Flosstube 34 - A long catch up

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 Finished Objects

❏ Project name: One Stitch at a Time

Started: Jan. 10, 2025
Finished: Aug. 19, 2025
Designer/Source: La-D-Da Stitches, purchased at 123stitch.com
DMC conversion: 501, 3799, 315, 3826, 169, 05, 832, 3787, 3859, 640; used different color for house, 3777
Fabric: 28 Charles Craft DMC "Tea Dyed"

I'm participating in a stitch-along in the Across the Pond - Stitch and Chat group on the book of faces.

❏ Project name: Beach Cruise socks

Started: June 1, 2025
Finished: Aug. 29, 2025
Needle size: 2.5 mm (U.S. 1)
Yarn: Knit Picks Felici "Beach Cruise"
Yarn color: Yellow, orange, blue
Yarn Purchased: 2025 Knitpicks order

Ripped second sock out after the heel. I realized the gauge was too tight.  Discovered I had been knitting with two different sized needles. 

Works In Progress

❏ Red Panda, part of the Endangered Species club, 2024

Started: July, 5, 2025
Finished:
Designer: Lindy Stitches
Fabric: Hobby Lobby Aida
Color: Ivory
Fabric Count: 16 count
DMC: B5200, 355, 310, 3825, 3776, 951, 3836,03, 436, Weeks Dye Works: 1236 (Mocha), 4111 (Lucky), 1267 (Kris' Bon Bon)

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❏ Project name: A Daily Reminder

Started: June 25, 2025
Finished:
Designer/Source: Brenda Gervais, purchased at Farm Girl Dry Goods
Fabric: Stash Aida
Color: Hand dyed by me, brown and splashes of green
Fabric Count: 14 count
DMC: My own conversion, as I go along. What I have so far will be listed in the shownotes

I'm participating in a stitch-along with Sarah at Sarah's Stitchy Spot, Holly at Hobbies of Holly, Judy at Stitching Bunny, and one other gal named Marcy. 

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I've been on a dishcloth tear 

Free knit dishcloth pattern: https://whileberry.com/blog/parsley-dishcloth-free-knitting-pattern

Haul 

* Knitting needles I heard about from Yarn Over With Us. I ordered them off Amazon 

* Chart from Patty Penn. Thank again, Patty! 

* Chart purchased from Kenzie - Mischievous Eucalyptus

Kenzie's links

* https://www.patreon.com/c/mudpuppystitchery/posts - free frog chart on her patreon.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmwKIegja-w&t=200s

Charts from The Stitching Porch

* https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheStitchingPorch

* A Simple Life

* Lord of the Rings Cross Stitch Pattern: Romantic Quote - DH and I are planning on listening to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy together, as soon as the audiobook becomes available. 

* New Just Cross Stitch magazine has arrived. 

Audio book - Three Bags Full

Other channels mentioned: 

@Stitching with my kitties
@yarnoverwithus
@Sarahs' Stitchy Spot
@Hobbies of Holly
@Judy Stitching Bunny
@Mrs.AZfamilyzooStitches
@Mudpuppystitchery
@Stiching with the Griffin

Etsy shops you should check out

https://www.etsy.com/shop/azfamilyzoo

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MudpuppyStitchery

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LumiStitch

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DisorderlyStitcher

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackRibbonShop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LadybugStitchesShop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SamBrieStitches

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetAutumnStitch

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CherryHillStitchery

https://www.etsy.com/shop/StormyBlue

Episode 24 - What I did in October

 

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Knitting - Finished Objects

Project Name: Passenger Princess Socks
Started: June 3, 2024

Finished: Oct. 31, 2024

Designer/Source:Vanilla sock pattern I use.

Yarn: Patons Kroy Sock Yarn

Colorway: Midcentury stripes

Colors: Peach, blue, cream, vintage looking colors.

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

Made For: myself.

Previous update: 

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Project Name: Autumn Hunting Socks
Started: Sept. 1, 2024

Finished: Oct. 19, 2024

Designer/Source: Vanilla sock pattern I use.

Yarn: Malabrigo

Colorway: 858 Arbol

Colors: browns, oranges and olives

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

Previous update: 

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Knitting - Current Works in Progress

Project Name: Bly Cardigan
Started: Sept. 3, 2024

Finished: 

Designer/Source: www.Berroco.com

Yarn: My own handspun corriedale, purchased from paradise fibers

Colors: Grey

Needle size: U.S. 6 (4 m.m.) and U.S 7 (4.5 mm)

Previous update: 

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Knitting - new cast on

Project Name: Blue stripe vanilla socks
Started: Oct. 31, 2024

Finished: 

Designer/Source: Vanilla sock pattern I use.

Yarn: Patons Kroy sock yarn

Colorway: Blue Raspberry

Colors: Blues and white

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

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Cross Stitch - Finished Object

Project Name: Black Cat Sampler

Started: Early Oct. 2024

Finished: Oct. 31, 2024

Designer/Source: Just Cross Stitch magazine Halloween 2024 issue

Nancy Wahler, Faithwurks designs

DMC Floss: 310; 645; blanc; 3822

Fabric: 14 Count Aida purchase from hobby lobby, spa color, I think. 

