There are a couple of smallish knits in project bags that travel in and out of the house with me. Progress is being made but slowly.
Instead, lately, I have been more in the mood of working with a threaded needle. Before Christmas I stitched a spot sampler Christmas stocking; just basic cross stitches, nothing fancy and all done in one shade of deep red. Very satisfying.
I had in mind to do a sampler [sort of like this one], perhaps a Quaker spot sampler [lovely example here], but I am determined these days to work from patterns that are already in my library. Goodness knows I have plenty!
So while the one I selected is not exactly what I had in mind, it is proving to be just the thing for me. The actual name of the design is "Toile Sampler" by Laura Holtorf Collins and I have it in book published in 2003 by Better Homes and Gardens A Cross-Stitch Christmas Needlework Treasures.
As soon as I finish wallpapering that bit of snow under the sledding boys, I will do the alphabet and it will be done. Not done as in finished or framed, but stitching completed. Sometimes that is as done as my things get. It's the journey, not the destination.
When whippoorwills call and evening is nigh,
I hurry to my Blue Heaven.
A turn to the right, a little white light, (the Ott Light!)
Will lead me to my Blue Heaven.
