Carole's Retry at TOS - Finished 10/10/11

[rcperryls]

Yes. I am enjoying doing this now. Hard to believe how frustrated I was before. Anyway, here is the latest update before I return to Amulet & Emmaline for a bit. Since you all love her so much, here is Laverne assisting:

here is Laverne admiring her work:

and here is a closeup of the first 4 parts. I did the eyelot in variegated DMC 94 (I think) and I liked the effect. I will probably try a few more later on. It looks better in real life than in the photo. The French knots do need to be redone, but at a later date.

Thank you all so much. Without your encouragement I don't think I would have tried this again.

Carole

[karen4bells]

fantastic progress Carole, and your eyelets are very nice. Love the choices of threads you've used too. Laverne is just too cute for words, one would definitely think that she is indeed helping you with this project

[Squirrel]

Carole you are going great guns on this one now. Looking forward to seeing the next update.

Sally

[Lenne]

Awww your kitty is adorable!!! Tree is looking fantastic, really love your neat eyelets!!

[LadyS]

I love it Carole! Lovely green shades and lovely stitches! Some of my knots I had to take out like 3 times before I was happy with it, they can be quite annoying at times, huh? Yours look very rich and perfectly puffy.

[Mrs Milkybar Kid]

Looking good Carole! I love Laverne - wish I could reach out and stroke her! I'm a huge cat lover but unfortuntely DH is VERY allergic to them so I live vicariously through other peoples' kitties!

[destructiveernie]

i have some pale pink fabric in my stash and will probably just use that and decide the colours as i go. At the moment i'm thinking just have a go with stuff i've already got and if it works out ok then i might be tempted to do another with a bit more thought behind it.

[Busy_B]

[AriannaF]

It's looking wonderful! Well done on giving it another go too. I'll be looking forward to your next updates

[anjami]

This is really great:) and great progress:)
Waiting for more:)

[colibri]

Carole, it's beautiful!
The colour selection is very delicate - I love it!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Looking really good -- so glad that evenweave no longer feels daunting!

[Ketta]

It's looking fabulous! I'm also glad you're feeling better about evenweave... I don't stitch on anything but evenweave and linens anymore, and like others here on the forums, I really should write up some of the things I've found that I have learned that help make the process slick.

Love the 'helper' photos, too.

[rcperryls]

Thank you all. I really apprciate the encouragement. And Mabel, you many not believe this, but when you looked at the photo of the afghan fabric and said it was evenweave, I had to rethink what I was so afraid of, since I'd been using evenweave without knowing it. A real "writer's block" for stitching. Made a big difference when the Jobelan came. And I know I keep saying it, but after the TOS will be my Hardanger afghan challenge. Just gives me more time to ponder which of the designs I will pick. In the meantime, I'm having so much fun gathering stash for that afghan.

Carole

[Carole]

That's looking lovely. I really like the colours you're using

[Lili]

very pretty!!

[rcperryls]

Here's the next two stitches. They were fun to do. I am trying to do a stitch a day. So I have now completed 6 parts. I think that leaves 10 more? I wasn't planning on sticking with greens but that is what it is looking like. I am using a lot of variegated thread. I have some silk that I got and a few more satins so might try those next. Also am thinking about some yellow. Opinions?? Anyway, Laverne was taking her beauty nap when I snapped this one. Actually, I'm not sure she likes this as much as the HAEDs. Go figure.


Carole

[Sarah Gixxer]

Lovely work, Carole, this is looking wonderful!

[Mabel Figworthy]

The greens look beautiful -- not sure about adding a yellow is it a very bright yellow or more a yellowy green?

[rcperryls]

I also have some variegated yellow but I think its too bright. Do you think yellowy greens would be okay? or just sticking with the different greens is better at this point? I have all the DMC's so there is plenty to choose from.

Carole