We had a quiet morning at our house yesterday. Finn had a nap while my daughter read a book and I did some embroidery. The Christmas tree lights were on--yes--it is still up but will come down soon. I have finally added some more colours to my embroidery project and I have learned some new stitches as well. This one is called the buttonhole bar stitch.
Here is the finished flower.
Then, it was on to some of the lazy daisy leaves on the branches.
The other new stitch I tried for the first time was the buttonhole wheel stitch in the centre of this circle. The circle itself is stem stitch.
It doesn't look like a lot is done yet, but the embroiderers out there will know that this represents several hours of stitching.
We had a couple of inches of snow the other day and Finn had a great time frolicking in it! He had lots of snowballs in his curly hair when he came inside.
This lens ball is a new toy that I received for Christmas. Here is my first attempt at taking a picture through it. I will continue to experiment.
My daughter added some more stitches to her feathers this week as well. It will be fun to see this come to life with the colourful threads in the kit.
I will be linking up with Kathy and the crew of slow stitchers on Sunday morning. I have been thinking about goals for 2020 and one of them is to learn how to knit. I once made most of a yellow scarf when I was 8 but never finished it. That was the last time I used knitting needles. My friends, Pat and Cathy, have offered to help get me back into knitting again. I received some wool and a gift certificate to the local knitting shop for Christmas so hope to get started on a project soon.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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