Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Barefoot Summer Days, UFO - Brilliant Butterfly Celebration

I finally decided I'd had enough of Bright Feathers, so I've relegated it to the UFO pile. Here's what I had done before I put it away.

I got 2 strips done and joined together on Barefoot Summer Days, a scrap afghan designed by Kathy Wesley, and nearly finished another strip.

The strips are crocheted together rather than sewn.

I also picked up another cross stitch UFO. It's Brilliant Butterfly Celebration from The Gold Collection by Dimensions. I couldn't find out who designed it, so if anyone happens to know please tell me.

Here's what I'd already had done on it when I took it out yesterday.

Unfortunately, I discovered that I had missed one column of stitches in the first metallic section, so I had to frog everything to the right of that.

Here's what I got done yesterday.

 

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Barefoot Summer Days

Late again, but here's what I had done on Wednesday.

Bright Feathers:

I finished the first strip of Barefoot Summer Days, a scrap afghan designed by Kathy Wesley, and started the second one.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Barefoot Summer Days

I've been too busy to write a post the last couple of days, but here's what I had done on Wednesday.

I made a little progress on Bright Feathers.

I got quite a bit done on the first strip of Barefoot Summer Days, a scrap afghan designed by Kathy Wesley.

Also, I finally got around to washing the monk's cloth today, and it's in the dryer as I'm typing this. They weren't kidding when they said it would shrink: the weave's already a lot tighter after just having been washed in cold water.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers, Coasters, & Monk's Cloth

I finished basting the monk's cloth over the holiday weekend.

I did the scraps too.

Now I have to wash it. I'll put it in the machine in a mesh bag with cold water on delicate cycle. After that, I can finally measure it and determine how much yarn I'll need. Before I can start stitching, however, I'll have to remove the basting along the long edges and press and hem them permanently.

I'm never buying monk's cloth again.  There's entirely too much preparation, and the stuff doesn't look very durable. My next big Swedish weaving project will be done on an afghan-sized piece of aida.

I did a bit on Bright Feathers.

I finished the George and Ringo coasters.

I got the top and bottom binding strips done on Paul.

And I basted John together and started the quilting.

Also, thanks to an article in the Jan./Feb. 2012 issue of Just CrossStitch about Lynda Keske of Keslyn's I now have a name for the type of needlework in my Web design. It seems that I've reinvented symmography, a.k.a string art, except that I'm stitching it on evenweave rather than wrapping thread around nails. Lynda Keske stitches her designs on fabric too, and she calls her technique sym-stitching. I think I'll just call mine symmography so as not to co-opt her term.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Coasters

I made some progress on Bright Feathers.

There were some days when I didn't feel like getting the iron out, so I worked on the coasters a bit out of order.

Ringo's almost done. I just need to finish that last binding strip.

I got the last 2 binding strips for George cut out and pressed, but I still need to attach them.

I basted Paul together and started the quilting.

 

Weekly Update - Cell Phone Cozy, Bright Feathers, & Coasters

I got a cell phone this past week, so naturally I had to crochet a cozy for it. It took me about an hour.

I made a little progress on Bright Feathers.

I finished the Glove coaster.

I got the quilting done on the Ringo coaster.

And I basted the George coaster together.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Tech Support

I got some more done on Bright Feathers:

I'm almost done with Tech Support, a design by Linda Connors of Calico Crossroads®, adapted from the artwork of Kathleen Kelly of Kats by Kelly™. I just have a little bit of backstitching, a few straight stitches, and 12 french knots (ugh) left.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Tech Support

I finished the top border of Bright Feathers.

I also made good progress on Tech Support, a design by Linda Connors of Calico Crossroads®, adapted from the artwork of Kathleen Kelly of Kats by Kelly™.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Purple Passage

Here’s my progress on Bright Feathers:

I’ve finished stitching Purple Passage from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly. It only took me two weeks to stitch a 15”x18” piece of 14-ct. aida.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Purple Passage

Okay, it looks like my weekly updates are going to be Wednesday or Thursday.

Here’s my progress on Bright Feathers:

I’m halfway done with Purple Passage from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly.

The only thing that I don’t like about Swedish weaving is that it’s too darned fast. I’m seriously wondering if I’m going to be able to keep enough materials on hand to keep me busy.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Purple Passage

Here’s my progress so far on Bright Feathers:

And on Purple Passage from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly:

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Tiny Stockings

I finished 2 more of the Tiny Stockings by Jorja Hernandez.

These are the last ones I’m going to do this year. I’m putting away the rest until next year.

My progress so far on Bright Feathers:

I’m going to concentrate on Bright Feathers until I get my Swedish weaving books and get distracted again.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Tiny Stockings

This week I finished one of the Tiny Stockings designed by Jorja Hernandez,

cut out pinned another,

and started stitching a third.

I also got some work done on Bright Feathers.

Weekly Update - Bright Feathers & Tiny Stockings

Yesterday was a busy and exhausting day, so I ended up going to bed early. Hence the late post.

I did some stitching on one of the Tiny Stockings designed by Jorja Hernandez.

I also got a tiny bit done on Bright Feathers.