As promised

I did stitch a little this past week.  Not as much as I expected, though, as the weather was unusually warm for February and I wanted to worship the sun as much as possible.  Such a treat in the middle of the winter. 

Here are the 2 pieces I worked on.  I got hung up on this one, again.  This time I ran out of the green for the grass.  Also, the contrast between the white horse and the one behind it wasn't working so I picked that out and restitched it last night.  That's 2 more strikes against this piece and the conversion chart.  I used the entire skein of Poblono Pepper plus all that I had in my stash.  There should have been 2 skeins of that and Blackbird.  I don't waste thread, either.  This piece is going into time out for a while.  It's caused me more grief then it's worth right now. 

 The second piece I worked on was Celebrate Spring by Heart and Hand.  This was going along so nicely then it turned on me.  The chart lists 7 symbols and threads.  I'd packed that, but found there are really 9 symbols on the chart.  I made do with a green from another kit but was thoroughly ticked when I came to the 2nd unlisted symbol.  I put it away until last night also. I did finish it but it's going into the same time out pile as the Prairie Schooler piece. 

So there it is, my vacation stitching.  I can cross 2 more off my Crazy January Challenge.  I haven't decided what to pick up next.  Hopefully something friendlier then these 2. 

A word or two on catching up.  I went away without my computer so the unread emails and blog posts are over whelming.  It's going to be a while.  The piles of mail and paperwork on my desk when I returned were massive.  Colleges, taxes, kids..... there's no Paperwork Reduction Act in my life.  (And, I haven't even been to work yet.  That's tomorrow's hill to climb.)