Schwalm weekend

Over the weekend we continued with removing the paint from the brickwork at the front of our house. It was slow work, and it is looking very different. We’ll get there some day!

In my down time, I got stuck into doing some more work on Luzine Happel’s left-handed Schwalm project. And I must day I AM LOVING IT! I moved on from the coral knot stitch to working the chain stitch outlines, just inside the coral knot stitch, and then I gave myself a real treat: I started work on the pulled thread embroidery.

What fun! I have had such a good time working it, and really enjoyed it. I’ve decided that coral knot stitch is NOT my favourite stitch, and while there’s an awful lot of it in Schwalm embroidery, there are lots of carrots after all the coral knot stitch to look forward to.

Luzine’s instructions are excellent, and while I’ve found a few things that will need to be fixed in them, that’s exactly the point of her getting some people to test stitch her instructions!

School holidays have started now, and so we’re all at home for the holidays. Today will be a bit different – I’m off to the gymnasium to help with a complete dismantle of all the gymnastics equipment. They’re taking the opportunity of fewer people around in the holidays to completely reconfigure the gym. I’m not sure how many aches and pains I’ll have by the end of the day, but it will probably will be a great excuse to sit and do some quiet embroidery!