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Winding Up a Little
Dec. 7th, 2015 03:08 pmAfter one of the ornaments gave me fits, I managed to wrestle it into submission. It's not the greatest, and the backs of the two cross-stitched ornaments really don't look as nice as past ones have (which is a direct effect of the difficulties they gave me getting themselves assembled). Still, they're finished, and they're on the tree. The tree is getting very full. I actually didn't put up any of the glass ornaments that come in packages of four this year because I didn't know where they could go.
In more interesting news (because, let's face it, Christmas ornaments aren't actually very interesting, even if kittens are cute), I finished my new 1800's spencer last night. I'll photograph it at some point, but I think I can guarantee that it won't be in the next couple of days. The things I actually need to do were being extremely disagreeable (as in no discernible progress toward the goal after three hours) this morning so it's looking like they're going to take all my time for the rest of the week. Hmph. At least I have a pretty spencer now. And I'm up to the neckline of my sweater so there are things to be pleased about even if my work is disgruntling me.
I think I've decided to keep the butter-colored wool, but I'm not going to work on the Harper's Bazar dress right now. I'll continue to keep an eye out for white/off-white wool and plan to do something Edwardian with this because we all need more costume plans without event plans in our lives. Or maybe I'll eventually give up on white and do this one after all. Time will tell.
In more interesting news (because, let's face it, Christmas ornaments aren't actually very interesting, even if kittens are cute), I finished my new 1800's spencer last night. I'll photograph it at some point, but I think I can guarantee that it won't be in the next couple of days. The things I actually need to do were being extremely disagreeable (as in no discernible progress toward the goal after three hours) this morning so it's looking like they're going to take all my time for the rest of the week. Hmph. At least I have a pretty spencer now. And I'm up to the neckline of my sweater so there are things to be pleased about even if my work is disgruntling me.
I think I've decided to keep the butter-colored wool, but I'm not going to work on the Harper's Bazar dress right now. I'll continue to keep an eye out for white/off-white wool and plan to do something Edwardian with this because we all need more costume plans without event plans in our lives. Or maybe I'll eventually give up on white and do this one after all. Time will tell.