Needle Size: 26

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Cross Stitch - Current Works in Progress

Project Name: One Piece 

Stitch count (via pattern keeper) 

Started: March 30, 2024

Finished:

Designer/Source: Cross Stitch Bay on Etsy. Chart no longer available

DMC Floss: 310

Fabric: 14 Count Aida purchased at Walmart

Needle Size: 26

Making for my son. 

Previous update

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Cross Stitch - New Start

Project Name: Sweatervest weather

Started: Oct. 30, 2024

Finished:

Designer/Source: Lindy Stitches

DMC Floss: 434, 310, 801, 157, 22, 680, 3347, 3824, 316, 976, 435, 3346

Fabric: 32 count light taupe Lugana

Needle Size: 28

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Haul

Signed up for the Dragon Fruit block of the month club

New cross stitch chart

Needleminder from Sweet Autumn Stitch. 

Youtube channels mentioned:

CraftyCat Stitcher
Stitching and Tea with B

Stitching with my kitties

RedHeadedStitcher24

Crow River Stitcher

Fat Quarter Shop

Elizabeth Ann Can Stitch

Vonna Pfeiffer

We Stitch and We Know Things

MEGA Stitches

Yarn Over With Us

Breaking out the Mickey Mouse boots

 "What are Mickey Mouse boots?" you are probably thinking. 

If you are in the military you probably already know. 

Last Wednesday I said snow was on it's way.  

The forecasters got it right on Thursday, but two hours behind.  Snow was predicted to start at 9 a.m. It started around 11 a.m. 

It was warm enough the snow didn't want to stay on the solar panels. 

Thursday evening I decided to start a couple projects up.

Sweatervest Weather by Lindy Stitches, 

And I cast on a vanilla sock.  The photo is from when we went to town on Sunday. Isn't the blue fantasstic? 

One of the gals (redheadedstitcher24) I follow on Instagram decided to do a No New Starts November and I saw this as a great opportunity to really focus on my One Piece project.  However, I also wanted to work on Sweatervest  Weather in November, too.  So I decided to start a couple things right before November when she reminded me of the start things early work-around. 

Then on Friday there was blue skies ... and snow ... 

Saturday I woke up to a beautiful day. 

Crazy how that happens sometimes. I was, however, eager to see the snow melt.  No snow until Thanksgiving, I say. 

Like I said, it was a beautiful day. Wet, but beautiful. 

My husband and I spent a good chunk of the day working on the wood project. He was cutting and stacking, I was splitting.  I took a look at the pile, with the early morning sun shining on it, and thought it was a pretty shot. 

Back to the Mickey Mouse boots. They are a wonderful invention 

They are a military boot. They are probably one of the best things to have if you live in colder climates. 

I pulled them out of storage this weekend so my feet would stay warm and dry while we were working outside.  Hopefully I won't need them again until December.  One can hope. 

After supper I opted to go out and split more wood for an hour and a half, or so. ... When I was done, I shut off the log splitter, turned around and may have gasped when I saw the sunset. 

Sunday I woke up to a dreary, grey day.

And also to my husband insisting I go outside and have a mini photoshoot and that it didn't matter that I was still in my pajamas. 

I split 99 percent of the wood in this round stack (holzhausen) and he wanted a record of it. This was the first time we tag-teamed on the cutting, stacking and splitting of the wood and got this round stack done in a week.  It's a four-cord pile and a year's worth of heat. 

Yes, I just posted a photo of myself in my PJs on the Interwebs. ... I look cute, though. 

Sunday afternoon we wrapped up the round stack and we had our son come out and take a few photos of us. I think my husband was really proud of how much I contributed to the building of this round stack.  Bonus: I never once whined! 

The stack is 12-feet around and 5 feet tall.  It's our biggest one! In three to five years it will be ready to burn. 

Look! Mickey Mouse boots! 

And then to wrap this one up, one of the new stitchy friends I've made recently loves chickens! Yay! 

She was happy to see the video I posted last week of the ladies working on their jack-o-lantern. I pulled together some video clips I took over the last few weeks and loaded them to the YouTube. 

Episode 21 - Looking forward to September

 

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Without thinking, I tossed my handwritten notes. Eeks!  These may not be as detailed as I'd like them to be this go round. 

Fully finished object

Project Name: Quilted Christmas

Started: Late November 15, 2023

Finished: Aug. 28, 2024

Designer/Source: Emily Call

Fabric: Charles Craft 18 count Aida cloth

DMC in called for Colors: DMC Blanc, 168, 469, 3712, 3045, 816, 310

Cross Stitch

Current works in progress

Project Name: One Piece 

Stitch count (via pattern keeper) as of Sept. 1, 2024: 3,757 / 9029 stitches, 41.6 percent complete

Started: March 30, 2024

Finished: 

Designer/Source: Cross Stitch Bay on Etsy. Chart no longer available

DMC Floss: 310

Fabric: 14 Count Aida purchased at Walmart

Needle Size: 26

Making for my son. 

