It was a perfect day - I got to do a little bit of all of the above! Hubby went out fly fishing (its the last day of the season today) and I had the house to myself. My biggest indulgence of the day was my latte's . . .
I had three of these! (two with cream too!). Oh, you can bribe me with a goooood cup of coffee. Is there anything more delicious? No, no, no, I don't think so - it even beats chocolate in my book! We got this little espresso coffee maker a few Xmases ago and I can tell you that it is really one of my favourite appliances! :) An no, you won't gain any weight - coffee is magic, didn't you know? Silly, silly you . . . 
I am not happy with the little cross stitching that I did today. I don't know what it is that really rubs me the wrong way about it . . . I just haven't been able to work it out yet.
Maybe it is just because I am a bit of a perfectionist . . . it was supposed to be part of a scissor's fob but I think I am going to just file it under "practice".
Funny quote: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.
Glad you enjoyed your day - my favorite kind as well!! I'd be interested in how your little latte works... What's off about your piece? It looks square and even to me from here.
ReplyDeleteOh what a wonderful day, I love to laze around with a good coffee.
ReplyDeleteI think I might see what is upsetting you about your little piece here. I think maybe you have some of the x's crossed in one direction and some crossed in the other direction. Especially the top border row of the pink flower. This is a very very common mistake for beginner to make and one that you really need to correct right now before it becomes a habit.
It does not make any difference which cross is on top (although, some stitchers do say one way is backwards--poo). Just make sure that all the bottom stitches go one way and all the top stitches go the other way. First cross ////////// second cross \\\\\\\\\\ or visa versa. But always the same
The light will hit the stitches and bounce off differently when it hits a cross going the "other" way, so it will look quite a bit different if some of the x's go this way and some that way.
This happens a lot if you have turned the piece in your hand while stitching, and small pieces like this can very easily get turned around. I was working a biscornu last week, set it down to go to dinner, came back, picked it up and stitched for half an hour. Finally when I looked at it I realized I had done this same thing, a full half of my completed stitches where going one way and the other half the other way -- so it's not just beginners who make this mistake! I had to frog half my biscornu.