Meerkat's WIP...update 29.01.2011

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Meerkat's WIP...update 29.01.2011

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I have been stitching my Tiger on and off since March 2008 It is for my younger son,originally a uni.graduation present,which was nearly a year ago,and last Sept. he also started his full time job :oops: I am determined to get it done, I love stitching on it, but afew exchanges, eslewhere, I joined in with recently had to have priority ..my first try at exchanges.. which I thoroughly enjoyed.
So, it's me and my Tiger now and a little Biscornu I have just started, with dragon floss and a DMC lavender scented thread, which I have never used,for abit of a change.
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Re: Meerkat's SAL/WIP 10.04.09

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I love tigers but have never stitched one. Well done its brilliant and well worth waiting for :applesauce:

Pretty colours for the biscornu and lavender scented thread, how lovely :)
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The colours for the biscornu look scrumptious, and the tiger is so impressive!
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He's looking amazing already.Look forward to seeing more of your Tiger,as i have that one to do.Got a working copy done,but its not a black and white chart that i like,its blue and red with similar symbols.Hate them.How are you finding the chart?.
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That tiger is gorgeous, keep going with him
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Love the tiger and the colours for the biscornu :D
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Lovely project :applesauce:
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ooooohhhhhhh love both of your projects they are looking great. Tiger is very impressive. :applesauce:
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:D thankyou all
Cockneystitcher wrote:He's looking amazing already.Look forward to seeing more of your Tiger,as i have that one to do.Got a working copy done,but its not a black and white chart that i like,its blue and red with similar symbols.Hate them.How are you finding the chart?.
this is my first go at a Dimensions project, I was :shock: at the blue and red chart at first, then I enlarged it in portions, for the health of my eyes,and to mark the stitches off and decided to stitch it in blocks, which I did,sucessfully, with my Janlynn Tiger (in my Webshots..getting my gallery sorted, I messed it up :oops: ) after much stopping and starting, I found stitching by going with the flow of the colours far easier and more interesting. It is quite time consuming though because of the blended colours half cross stitch some in 5 strands etc but I have found it is getting easier and the symbols are familiar now, just have to be careful that I haven't missed any lines of stitching when I enlarge parts of the chart!!!or my tiger will be very unique and odd looking :lol: Hope you will take the plunge with yours soon :)
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this looks great so far! look forward to seeing it progress!
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DOH ! Newbie mistake .. I thought you were stitching Meerkats! (and I thought what a great idea for my Mum!) Tiger is lovely and lavender thread ... yum!
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Love the Tiger! Will enjoy watching you stitch that. I do love the tiger designs, although I've never done one myself yet.
Looking forward to seeing what you think of the lavendar scented thread as well. :)
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Really beautiful work :wub: Dimentions charts do look daunting don't they, but are much easier than the look thank goodness :lol:
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Re: Meerkat's SAL/WIP 27.06.09

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I have had a good day today stitching my Tiger, I didn't want to stop but my eyes got tired.
But had abit of a mishap with my hearts for my Biscornu..I mis-counted and the hearts are two stitches smaller each side of the heart than they should be. I only realised when I came to stitch the blackwork :oops: They still look fine so I am doing my own thing with those four and they will be the bottom of the Biscornu, so the top will have the hearts with the correct number of stitches :roll: and the blackwork stitches.

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Re: Meerkat's SAL/WIP 18.04.09

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They are both looking very good. I have the same tiger in my stash to do, but really must get my others finished first. Keep up the good work, and don't forget to keep us updated with pics!
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Ah that is to bad about the hearts but it looks like you have salvaged them with out any :ribbit: ing.
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Re: Meerkat's SAL/WIP 18.04.09

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amazing work with both of these :applesauce:
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