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You really have been through the mill this summer haven't you! I hope that Autumn brings an upturn in your lives.

Great to see Gryff again! He really does cheer things up doesn't he!

A great update on a great design. Gryff is awesome and I would think be a good way to relax when you aren't too exhausted from everything that has been going on in your life. Looking forward to more updates and hearing that life has calmed down a bit.

Carole

You have certainly been through a very stressful time. I'm really sorry to hear of your loss.
On a positive note though your stitching is looking lovely considering what stressful period you have been through I think you have made good progress

Serinde wrote:I'm amazed you have managed to stitch at all, and it looks wonderful!

I totally agree!! So sorry for all that you have been going through!! I hope that things will improve for you and your family in the very near future!!

but Richard, every stitch is a stitch closer to the finish. You sure have had an eventful summer and I truly hope that life settles down now for you and you can get some more done on this lovely chart.

Thank you all for the kind comments.
It has been a year to forget so far, but there are signs things are getting better.

Regards,

Richard.

I'm sorry to hear of your loss Richard, I'm glad things are starting to look brighter for you

Gryff looks fabulous

I'm sorry to hear about your loss and your stressful summer, Richard. It's good to hear that it looks like things are starting to look up now.

Gryff looks fantastic as always. I'm always glad to see an update on this one!

Two weeks on since the last update, and I am still stitching Page 4 of the 18.
The chart page layout is as below:


And the progress:

Getting on slowly, and maybe I'll finish the page soon so I can go back to Luz.

Regards,

Richard.

That's what I call a decent amount of work. When finished, it will be well worth every stitch. He turns out so real. If you had started with his head, he would be now watching you working and would not let you get distracted by other projects.

Happy stitching!

Beautiful progress!!

Podolyanka wrote: If you had started with his head, he would be now watching you working and would not let you get distracted by other projects.

I agree!!

Carole

I always tend to work from right to left. I do not use a stand, and hold the frame in my left hand, using my right for the needle. This means the left side tends to get grubby, but as there are no stitches there, the stitched part of the picture remains cleaner than if I worked the other way.

There is also one more thing, not having him look at me speeds things up. There is no distraction of looking at a very soft & soppy cat.

Regards,

Richard

I know it is based on a photograph but I can't help thinking how like a wonderful painting it looks!

rcperryls wrote: Beautiful progress!!

Podolyanka wrote: If you had started with his head, he would be now watching you working and would not let you get distracted by other projects.

I agree!!

Carole

Excellent observation!!! Great update, Richard!!

Wonderful work. I could just stroke that tail

Wonderful details and shading! Looking forward to seeing the next update...

Gryff is back! Fabulous work and update.

Beautiful!! Can't wait for more updates xx

Becky

Mabel Figworthy wrote:I know it is based on a photograph but I can't help thinking how like a wonderful painting it looks!

Yes... There is a resemblance to a pointillist picture with the individual dotty stitches. I think another contribution to the effect is the slightly unrepresentative values in the standard DMC colour definitions I used for the program, generally light threads come out a bit darker and more saturated than the digital picture. It's not bad, just different.
I do hope that the colour definitions I came up with this summer will be a bit more WYSIWYG. Though doing an effective test is, perforce, years away.

Regards,

Richard

Fabulous as always Richard. I agree, the fur looks as though you can stroke it as it is so lifelike. No doubt we will see the start of h is back leg soon Looking forward to next update