Author Archives: Raeyn

I caught him sitting atop the couch looking delicate and bitchy, and he dutifully posed long enough for me to take a few pictures. Me, not so well. The last couple of days I’ve been feeling a bit crap. I don’t think it’s anything more than a wee bug, but I did end up bowing out of visiting Mum this… Read more »

It doesn’t photograph very well, ’cause my lights needs swapping out for something that hasn’t gone browny-yellow, but! There are three colours there now. The leftmost edge is a dark pink, and the main body is a brighter rose-y red. I’ll embroider the pips over the top at random intervals once I get all of the stuff done, which should… Read more »

I can’t start on the next fruit yet, ’cause I apparently have zero 14-count Aida cloth. There should be some in tomorrow, so that’ll be neat. I’ve already done a rough patterning to work off of, and picked through my thread box for colours. I’m annoyed at how much buying ‘proper’ dmc thread costs; this was a discount bumper pack… Read more »

I have to say, this pineapple is the fastest I’ve turned around a cross-stitch. I decided to only do the backstitching on the letters, and am overall quite happy with the result. But now I want to do mooooore cross-stitch. I made a point to do the fray stoppage on a bigger piece I’ve had languishing in the corner… I… Read more »

I’m quite pleased with how my little pineapple is growing. I ended up filling in the pattern gaps with a dark yellow, which I think looks pretty spot on. And as you can probably see, I’ve got the word patterned out loosely on the edge of the grid. It’s not going to go there on the actual cross-stitch, but yanno,… Read more »

So, finished sock one. Started sock two. Childing the elder reminded me that I hadn’t started on the next in my sweary fruit series, so I made the effort to find a pattern and get started on it. Bonus — managed to get my damned bottle of fray check to open so I could treat the edges! I had to… Read more »

This has been a weirdly chilly August. Like, I don’t think that we’ve had the a/c on since late June/early July. Not that I’m complaining — I’m happier when I’m chillier. But it does make me worry about the world at large, weather patterns, etc. Had a really good time visiting Mum this afternoon. We’ve really grown our mother/daughter vibe… Read more »

I am, slooowly, getting a bit of speed with the twisted rib thingie. Having said that, I’m mainly distracted by Craft the World, so it’s going even slower for that reason too. Still, I’m feeling a little spoony, so have been able to drive myself to do a segment of a row before getting distracted; I’m aiming for half, getting a… Read more »

Pokémon Go, to my amusement, continues to attract my attention a couple of minutes each day. There’s been a lot of in-game events lately, so I’ve been poking a bit more — also in part so I can hopefully, finally reach level 38 and nominate a Pokéstop within radius of my house, ha ha. I was bonding with my ghostly… Read more »

I’m progressing really slowly on the cuff. I do like the look of the twisted rib, but it requires me to go a bit slower and pay more attention. I’m sure I’ll pick up a turn of speed once I get a bit more used to it, but for now… it’s still a smidge tricky. Today is our last day… Read more »