Saturday 15 January 2022

Progress on Another Front


 No progress has been reported on this since September 1, apparently! I decided to go back to filling in the corner motifs on this carpet, and just did the last one. Now the inner, wide border, which is about half done, is up for completion.

We are once again in complete lock-down here, thanks to the meteoric rise of the Omicron variety of Covid. Our hospitals have more than 100 people in ICU, and provincially, only 200 can be accommodated; my annual mammogram was cancelled, and it will likely be months before my new eye specialist can see me, and then there is another long wait that may need postponing, after that, if surgery is needed. I did fine, until today, when the colours on my embroidery chart started blurring and changing again. I'll give it a day before trying again....

As far as the market stall is concerned, the wiring for the perimeter is in place, and the wiring for the stall itself - a lighted swag around the front opening - is ready to be placed. That's next. I've decided to try and finish some half-finished, small projects while I am under pandemic "house arrest", just to keep my sanity. I am doing a minimum of 10 rows daily on a current sock project (one is done), as wool socks with temperatures well below zero seem a good idea! With the wind chill, we are dealing with -30 C.

Stay well and healthy!


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    1. It's from a book, Making Miniature Oriental Rugs & Carpets, by Meik and Ian McNaughton (Sterling Publishing Co.) I use DMC floss rather than wool, as wool is rather hairy for miniature rugs and I can't buy Appleton's crewel yarns here. This one is on 24 ct. canvas, but I also use 22 ct canvas for miniature rugs. I love the colours of this carpet!

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    2. I accidentally deleted your comment, Huibrecht, and can't get it back! Thank you for your comment!

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    3. Hi Marijke, no problem, do not worry about it. I have accidentally removed someone comment too once. It can happen to all of us. :-)

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