I Can't Help Myself!

I made another Little Buddy yesterday! I have an infinite supply of yarn remnants so am not sure when I'll stop.

This one's a little taller than the other - achieved by knitting a couple more leg rounds.

They were very patient during the photo shoot.

"Who us? We're just standing here minding our own business. Checking out the scene."

I can whip one up during an evening of TV watching. I just finished season 3 of 'The Diplomat' on Netflix. It continues to be very good. Highly recommend.

I signed up for the Jingle Ball and the three classes I was interested in. Liz Mathews was the first to send the class information. I found some 32-ish count fabric in my stash so I could start the Hello from Liz Mathews Snow Globes. The fabric is off-white so hope it will look OK. I'm now on the hunt for good 'snowflakes'.

The fabric is 32ct in one direction and 30ct in the other. It's some old MCG Textiles linen that I bought at Michaels in the US years ago. 

I had similar problems with some Aida cloth a few years back whilst trying to stitch a biscornu. It was 16 ct vertically and 18 ct horizontally. So annoying.

However for the Snow Globe project, taller, skinnier motifs wouldn't be a bad thing. And 32ct is much easier on the eyes than my usual 40ct. I'm just not a big fan of stitching with two strands. 

I did make substitutions for some of the colours that I didn't already have in my stash. I used Cody Hoover's Floss Color [sic] Tool. Basically you plug in the DMC number you're missing and 5 suggestions are made. 

There are actually quite a lot of stitches in these motifs but I can knock several off before our finishing class during the Jingle Ball. I'm guessing we'll use Alene's glue as stiffener. I've successfully mixed white glue and water 50/50 before when stiffening crocheted snowflakes.

My stitcherly peeps that have been at Mrs Parkman's Stitching Workshop and Retreat will be home on Tuesday. The have kept me apprised of their activities via texts and photos. It sounds like they had a splendid time. I look forward to seeing them and all their loot.