Snailing by Friday

I didn't really do any more on Henry this past week. I just finished my page and then had a bit of indecisiveness on exactly where to continue. Should I redo the Tudor-rose that had a small mistake, should I finish Henry, should I continue down the lady's dress or to the left? Too many choices, so my mind refused to think about it any more and so I picked up "Fred" and we had a lot of fun until it was dark and I took out "Almost Perfect". As you can probably see, they have been on a rotation, those two. Steadily working on Fred while it being light and bright and taking out the angel when it was raining or nearing bedtime. (and sometimes even going to bed while it was still dark!). 

Another book is almost done. Think I will finish in another week, if you can see the horizontal line then you can see how much further I have to do in that direction. When that portion is finished I am 1/4 parts through. Still not looking forward to the backstitching on this one:P

I have started on the dreaded backstitching on this. Just because. Look, the naughty one is peaking! I love his innocent look.

Today boyfriend and I bought a used little table for my Wip's. So they don't clutter up the table when I decide to switch to another stitch in the middle of another movie. I like the old look, and it's ricketiness. Boyfriend is hoping my things will stay in this table and not slowly expanding onto the other table. I think it is futile as everybody knows stash expands rapidly.

We saw another little guy. With Zebra stripes, but he was not using the zebra-crossing so I hope he arrived safely where ever he was going and avoided the cars:P

Today was Wisp-day

And I did do some Wisp-ing.

This little guy came out of hiding and I did some white on his dress. I am liking this project and I think it will be fun to do the couching on it. Learning a new skill makes me happy. I am hoping to finish this in time for Christmas. And even when he is just occasionally outside I think it is do-able. See, I can make long term goals too.

 Fred! I love Fred. I worked on him yesterday (after I finished the entire page on Henry that I said was my goal, yay, a goal achieved. ) and a bit today. ( Yes, I know today was Wisp-Sunday, but I am allowed to deviate a little from my plan right? ) I have done all the greens and reds on the right side of the picture. :) But I just had a realization, which is, they have been a bit skimpy with the fabric. There is at the lowest 20 holes from the end of the picture and to the end of the aida. Not that much to go on:(  I am pretty sure it is not the wrong way or that I have miscalculated when gridding him. Because every which way I turn him, there is not much to go on... I know that when finished I can sew on more fabric for when I frame him, but I just felt really miffed when I saw how little leniency I had in aligning him perfectly in the middle. Oh, well, I am sure he will look good finished anyway. Even if I have misaligned him a little bit. It is just one of those little things that bug me.

Friday Dresser

So, I have started this work thing, and there I paint furniture. I painted and chose the colours for this little dresser. I am almsot tempted to buy if myself, but I did save the code for it so I can paint something at home this colour much to boyfriends chagrin.

I suggested that they make a little baby corner with loads of re-designed baby furniture, so we are busy doing that... I like painting, too bad it hurts my arm so when I come home I have no desire to stitch at all.

 I had the day off today though, so I stitched a bit on Henry before giving him a thorough cleaning.

And while he was drying off I did some work on Fred.

 Another book almost done. That is tomorrow's goal, that book and some bits of black in his fur... I do love how realistic his colours in the fur look, even if the black is a pain;)

Other than that, I don't think there are much news here in the basement.

Bunny says that the biggest news is her being neglected and not getting enough cuddles. 

But sorry for the boring post, I am going to bed as I am so knackered.....

Sunday shines for you

Regarding the title, I know it is really monday. But I am allowed a bit of creative headlining? And technically this post is up so late in the day that it is monday anyway...

Today, the sun shone, Yay, I think spring is really coming out. And about time.

So, I did not stitch the entire set on this that I said I would, because I have not stitched much today, I have been doing housework. Which is a bit dull, and boyfriend and I have played on the PS3 which was very fun.

But I am planning to stitch abit more before bed. :)

 Look at Henry, I am done with all the grey's on him, finally, and all I have left is his arm. Now he does seem a bit disproportionate in this picture, I mean, who has such broad shoulders? But then again he might have padded them somehow... Like they did in the 80-90s. He was after all the most handsome man in all of Christendom at the time, so he might have had shoulders like boulders, or he might have had a foreseeing fashion sense and started the padded shoulder look before his time.

