Woolgathering

 I forgot to mention the online class I'm taking when I talked about the projects I've been stitching.

As of today, I have caught up with my assignments. Whew!!

I think we're going to work on leaves tomorrow, which will need to be stitched before the next class. Luckily we'll have a mid-term break--I think it's going to take me that much time.

And a confession. I have been spoiled, totally spoiled, by stitching with silk. Silk glides through linen. Wool doesn't glide.  I'm not sure what exactly it does, but it isn't gliding. It doesn't exactly fight, but it is not as pleasant as silk.

But it does go much faster than silk. If I were working this design, at this size, in silk, I'd still be working on the first week's assignment.

Everything is a trade-off.