From previous update

Up next ... 

Project name: Crested Porcupine

Stitch count (via pattern keeper) as of Sept. 1, 2024: 987 / 64,152 stitches, (1.54%)

Started: June 27, 2024

Finished:

Designer/Source: Purple Stitching on Etsy.

DMC: 167, 168, 169, 310, 317, 318, 413, 414, 415, 433, 437, 451, 452, 453, 524, 535, 611, 612, 640, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 762, 779, 840, 841, 842, 844, 927, 928, 934, 935, 939, 3021, 3023, 3031, 3032, 3041, 3072, 3371, 3756, 3787, 3799, 3828, 3863, 3864, 3866

Fabric: Half yard of 14 count Aida purchased from Forbidden Fiber Co. 

Needle Size: 26

Stitching for myself.  I know it is going to take years. Story about Porkie is here. The follow up post is here. The story is towards the end of the post. Scroll down. 

Previous update

Love and Prickles, by Lindy Stitches

Project Name: Love and Prickles, #2
Started: Aug. 25

Finished: 

Designer/Source: LindyStitches.com

Floss: Called for DMC, B5200, 413, 3860, 415, 3816, 932, 21, except for 413. I used 415 for the face and quills, and 3799 for the body. 

Fabric: 18 count aida purchased from Hobby Lobby

Made For: Myself.  

I have plans to finish it off on a trinket box from Hobby Lobby.  Haven't settled on the trinket box yet. 

Future starts

Rest in Peace, by Becky Noland of Lucy Beam. Just Cross Stitch

Petite Pumpkin, by Tracy Richards of Wrought Iron Stitching. Just Cross Stitch

Maybe starting -- Souvenier de France, BlackBird Designs

Knitting

Current WIP

Project Name: Passenger Princess Socks
Started: June 3, 2024

Finished: 

Designer/Source:Vanilla sock pattern I use.

Yarn: Patons Kroy Sock Yarn

Colorway: Midcentury stripes

Colors: Peach, blue, cream, vintage looking colors.

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

Made For: myself.

This is the start of the second sock.  I seem to be cruising along on it. 

New projects to cast on

Bly Cardigan, Berroco

The plan is to use my handspun to knit up this cardigan.  My first time making a sweater with handspun.

Vanilla socks, Malabrigo

World Simplest Mittens, Tin Can Knits

Will be using Lion Brand wool ease yarn. 

Spinning
Handspun project, ongoing

Finn Wool Top purchased from Paradise Fibers several years ago. 

This is just a few of the Youtube channels I've watched the last few weeks and think you should check them out. Sharing is caring! 

@CrazySockLady 
@RedCrossStitcher 
@moonshinestitchery 
@CraftDStitches 
@StitchingAndTeaWithB. 

Other channels mentioned in other parts of the video
@JeanFarishNeedleworks 
@brendaandtheserialstarter2410 
@lindystitches

I'm trying to be productive

 Well, yesterday it rained. So much for being productive this week.  I know, it's still early, but the rain put a cramp in my plans.  Tomorrow it's supposed to rain. Blerg!

Yesterday afternoon I had to drive one of our vehicles in to the mechanic. Expensive and necessary, unfortunately. 

I was able to pull out my passenger princess sock and do a bit of knitting while I waited. 

This morning, before punching in for work, I was outside picking up the yard and spent a wee bit of time out in the garden. 

The garden gate was ajar. Really odd since we can hook it closed.  I figured someone may have accidentally left it open.  No biggie, really.  Any other year, or earlier in the season I might not feel this way, but this time I wasn't too upset.  I discovered the hook just needed a bit of adjustment.

We had a visitor. 

The visitor knocked down a few tomatoes and nosed around in the onions and carrots, but nothing else looks touched, except for my green bean vines. 

I went around and picked a few things that were ready. 

Not a lot this go round.  A bunch of it is already eaten. 

Homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers ... Yum. Nothing compares. 

Back on Monday, after I posted my blog entry, I was working on my second porcupine cross stitch. 

I tried a few DMC color combinations and I wasn't happy with them. So I ripped one out and tried another. I decided I wasn't happy with that one either. I decided to put it away, after making a post over on social media and in the Lindy Stitches FB group. 

A friend suggested a color. At first I thought I would like it. 

Then I stitched up the wee face. 

No.  I felt this didn't work either. So rippity, rip, rip, I went. ... 

I thought about it for a moment and decided that the face really needed higher contrast from the body.  If that's the right word. It's getting late and I'm a wee bit tired. 

Oh, last night I also made up my quilted Christmas cross stitch in to little pillows.  I was mildly white knuckling it, especially the round one.  I've finished a few cross stitches in to pillows before. There is something about cutting into the fabric when you've spent so many hours stitching it up. 

I'll share the finished pieces on my next video.

Project Name: Quilted Christmas

Started: Late November 15, 2023

Finished: Aug. 22, 2024

Designer/Source: Emily Call

Fabric: Charles Craft 18 count Aida cloth

DMC in called for Colors: DMC Blanc, 168, 469, 3712, 3045, 816, 310