Look at my bunny. Just the backstitch to go.... Just like everybody else, I love this design, but I HATE the backstitching on it... But it is going to be so worth it, just like in all of Margaret Sherry's designs.

 I love her designs. :)

I have one of her books too, but there were far to little bunnies in the book, a shame because I think her bunnies are the best from her range. (but again, I might be biased) 

So. I took Fred out for a bit, but all the black on black action was starting to get me down. So I gingerly started on a book instead, can you see where I started? There is a LOT of blending of colours on this design. And I wonder what will happen if I run out of one colour since it is not done in anchor or DMC... Want to know something that almost threw me off Fred? The colour that is used the most in this kit is BLACK. I am serious, there was like six times more black than any other colour... I am hoping it will be worth it in the end, even if I feel bored at the moment.

When I am done with Secret Project Number 2, I have another design in mind. I found this from here. And I just could not help myself. I bought the magazine it came from on the ipad, and I am now in the process of kitting it up. I have also finally bought from sew and so those beads needed on Henry and since it is a bit stupid to just buy small things I bought a Just Nan limited edition bunny, because it just screamed to me.

Party all night long Friday

It is really beginning to spring here. This week I saw the first little wildflower by the road. Other excitement followed where boyfriend and I was almost killed by a falling piece of lumber. The working people had failed to put up signs that they were working. And suddenly while we were minding our own business and walking we heard some frantic whistling and yelling, and boyfriend dragged me by the side. Apparently a little while later he heard a bang where the falling lumber had fallen. I was still busy thinking about all that wood for the bunny to chew....

Boyfriend and I have been playing a lot of Rayman lately for the playstation, so it has been cutting into my stitching time. But I have done some more black on Frederick. Hard to see black on black, but I promise I've done alot.

Secret WiSP 2. A small preview. If anyone recognizes this piece please keep it to yourself until may;) But I just had to show all the sparkling shiny threads. I am a sucker for sparkly things.

I have cheated a bit to start on Henry's head. I felt he would become a bit less scary with a head, but I think I might be mistaken. He looks very ghostlike. And he wasn't even beheaded!

Freebie Friday! A kokeshi. I love Kokeshi's.  And for some reason, they felt springy so I wanted to do one in green. I probably should have made a kappa to boot, since we are in the green japanese corner. But maybe next time. If anyone asks for one;)

And bunny got a branch of her own to chew. She wanted to sit in her cage whilst chewing so. I complied. :) I love my bunny! Even if she chews on my furniture.

I promise, I know what day it is!

I do. Even If I don't have any WiSPiness to show you lot.

I do on the other hand have a lot of Fred, Henry and Bunny x2 to show for it.

 Look, another book down, a start on the next one. And look, I have started on the cat. :) I am still in love with this piece, but it needs daylight. And I am still not happy with the stiffness of the aida. And another thing, I don't know who the manufacturer of the floss is, but it is fraying alot... A lot like the free floss you get in the magazines. Maybe I have my threads too long, but I like them that way, and usually I don't get into trouble with them. So I will not change my ways.

I am dreading all the finishing touches on this one, because there is a lot of metallics, but other than that I think this will be a fairly easy project... Especially all the big blobs of colour already in a row;)

Yesterday I finished all the red on Henry's arm. And soon I think the brown will be done too. My mum is visiting tomorrow, so I doubt it will be finished then. But I hope to be soon. Almost halfway!

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I know it is WiSP Sunday, and I promise, I have done some on one of them, but it is on secret project number 2, so sadly I can't show you, but I can show you my travel project instead. I don't travel much these days, but I will be traveling a little tomorrow, so I have made a start on this so it will be easier on the bus tomorrow;)

A Margareth Sherry design, and of course, a bunny. For me. Yes, I am making a bunny birthday card for myself, because I usually don't get any bunny cards. (sometimes I get one from my friends :) )

I was contemplating joining in a birthday exchange, but I don't want to have too much on my plate, need to finish my course first...

