Cross Stitching

 There's still a little cross stitching happening but what little I do has to get squeezed in between the garden and canning. And . . The finger! Ugh! It's frustrating. The finger is so much better, and I think it's still improving, but it's still a problem. If I bump it, or tap it against something or try to peel anything - potatoes, eggplant, apple .. it gets red and swollen again. It recovers within a day or so but it's been six weeks so I'm more than ready for it to be "normal".

I still cannot use the index finger to stitch unless it's just for a few stitches so I'm getting pretty good at using the thumb and middle finger.

On the stitching front, I've framed a few pieces that had been sitting around for quite a while. One was from 2021. About time, huh? I'll get pictures when I get a couple more framed. I ordered two more frames last week

Now that the patriotic stitching is not my priority, but I do still have a couple of pieces to get finished, I want to start working on WIPs again and Christmas projects.

The Blooming Stitcher and Rushing Rabbit Studio are hosting a stitch along for Christmas Roads, which started July 1. I had bought the chart when The Blooming Stitcher first mentioned it so I started that.

I didn't have the green floss for the border and the trees but it should be here this week. I went ahead and started with the floss I have. I'm working to get to the house so I can stitch that but without the green for those trees, I'm afraid to trust my counting so I'll keep working on other areas til the green floss arrives, hopefully Tuesday. Markup tells me I'll finish it July 27 but Markup thinks I'm going to keep stitching without stopping and working on something else. Crazy app!  :)

My linen is more gold than the photos are indicating. I started at the top and almost all of the white oval has been stitched. There's a bit more fill in at the bottom to be done.

I thought maybe if I got the words stitched, I could count up from there and start the house but I'm not that brave. I didn't have the called for color of floss for the text either but I had one that's close enough. It's supposed to be a gray and this one is kinda grayish green. I like it! I actually have a green that might work for the outer border and trees so if my package doesn't arrive by Tuesday, I may go ahead and use that one if I'm ready to start stitching those things.