New Beginnings

This last year and a half has been very trying for me on the illness front. But once every 60-80 days I get to take a med which clears my brains and opens my creative ability and it all comes flooding back. I'm thrilled when this happens. They still don't know what's wrong with me but none of my specialists seem ready to give up, I fight on.

That said,,, I'm alive and it's so good to have my brains. 

Before I forget, LAST CALL for Christmas in July I'm on par for shipping by the end of July. Loads of loverly yarns are available. Actually I think I have too much at this point. I've a huge stack of markers I'm headed off towards for the rest of this week. Join us. And I highly recommend the Super Mondo box as it gets WAY more goodies then the page describes.

Last call for the color work club too. Third quarter color work is a sweater which has colors opposite on the color wheel for this smashing result you'll love. The peeps who have been with me all year and stay to the end are each receiving a hand made photo album, book or journal.

Over the last two days I've been painting... LOVE TO DYE finalized the samples for:

• Faded Memories the heirloom of 2022. It is supposed to open here in the next few days, hopefully it will. This one has no beads for a change as it's all about the lace and texture... stars in side of stars and boxes inside boxes. Perhaps I should be calling this Enigma. Design in test knit by our fearless Joss who just cranks them out.
• Met me in St. Louis, finally got the blanket colors nailed down, course I've said this before. It shrank down to 14 skeins of sock but it's going to be a very nice gradient. You will use 2 strands to make your blends. Then it can be work it in take along pieces or as a whole. I need to write this one yet. Ya'll know how much I don't like writing patterns but this one is heavy on the diagrams, it's just fun. I'm doing Victorian designs on the corners and inspiration was taken from Victoria homes and the Judy Garland movie of the same name.
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  Stranger Things, this one's been on the back burner forever! I'm tempted to just open it and not have it tested as the final episodes are just so close. I had real trouble with dyeing this one or it would have been opened years back. Finally settled on two Meldy Deep colors, Blue Eyes and Red of the monsters face. They can be done ala Meldy or I can hit them with black ala Raveneske. Your choice. This one comes with optional beads, clear AB silver lined (I think) which you can put into the background of the shawl. Yes, it's the feathery stuff falling in the under ground/upside down.
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  Color work club just received the last pattern of the 2nd quarter, Midnight Roses. These patterns start and stop with my special beaded picot edging, video support available with both the cast on and bind off.

Wondering, now that there's no email associated with this blog, does that mean no one sees this unless I share the post?

The rest is all cross stich, just HAD to share.

If you like cross stitch, just finished hand painting the following:

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  Plight of Fancy by Long Dog Samplers. I feel hard in love with this one last week. Tried not to buy/dye it but I couldn't help myself. The colors are all dyed and I changed the red boxers towards the bottom, they are either blues or purples... your choice as the kits have enough of each color to make the change. I left the rest of the colors alone. LOVE the top and bottom flower bands, they are smashing. Mine probably will not have the alphabets but it's getting everything else. Photos will follow as soon as I'm able.

• Then there's Arachne the Knitting Fairy. HELLO! I didn't waste one second getting her. Well, I did stutter with the colors so I change the yarn ball to Tanzanite and the wings are now kelly, radioactive and they blend into purple, and these other hot colors.

There's metallic threads, beads and other funsies. I've got all these great PU leather homemade patches and wood yarn balls... they have to figure in here some place.

Course you can color it in as you please. I'm sure ya'll will be moving colors around, your all so very creative... so I'm sending out a gray and white sheet for you to color. I do send out a new color chart and the skeins are each labeled with the replacement colors so no need to freak if coloring in your own isn't your thing. There's just 33 colors, 12 of which are still the original DMC as they are for the skin and hair. After coloring in the wings of the new color way, Pixie #1 pointed out that the greens in the wings need to be at the top of the needle too. On that sweet little bow.  I'm sure ya'll with get the kit and play. 

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  Lastly Tough Guys is the ready made kit by Riolis, sheepums! I'm giving each order some tiny curly locks made from BFL, a sheep known for their tight curls. 

These you can attach where the back stitching is to give the look of locks. Now you will actually be able to grow them for your boys.

I've got a needle minder started in my pea brains, sheep of course. This will go along free too.

My Bees Knees by Carolyn Manning should be done any day now, this is an older photo. It's the fourth pillow in my set on the bed. they make me happy looking at them all finished and setting here. I'll make up pretty bee quilted cover for the back and background, line it and make a snap or button closure. All of the others need a bath and I noticed they didn't get the lining so I'm going to rip them apart and get sewing.

Yes, you can give me the money if you'd like. I've always got people saying where's the cart buttons and buy now. (tee heehee)  I can make up invoices before the pages are loaded, PM me at YarnFairy1@gmail.com Thinking I need to start creating my Cross Stitch Kits page again, just start and keep going forward. Then I can sell the older kits as a sale/auction. Fun! I've always wanted to do a "Live Auction" like on FaceBook but our internets so slow here in the sticks.

Hope ya'll are doing well. See you soon.