I cleaned out a basket in my office and unearthed this piece I stitched and abandoned possibly 25+ years ago.
It's 'Snow Friends' by Imaginating of Crossed Wing Designs. I think I still have the chart which is a good thing because when I did a photo search on Google Chrome, there are a bunch of little birds feeding on seeds on the ground and a LOT of snow.
There was a lot of detail - backstiching and French knots. I like the sunflowers, mittens, and little birds. Maybe I'll finish and frame it. I could do the snow with half cross stitches which would make the task a bit easier.
I finished the ninth octagon today and started the 10th. I took the finished ones outside for a photoshoot on the glass table on the deck.
They're in no particular order. I weighed the remaining Buttermilk skein after having completed the 9th octagon and still had 20+ grams left with almost half the afghan finished. There are two more full 100g balls so I might have enough as is to add 4 more octagons and the corresponding triangles and squares. That would make the final size approximately 120cm x 150cm or 46" x 57". There is more than 50g left in each of the other colours.
I have discovered an excellent photo search tool already on my iPhone. It's through Google Chrome. Basically you open a new Chrome page and on the top right there's a squarish icon.
Tap on it and it opens Google Lens. You can either take a photo of what you want to identify or if you already have a photo, tap on the picture icon on the bottom left and it will take you to your photo library on your device.
Tap on the photo in your library and within seconds it will tell you what the photo depicts.
That's how I got the details of my unfinished project after all these years.
Try it! I think you'll be as impressed as I was.
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