I did continue to cross-stitch, however, mostly due to it being Really Freakin' Hot outside and not very suitable for knitting. I noted as much here, complete with a picture of my work. Then, it looked like this:
I put aside the project in the fall, secure in the knowledge that, although it was not nearly complete, I didn't have a deadline. After all, the friend who was engaged hadn't even set a date yet.
Fast forward to last month, when I got an invitation in the mail. For MAY. This is the current status of the cross-stitch:
It has advanced considerably, true, but it is still not done. So for the foreseeable future, all my knitting time is devoted to cross-stitch. Argh! My travel projects are still knitting, of course--cross-stitch doesn't travel well, owing to the need for complicated charts and lots of thread. But I haven't been putting in the work I usually do, and I'm really feeling it. At this point, I'd abandon the cross-stitch and knit something for the happy couple if it weren't for a few factors. Aside from being half-done with the damn thing, I don't know the woman getting married well at all (I'm quite good friends with her fiance), and I hesitate to knit something for someone I don't know well. Cross-stitch seems safer.
But I miss knitting, she whines.
2 comments:
But you're still pretty!
Then go knit. It's okay. Here's an idea to ignore or use: how about a cuff, then a doubling of the stitches widening out and going the length of a large hand, down to another cuff: a double mitten for holding hands in the cold. It's different, it's thoughtful, it's handmade, you can fancy it up any way you want, it doesn't have to take terribly long to do, but when I've done it it's been very, very well received.
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