A little while back I won the chance to take part in the Stitcherhood of the travelling Lizzie*Kate pattern Life’s A Stitch. Loretta of Loretta’s Stitching Blog was the previous stitcher, a fellow Canadian, and, unfortunately, she slipped it in the mail just a couple of days before the postal strike started. Well, Canada Post has been back at work for a week and has more or less got their act together again (although I’ve yet to see any large parcels), and the pattern finally found its way into my mailbox.
Yesterday afternoon I sat down and dug around in my pile of odd silks…
A pile of silk threads
I managed to find some colours I really liked together, and here is what I’ve managed to stitch so far:
Llife's A Stitch by Lizzie*Kate (WIP, custom colours)
If you would like a chance to be part of the travelling Stitcherhood, be sure to come back here in a day or two. I’ll be posting a picture of my finished piece and offering my readers a chance to adopt the pattern. You must be willing to drop everything and stitch the pattern as soon as you receive it, and you must also be able to mail it on to the next recipient, wherever they may live, as soon as possible. Hopefully the poor thing won’t get stuck in mail limbo again. I’ll post all the rules when I offer up the pattern.
As an aside, does anyone know where/if I can get more odd silks? I mean Dinky Dyes Oops packs or the Hand Dyed Fibre detritus packs. I would really, really love some more.
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Wow… you really have a great collection of silk odds and ends. Must be fun to play with! Your stitching looks great with those colors!
Looks like fun! I’d also love to know where to get odd silks. Please let me know if you find any sources.
I would love to enter the traveling LK. Thanks for the chance. The threads you picked looked lovely. Looking forward to seeing the finish. 🙂 Cathryn (blueladie at hotmail dot com)
You can email Jo about available Oops packs. She’s also mentioned opening an Etsy store in the near future to sell off one-offs, etc.
Oh what lovely threads you have chosen. I hope I get the opportunity to stitch this one.
Sometimes Vikki Clayton will have odd packs especially during the online Needlework shows.
I was so glad to read this morning that you finally received the chart. I was so worried it would get lost.
I love the colours you have chosen. It will be so beautiful when you have finished.
Happy Stitching!
I have never used silks, but you have a wonderful stash with some gorgeous colours, good luck in finding some more. the colours you picked are lovely
I’d love to be in the draw for the Travelling Pattern please.
I’m enjoying seeing everyone’s finishes on this.
Great colour selections! Hope I remember to come back! Would love to stitch that!
your color choice is fabulous! I’ve already stitched this motif – yours is beautiful