my monthly goals for June were: stitch the 6th part of Story Time Sampler by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery (Peter Pan) —> ☑️ YES!! 😀 despite not being able to print the chart because at the beginning of June my laptop visited the 🍎🏥 😀 (Apple Hospital) for a week, and my phone disconnected from the WiFi network (needed to print via AirPrint because of a scheduled power outage I remembered about, yet I…… Continue reading monthly goals, happy mail and a break
last month I decided to organise some of the random skeins of solids I had in my stash. I also came up with a plan. – – – I had a bunch of Anchor left from my previous Operation Bobbination in April, a few skeins of Madeira I got with magazines (or ages ago while…… Continue reading this girl likes bags
this is probably a more interesting read for you, because I kit up with hand dyed threads ALL THE TIME. 😀 I just find it easier to get the colour right from a hand dyed thread rather than 4–5 solids; it just matches the way my brain work, I guess. 🙂 now, with time I developed a different method according to…… Continue reading the How To series – kitting up with hand dyed threads and floss storage pt. 1
hello! hello! I’ve been busy in the past days working feverishly on the games for this year’s enigma and I’m more than happy to announce that I made it! YEAH! 😀 it took me WAY more than I expected, and I won’t do anything this elaborate for probably 5 years or so but hey! I hope…… Continue reading monthly goals, TUSAL & SMALLS updates and Maynia!!
for a really long time I’ve been a solitary stitcher. I didn’t know anybody around me who liked doing it, or even knew how to, so I sticked pretty much to myself. I taught myself how to do most of it, I found my way of kitting up stuff, of storing it, dealing with multiple WIPs,…… Continue reading the How To series – Chapter one: an introduction and kitting up with solids – THREADS
it was a happy mail day today! I better hurry up with the mini stitch enigma piece now that, among other things, I got linens and threads and could start working on those SODA Stitch charts. 😉 – – – see you on Monday for a full report and a new clue! Happy Hermitting! chiara
[now, if you like me like blog posts that come with a soundtrack, play this jazzy tune in your head “aaaaaaalmooooooooost theeeereeee” 😉 ] – – – first and foremost, this is going to be a hell of a quick post because I have a gabazillion of things to do today. still, I wanted to post my recent progress…… Continue reading almost there
so, guess what happened exactly 7 days ago this morning? I spilled milk on my laptop. what a creative way to ruin my day, don’t you agree? the fun facts are: a. I rarely drink milk, especially in the morning; b. I even more rarely drink warm milk with honey in the morning next to my laptop; c. despite…… Continue reading liquid nitrogen is the answer (it has to be)
previously on the grey tail: posted a couple of cool recipes. – – – after all this eating stuff, it’s time to make things right. off with the kitty pictures. 😀 – – – on the stitching front, not so much stitching really. I took out my crochet yarn and got seriously hooked. I spent an entire…… Continue reading Chapter fifty-three – Hooked
previously on the grey tail: lots of Halloween watching. – – – during summer, while I was staying over at Granny’s, I needed something to keep me going through the insane moments she had – and St. Charles’ Market reports were there to cheer me up and (ouch!) enhance my already ginormous stash. you have been warned. first…… Continue reading Chapter forty-nine – Spooky stash
The Grey Tail 