Stitching Progress

I finally finished part 1 of my St. Petersburg White Nights cross-stitch pattern. Well, almost. It's missing the crystals and beads, but this is all the actual stitching for part one.

This is part of a very large cross-stitch piece. It's an online class where one part is released each month (and I'm way behind, of course, lol, though I started late). To give you an idea, part 1 is about 5.5 x 5.5 inches (13.5 x 13.5 cm) and the finished design should be about 27 x 27 inches.

It's stitched with various silk threads and metallics on 32ct Millennium Blue linen. There are also 2 specialty stitches in this section, Rice stitches (the navy ones in the middle) and Rhodes stitches (the less visible and smaller aqua coloured little blocks in the "legs" of the cross) .



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Winter Onset

Urgh. The cold weather is setting in. I'm not ready for this yet...

It's been getting colder all week, and as a result drier. I'm already getting static shocks from the car as I open and close the doors, and this is only going to get worse.

I need to figure out where the humidifier is (still boxed somewhere from our move earlier this year no doubt), and look into buying a humidifier that does warm mist for the bedroom (the one we have only does cold mist, isn't as effective as I'd like, and is way too noisy for the bedroom).

Time to make sure I'm adequately stocked up on body lotion for the next 5 or so months.