02 March 2021

Small Progress with a Tiny Needle

Because it is Tiny Needle Tuesday, I thought I would show you my small amount of progress on my current counted cross stitch project:


OK, you can't see the white snowflakes that were already completed above the word "Warm," but in any case I managed to get that word completed, as well as the start of part of the border around it.  Not a vast amount, but as it is using a high count Aida cloth (well, for me at least), it's a LOT.  I am enjoying this project, but it will be a slow one because my poor eyes can only work on it for so long.  Plus, the lighting has to be good, and with the gloomy days we've been having, that's been an issue.

But I don't have a deadline for this - I'm making it for myself - so I can take as long as I need to and I want to enjoy working on it rather than feel like it's some kind of assignment.  So I cannot even estimate when you may see the whole thing completed.

Which of course does not mean that I have not seen approximately 45 other projects I would dearly love to start ... 😉

7 comments:

Needles and Wool said...

Very nice so far! I just started cross stitching recently and it is really enjoyable. Looking forward to see it as your progress. Take care!

Kim in Oregon said...

It is looking great and I'm excited to see how it slowly progresses over time (like my own stitching!).

KSD said...

So pretty. And good for you, eschewing timelines.

Araignee said...

Great start!!! It has been too gloomy for stitching. I have to have sunlight also. I have a magnifier thingy but it gives me a headache.

Wanderingcatstudio said...

Progress is progress - no matter how small!

kathy b said...

I can wait!! all of you stitchers impress me. I cross stitched one thing or two when I was in high school. Odd, I remember stitching baby bib for my godmother. I drove by myself to bring them to her ,at 16. She was acting odd. The next day my mother said she called to say she'd lost the baby. I think she had a RH incompatibility. She had so many losses. Many of my mom friends did. Anyhow, maybe that's why I stopped that sort of stitching. Through no fault of my own, I felt terrible that Id brought her this gift.

karen said...

slow stitching for yourself is the best craft. I'm making a sweater for me and it's nice that there is NO deadline.