A finish and some progress

Well, it has been a while since I posted a picture on Red Thread. The main reason is that I haven't gotten much done on it. I intended to work a rotation with the BRD piece, however, the little leprechauns have been calling to me. I guess there is something addicting about those little green squares. I'm almost finished with Picnic, but not quite. I was getting these done about 1 every two weeks when I was working on it consistently. I do love the way it is turning out and I really like the linen that it is on.

I've made some progress on Leprechauns, et al. I find that this is a really addicting piece to stitch, but I'm at the point where I'm trying to stitch rather close to the Q snaps. This is causing me to get hand cramps when I work on it. This, however, has caused me to put in some time on the Red Thread piece. I'm debating on whether I want to switch to a larger pair of Qs or just finish the piece in hand. After doing the LK piece and now Red Thread in hand, I'm not as averse to it as I once was.

Since my sons have decided to share their cold with me I've found myself lying around alot. I don't feel like doing anything yet I cannot stand lying around and doing nothing. So, I decided it was time to do some finishing. I finished FaLaLa earlier in January and decided to make it into a little ornament. I'm not real pleased with the tassle, but I figure if I continue to avoid them, I'll never get better at them. I'm real pleased that I found a better way to make the cording that gives me a clean end (ie. no knots) I don't know if I can explain it well, but you fold the cords in half and loop the two colors through each other. This way when they twist on themselves you get one end which is real clean. I think I went gun ho on making cording so hopefully I'll have enough to trim the second one of these ornies that I plan on making.

Cheers,