I’m sorry I’ve been neglecting you. There’s been a lot of sickness here, so I’ve been stuck at home looking after sick people (including myself!) and we’re still getting through that. I’ve been stitching away, and also preparing for Beating Around the Bush needlework conference.
I’ll be at Beating Around the Bush for the Wednesday Market Day, selling my books and also launching “Sardinian Knotted Embroidery”. Yes, I know, it’s been out for a while now, but I haven’t officially launched it, so why not?! I’ll be teaching Mountmellick on the Thursday and Friday, which I’m sure will be fun!
The book is progressing, though a bit slower than normally due to me being sick. But when I’ve been well enough I’ve been stitching. I needed to figure out a stitch from very poorly translated instructions. It was making no sense at all. I had read the instructions many times, and they just didn’t seem to relate to the single, not-very-clear photo provided. I experimented with my needle and thread until BINGO! Finally something clicked and I figured out what they meant! I was happily able to master the stitch. Figuring it out felt like I’d won the lottery – it was such a feeling of accomplishment!
Have you ever had a time when you feel like you’ve conquered a stitch?
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
So pleased that you and your family are on the way to recovery. Yes re the embroidery. When doing Hardanger. Especially some of the weaving. Lacy type stuff takes me some time to get it , and also with quilting. Those points can be a bit tricky getting triangle points just so. It’s nice to know that even really talented people have these kind of moments makes them more
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Plaited Braid Stitch comes and goes – every time I think I’ve got it, I keep it for a while and then it disappears again…!