Yesterday I had Jeanette, Marilyn, and Barb over for some stitching. We had a very pleasant time talking about our projects, future plans, and life events. We're looking forward to our guild's retreat at the end of September.
I mostly filed away a bunch of random floss from projects I've finished stitching and have emptied the project bags. Then I worked a bit on the Bees in the Greenhouse project. I finished the flowers in the second panel which were supposed to be echinacea. However the called-for colour was coral and not to my liking. I made them Black-eye Susans instead.
The pattern called those bees, Sweat Bees - not as chubby as the bee in the first panel. They have green legs.
Later that afternoon I took a couple of photos in the garden. I love the bright colours of the zinnias.
If I get around to it next spring, I'll plant more resplendent ones - with more and denser petals.
I love the sunny 'faces' of these guys - a type of Coreopsis.
I finished another octagon yesterday
and one today. I did a big boo boo on one of them and didn't discover it until a couple of rounds later so didn't frog back. I compensated for it so it's not really obvious and certainly I can live with that.
6 down, 10 to go.
I haven't done anything about getting more of the pale yellow 'buttermilk' yarn. It's used for at least 2 rounds of each octagon and granny square including the 'x' rounds. The pattern calls for 3 - 100g balls for the 16-octagon blanket I may do another 4 plus corresponding granny squares and triangles. To conserve this colour I could just use it on rounds 11 and 13 (the 'x' round). I plan to use invisible seaming so and use any colour for that.
Will start Octagon #7 tonight.
- Have been watching 'Dept Q' on Netflix - kinda creepy but good.
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