Joanne wrote: "I am stitching Dimensions 'Rocky Point' and reading The Other Boleyn..."
ooh, Joanne, Rocky Point looks nice!! I was thinking that if you like mysteries and finish The Other Bolyn Girl you might want to check out THE GRAY WHALE INN MYSTERIES by Karen MacInerney (if you haven't already!).