Black lace . . .

Well, that's what it looks like to me . . .

I like this border stitch--a lot--and have been trying to think of a possible place to use it in the future.

Anyway, I made today's goal with time to spare, so I may do a little more while Downton is on for (sob) the last time.

I didn't give myself a big goal today because I wanted to go on a search and destroy mission in the stash room to find my old clip-on magnifiers.

I have been using one of those green headband things for awhile, mainly because I had small glasses frames that the clip-ons didn't fit very well. However, I have found over the last year or so that the headband would start to slip--I've been wondering if my head has been shrinking--the rest of me certainly has not.

Anyway, my stitching would go something like this:

• take two stitches
• push up magnifier
• take two more stitches
• push up magnifier
• take three stitches
• find that magnifier had slipped down and I was looking over the lens rather than through them
• push up magnifier
• take two more stitches
• push up magnifier

This has most definitely cut down on my efficiency and irritated me no end. I have new glasses frames that are much larger than the previous ones, so I decided to see if I could locate the clip-ons and discover if they would fit.

I did and they do.

(I also found some more things in my stash that I want to pull out so they can see the light of day and I can get them stitched but that is a story for another day.)