Peel Stitch-In and Drawn Thread

Yesterday Sharon G and I ventured westward to the Peel Stitch-In which was held at Clarke Hall in Port Credit. The drive there was pretty easy - unlike the last time I took that route.

Being close to Christmas, there was a collection for their local food bank and outreach centre. I rounded up bunch of unused tooth brushes, soaps, shampoos, and other toiletry items that were just taking up space here and gladly made a donation. What a terrific idea!

Some local bylaw limits the number of vendors to four now. Included this time were Kimat Designs, Hand Dyed by Rolanda, Tiny Modernist, and Gamma's Treasures.

In our little swag bag, we received highlighter pen, a corner measurer, and a beautiful skein of hand-dyed floss.

I just now took a good look at the corner measurer and noted it was specially made for the event.

I don't often start my stitching in a corner but this will be handy for when I do.

One thing I like to do is walk around and see what other people are stitching. This SAL by Durene Jones was being done over one thread - possibly on 25ct lugana.  So cute! I may just download the patterns from the Facebook page and stitch it myself some day.

Tiny Modernist had her Plum Pudding Bakery on display. 

The finishing process is her class at the Jingle Ball. 

I can see her issuing different buildings in the future.

I didn't buy anything. I have so much in my stash, I'd rather use up those things than add to it.

I have a blank wall in my kitchen as a result of the renovation this summer. Since the cupboards are wider than the previous ones, I had to move the picture that was hanging there to another place. Today I put up a Command™ hook and hung up, in the now-smaller spot, one of the framed pieces by our late stitchy friend, Sharon T., 'Simply Autumn' by The Drawn Thread. She stitched it and had it framed back in 2012.

I then remembered that I had stitched 'Simply Summer' but never framed it. 

I have it all ready to make into a project bag. I'm now re-thinking that and may frame it instead. 

I really like The Drawn Thread patterns. The motifs are very cute and there are just enough specialty stitches to satisfy and break up any monotony.

I decided to order the charts for the other two seasons and after a bit of Internet exploration, ordered the .pdfs directly from the designer. 'Simply Spring':

and 'Simply Winter':

What I'll probably do is finish them the same size and mount into a frame that I can use for each season.

I also did Pastorale years ago. I was inspired by Yvonne and Edith who presented a bunch of their stitching to our guild several years ago.

I just remembered I had also knit the designer's 'Stars' in 2019. (also needs fully finishing).

Last night I finished the Arne and Carlos Christmas Stocking KAL except for the heel.

I'm not sure how I missed the instruction to put in some waste yarn where the afterthought heel will go (arrow) but I've figured out how to unravel the spot and reknit with the white before adding the contrast yarn for the heel.

I also keep plugging away on my second Persian Tiles blanket and finished the 12th octagon last night.

And finally, my friend, Judy,  that I visited in London a couple of weeks ago finished her radiation treatments on Friday. I was pleased to see Buster was right there with her when she hit the gong.

She said he's been a great support these last couple of weeks. I'm so glad he could help.