It's started.  It's a lot of fun.  I would work on it all the time, except I find crewel can be hard on my fingers--I poked a hole i...

A research librarian I consulted downstairs (thanks, Connie!) found this book in our library collection:  "English Crewel Embroidery Mo...

The front: This project was a bumpy one from start to finish. I don't know why--this is the third kit I'd done by Lorraine of Capri....

Here's the sampler, damp blocked and looking much nicer. It's ready to go. And last night I finished the first sampler pocket. It ne...

Sorry for the quite posting week. I've been focusing on work so long days and little stitching. A funeral last week and a wake this (fam...

Not much progress here--not stitching for a month will do that. The stitches at the opening of the pocket are made with a version of "b...

I felt from the start that wallowing so happily in my books was a bit of an indulgence, and it was one I've totally enjoyed, but now I...

Hmmm, well, I haven't done much at all this past week. My only stitching has been to make (yet another) chemo cap for a friend. I gave i...

I do believe I'll be talking a lot about my Jacobean Crewel course. Simply because I'm at the obsession stage and it's just abo...

A while back, before Christmas, in fact, I received a rather overwhelming gift. It actually sat in it's box after I'd first opened i...