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by fccs Thu Aug 13, 2026 5:15 pm
This is the stocking I want to finish for Christmas (this year). Yes, I fear I have waited too long. The kit is a Dimensions which means plenty of blended needles, half stitches, and different numbers of strands. In other words, it’s not a quick stitch. It’s for my friends’ new son-in-law. I’ve done stockings for the whole family but my rule for new additions is there must be a ring on the finger before I do a stocking.
This is my progress as of last night. I spent two hours yesterday morning stitching the outline and cutting the fabric down enough to fit one of my scroll frames. I had it on stretcher bars before and it was just too difficult to reach around the back. It’s much easier to handle now, and I did all of the vertical side to side rows last night.
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by Mabel Figworthy Thu Aug 13, 2026 5:49 pm
That's a great start to a lovely stocking! (And good strategy to require a ring first)
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by Serinde Sun Aug 16, 2026 11:06 am
Yup, that's going to be a wonderful gift. No prizes for guessing what you'll be concentrating on...!
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by fccs Sat Aug 22, 2026 6:32 am
I’ve made some progress on the stocking.
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by fccs Mon Aug 24, 2026 8:19 pm
I watched a lot of sports on tv yesterday (F1, women’s soccer, baseball) and was able to get quite a lot of stitching done.
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by Mabel Figworthy Mon Aug 24, 2026 9:46 pm
I hadn't realised sport was so good for getting stitching done - great progress!
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by Serinde Tue Aug 25, 2026 5:51 pm
Oh, it is. I swear by rugby union (and very occasionally football).
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by fccs Mon Aug 31, 2026 7:05 am
And here’s my progress as of tonight. The blue mountains feel endless right now but I’m determined to get them done before I continue working down.
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by Mabel Figworthy Mon Aug 31, 2026 12:31 pm
Very effective, they really look far-away misty mountains with that slightly ethereal quality!
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by Roland Mon Aug 31, 2026 2:38 pm
It’s beautiful, and you are just speeding through it.
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by mags Mon Aug 31, 2026 2:43 pm
Really lovely
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by fccs Tue Sep 01, 2026 6:10 am
Another night of blue….blue…and more blue…..
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by Mabel Figworthy Tue Sep 01, 2026 12:40 pm
As long as it's just your stitching that is blue, and not you!
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by Serinde Tue Sep 01, 2026 12:40 pm
Looking good!
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by fccs Fri Sep 04, 2026 7:17 am
More blue….
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by Mabel Figworthy Fri Sep 04, 2026 7:26 am
It's filling up nicely! And just think how relieved you'll be to have all that blue out of the way
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by Serinde Sat Sep 05, 2026 8:01 am
The horse really looks good.
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