Parrot Progress

Yes… I had plans to have it done by the New Year, but alas not quite yet.  However, still going along swimmingly.

Mellerstain Parrot Crewel Kit – from Crewel Work.  If you’re curious this is the house where the original hangs.  This is just a small part of the original tapestry.  I have another [...]

The Parrots Return

The parrots have been taking a break for far too long and I decided it was time to get them out again and work on them.  I’m nearly at the 50% mark now, which is a good thing.

This is the top section that I finished.  Next up – the berries.

This is the [...]

The Parrots Return

Slowly.

I have not been a slacker though… much.  Coming soon – Lace weight handspun yarn (I think 550 yards – but I need to put it through the meter), a pair of socks, and a slug.

Another Parrot Update

Moving along… I was able to finish the leaves in the area, the beak, and the eye.  I especially like the way the beak turned out.

I then switched to do the leaves and acorns in the corner.  You can see I went wild again with the French knots.

 

 

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The Parrots Continue

This project is really addictive.  The leaves are getting easier and the acorns… don’t get me started on the acorns.  Those are so much fun, I couldn’t put this down until 1 am last night.  I absolutely love the french knots.

Now let me tell you about my MagEyes.  These are the. [...]

A Leaf, A Berry and A Stem

Well as you can see I’m still working on my Parrots.  I finished a leaf, a stem and re-did the berry.

If you notice I also fixed the wing on the lower right hand corner – in the white.  It looks much more robust now.

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The Wing

So back to English Crewel… I finished the wing.

Of course now that I look at this picture I notice that it needs just one more stitch in the upper right hand corner.  I will get that next and then instead of finishing the beak and eye right this moment, I’m going to do [...]

English Crewel

I just got back from a fabulous weekend.  Last Wednesday I headed out to my hometown – Detroit -  for a dual purpose visit.  I got to see my Mom and I got to take a fabulous 2-day workshop with Phillipa Turnball.  It was hosted at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford house, which is designed [...]

Crewel Problems

So I’m still trying to complete the crewel sampler project that I have been working on… oh for the last many months.  I’m forcing myself to finish this before I start a new project.  This is actually the practice before the sampler.  However, I don’t seem to work on it very often and when I [...]

Low Creativity

Dang I’m in a knitting funk.  I’m hoping to find it this weekend.  Ugh.  I’m probably just feeling sulky because I am going to miss Rhinebeck tomorrow.  Even though I have more than enough, I’m going to miss fondling all the nice fleeces.

I did get my crewel workbook.  I’ve been spending time studying all [...]