Olympic stitching

During the past few days, I either had time to stitch or I had time to blog. Since this is supposed to be a needlework blog, I stitched.

And I have finished the stitching part of my Olympic stitching!

I have not done the finish-finishing, obviously, but I'm amazed that I actually managed to get this whole project worked.

I could start the finish-finishing but Dearly Beloved and I are officially on vacation, and we are getting ready to go gallivanting.  This means that I need to make lists and pack and organize myself.

The needlework bags--note that I said bags--are already packed.

I probably didn't need to tell you that.  I imagine you already knew.

Slow going

While the athletes in the Olympics seem to be going faster and faster, I seem to be going slower and slower.

Letters.

Over

one

thread.

No more needs to be said.

No more may need to be said--but I just noticed the "y" at the end of "thy" is missing a piece.

Sigh . . .

A little bird

There  is now a little bird singing on the back of the stitching envelope.

Actually, I think my favorite part are the rosebud bands at the top and bottom of the panel. I may have to find somewhere else to use this motif.

Back to the Olympics and more stitching . . .

Happy Valentine's Day!

And I have a heart!

I just realized that statement makes me sound like the Tin Man. Or the Grinch (wrong holiday).

Anyway, this part of Barbara Jackson's Sweet Heart of Mine is all stitched. And now I will start work on the back part of the envelope, assuming, of course, that I can stay awake. Dearly Beloved took me to dinner for Valentine's Day and it was lovely, especially since I had a pack of crackers for lunch. But I am not accustomed to big, rich meals, despite my large and lovely self, and I am about to nod off.

Snow report:  it's melting. It was beautiful while it lasted, and luckily our power stayed on despite flickering a couple of times,  but I think this is about all I need. The last time we had this much snow was ten years ago and I believe that we in the Carolinas can only cope with lots of snow about once a decade.  And this is after I declared I was done with winter several weeks ago! 

Actually, I think if I could have had a snow day or two, I would have enjoyed it more. Telecommuting can be a pain, especially when some of the resources you need are not where you are. However, I'm glad I didn't fall behind on the workload, especially since we're going on vacation soon. And, given the way the winter has gone thus far, I have a feeling we're heading into more snow.

Half Hearted

Between the Olympics and the weather, I've managed to get almost this entire side of Sweet Heart of Mine worked:

I really love how rich the bargello heart looks. Actually, I can't think of anything on this section that I'm not fond of. The blank stares of the birds and bunnies will eventually be covered with beads, but I'll do that last. Otherwise I will spend a lot of time fussin' and cussin' every time the thread catches on them.

Meanwhile, the weather report:  The powers-that-be actually closed our office at noon today. The snow has been beautiful to watch as it falls, but the temperatures are also falling--into the 20's--and all that moisture on the ground is going to freeze.

Anyway, I am telecommuting for the next day or so. We're supposed to have phase 2 of the storm arriving tomorrow morning, and where I live is on the line between mostly snow and lots of ice. I'd rather be on the mostly snow side because lots of ice bring down power lines. And it's a little difficult to telecommute or stitch with no heat or light.

Olympic Stitching

Much to my surprise, I have managed to get quite a bit stitched during the very early days of the Olympics:

This is the front of of Barbara Jackson's Sweet Heart of Mine. Thus far, anyway.

I pulled this back out of the stash when it was offered as a project for SNS. I had said, jokingly, that it would be my Olympic stitching project, knowing a finish couldn't possibly happen. But now, maybe it will, if I forsake all others.

My own personal Olympic challenge . . .

Almost . . .

I almost have the band I wanted to stitch for February completed. Almost . . .just the rest of the Montegrin row . . .

(Not sure why the weird lines are showing up on this picture and the one in the last post--if you click on the pictures, the lines disappear. There is probably some technical reason for it that is beyond my understanding.)

Ellenor Wycks is on the scroll bars and ready to go as soon as I finish the Montenegrin, but I'm still thinking about doing Barbara Jackson's Heart of Mine as my Valentine/Olympics stitching. For a brief and completely insane moment, I thought of challenging myself to get the whole thing stitched by the time of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.  Then I remembered that I really don't get a lot stitched while the events are occurring. Things happen very fast in the Olympics. (Well, of course they do, that's why they're the Olympics.). If you look away to do something like, oh, say, check the graph, you'll miss whatever you're watching the Olympics to see. So we'll see what actually gets done over the next couple of weeks.