 Bunny has a new hobby. Jumping up on this crate. We keep her hay in one of them and the bedding in the one she is sitting on. Maybe she could smell it? But she likes being on top of things to look around. (The higher the better, she says, sometimes I think she was a cat and not a bunny)

 I can honestly say that she seems completely healed when she jumps that high. Look at her smug little face. (and please ignore the clutter).

And another sign that she is feeling fine. The bunny flop. :) We have a small inexpensive IKEA rug on the floor under the desk between boyfriend and me where bunny loves to nap when we are busy.

You can even see how much she has healed in the fur growing back on her tummy if you look closely.

Oh, yeah, and I have 13 followers now, yay, I am hoping to have a giveaway when I reach another milestone. Either 200 blogposts or 20 followers, whichever happens first. ;)

Or if a post gets 100 views a day;)
My last entry received 92 I think, so almost there;)

HEAD ON

 Today on the blog: Update on Henry, Frederick and the long awaited review of my beloved q snap. Some complaining of a certain company and some bragging about another. Anecdotes about your favorite bunny and a promise. All illustrated by bad mobile phone pictures and spelling mistakes by yours truly.

All Heads look this way!

 All heads on Henry's right side are done! Yay! But to be honest I am struggling a bit with Henry, he just does not capture me in the same way his wives do. Might be all the greys. Might be his daunting size... Might be his all around beheading and disposing of his spouses. Might be simply because he does not have a nice dress. I love sewing dresses in pretty colours....

Soon I am going to order the beads to finish everything on this side, before starting on the other side. 

 I have completely given up getting an answer from DMC and there is no way I am going to call them all the way over there in France. I can't even speak french, and I am pretty sure they do not understand Norwegian. SO thats why I will yell at them on the blog instead. Oh heads will roll, I am not pleased with DMC in this kit and their customer service. So there. 

Oh, remember that my Mac-Stitch program was lost when the computer died? Well, the nice people over at Ursa sent me a replacement copy. So tomorrow I will be back to charting some more designs which hopefully will look a bit better. ;)  I am head over heals with this prospect.

Here is my start on Frederick. I am completely done with the shelf between his legs now.

I am hating on the fabric, it is so stiff it is standing on its own when I put it down. That can't be a good sign? I hope it will be better after some handling, but meanwhile it is making me cry. I couldn't even get it to sit tight in a normal hoop, I had to use the q snap and am struggling to place it....

Surprisingly the black aida is not giving me any trouble, just good lighting and something white on my lap and there we go. Last black aida failure might be because I was doing it without natural light....?

Can you see the q snap it is attached to?

I looove q snaps! Easy to put on (unless the fabric is being a pain in the head), and leaves absolutely no marks, I even forgot my stitching in it over night with my stitches covered by the plastic clamps and nothing. No distortion, no creases, nothing. Yay! Since I am lazy to take my stitching off hoops this is a heaven sent item. 

I might swap this picture with a better bunny one later;) But this was the only one on my mobile and I am too lazy to get out the regular camera. Maybe a nice headshot? Or maybe a full figure of bunny in action?

This day she let us sleep late too, so pretty happy. And all we had to do was make her a little more space to roam in at night. Yay. If we keep this up we are headed for success in the sleeping full nights department.

Easter is almost over. And there is even candy left over. We did have a visit from the easter bunny. Did you?

Oh, and I am NOT a day late. I just forgot it was Sunday yesterday... I blame it on the easter, all days are the same, at least when they only have names like easterday and not names like Longfriday ( the Norwegian name translated it is Good-Friday in English) which makes remembering what day it is much easier. Who can remember what day it is when it is vacation anyway?

Two- faced

Hello. Did you know who is the bossiest of all the bosses? Someone was adamant that I not blog yesterday, she wanted cuddles before bed-time, and who can say no to a face like that?

Also did you know there is someone here who loves cuddles? Actually someone demands cuddles. We have a cat-toilet (Shh! don't tell the bunny) next to the sofa and she jumps up on it and stares at you until you do your bunny-slave job and gives cuddles. Then she turns into the famous bunny-blob.

 Even though she makes faces like this, she loves it. The person cuddling her is Alien-chan my boyfriend. (also called the bunny-dad). After I started to wear my new glasses she does not give me enough kisses, apparently she does not approve of glasses, so I guess it is back to lenses?

Oh, yeah, lets talk about cross stitch, contrary to bunny's beliefs this is not a bunny blog but a crafting blog. But don't tell her that either. So. Onto Henry.

On Henry, I have finished another face and am well into the "Flanders Mare" face. At least that's what her husband called her.... Isn't history fun?

I do feel like I am making progress and am well into my 100 stitches a day. But I do tend to forget about Sunday WiSp day. But yesterday, I was not at fault. Because we had visitors. :) Boyfriends aunt came over for dinner and waffles. Any excuse to not diet?  And apparently today is international waffle-day, so it fitted. When she left we were so pooped we just went to bed.  (After the afore mentioned bunny-cuddles of course.) 

We blame the sleepiness on bunny for being such a morning person and getting us up at ungodly hours. Ex. around 7 am on a Sunday. She was nice, the day before was around 6 am...

And remember Frederick? After I gridded him I thought about when I should do him, since he (also, along with secret project 2) is on a time-limit. I am trying to keep my Wips in place, honestly, but more just appear out of nowhere. Like a Snorlax. Sorry.

Then I thought, since he is on black aida, maybe an hour in the morning when the sun is shining right into our living room area? Just one hour mind you, before Henry-time.

(I have only made about 35 stitches so I did not bother to take a picture, but this is how he is supposed to look finished)

I have started on the shelf between his front and back paw.

I could not help myself and a new regime

Ganbare Bunny-chan

These past days bunny has not been feeling entirely well, so tomorrow we are going to the vet. Her tummy is full of fur, poor thing. She is a lot better today, I spent the entire night with her and constantly checking up on her poops. She is mostly sleeping, eating hay and pooping. Boyfriend is combing her everyday to help with all the excess fur, but it doesn't seem to help. She is asking for cuddles constantly with treats, but she is on a hay and water diet until the poops are normal. Thank GOD we only saw blood on Saturday. (we have been in telephone contact with the vet and since she is eating and pooping we are trying to see if she'll recover by herself)

And, I am done with the first page. Yay me. First Sami assignment sent in and first page done of four. Henry also has two legs now. I am going to make the crown between his legs before moving upwards. (and no, not that type of crown, hentai.)

I have been thinking about my goals, and if I can do 100 stitches a day of Henry, and send in my assignments in Sami, then, I still have time for a little wip wrangling? WiSp Sunday is still working out fine, but I want to have a finish soon. I need a finish, so, I am thinking about doing one of my secret projects a day too, after the mandatory 100 stitches of Henry. 

I am waiting for some floss for my 2nd secret project. I'll give you a sneak peek when I get them.

(the first secret project is still secret and still not done)

And I've bought Frederick, I could not help myself.

Some little birdie made a request for it, so I bought it.

This is a chart I made ages ago, but one I thought was gone and dead and buried. I found a picture of it, and felt so happy that I had to share, because I think this is one of my best. 

After the disk died all my charts went to heaven, so I have to redo the ones I have snaps of, later. We are still waiting for my new computer and when that arrives I'll start something new.

The New Regime:

I want to make teamed blogpost, and I want to blog a bit more too.

Monday: Monday Blues, nothing

Tuesday: Tuesday Tunes, I'll show you what I am singing to at the moment, just for fun.

Wednesday: Ornament Onsdag (Onsdag is wednesday in Norwegian, struggling I know) I want to make ornaments for christmas so I am starting now, with the odd ornament just for fun. Next week I am starting a easter ornament I think.

Thursday:  Thor's day. Nothing.

Friday: Freebie Friday, I will show you a chart I made

Saturday: I'll be home stitching.

Sunday: Will still be WiSp Sunday and Bunday, showing off my bun. ^^