Giveaway winner.

Hi everyone, sorry for the delay ,we have had a busy week , so without further ado :
 I put all the names in a box and asked my daughter to pick one out , and she chose.....
 
     CUCKI  ,

  and as anyone with kids knows , if one is doing something ,then the other one has to , so my son was also asked to choose a name . So the second winner is ...

JULIE 

So , ladies , if you could please drop me a line with your postal details , a few ideas of your likes/dislikes , favourite colours / designers etc. , and any ideas if you would like something themed to a season or holiday , or just a surprise , that would be great . Thanks to everyone who entered , and welcome to my new followers .

 Now for a quick update. Not much stitching going on over the last few weeks . I have had a lot on my mind and find it difficult to concentrate , so mostly I have been knitting.
  My MIL goes to a group where someone was giving away yarn , so she grabbed it for me. My daughter immediately nabbed it , and requested a snuggly scarf with hand warmer pockets , so this kept me busy for a few days .

 And of course , then the boy wanted one too . This was finished just last night . The pics don't show the true colours, but I can't get it right with the grey weather we've got at the moment.

On Saturday , I finally felt like doing some stitching , so pulled out this chart .

Finished it on Sunday , and then started this which I got for my birthday last year from Bekca .

I didn't have the called for threads for either of them , so just used DMC variegated to suit . Not sure about the chick , but I'm really happy with the LK one .

 Still not quite ready to go back to Butterflies ,so you may well see a few more smalls .
 Thanks for dropping by ,
 Cath

So close!

I've been in a bit of a stitching funk since the beginning of March . Even doing the Pikachus for the kids didn't help , so I decided I needed something to get stuck in to.

A while ago , I lent Sadie my chart of Autumn Row by Bent Creek , and in return , she lent me Spooky Row . So , last Thursday morning , I decided to get to it . I also thought it would be a good idea to keep tabs on the progress , so here goes .

I actually started in the middle ,which I think is a first for me . I usually count out to the top left hand corner and work my way across and down.

So , this is Thursdays' progress.

The Skelly Bob . I actually bought some glow-in-the-dark thread to stitch him with , but after doing the hand , I invited the frog in . Sheesh that stuff is horrible to work with .It's like stitching with wool . So , it was back to the regular stranded cotton .

Fridays' Progress Including the R,S and T as I had missed a stitch on the R , so had to re-stitch those . thankfully I realised before stitching the whole pumpkin , otherwise it might have stayed ,lol .

Saturdays' progress:

The bird (Vulture?) and then back to the middle to start going backwards.Not much done on Saturday , it was one of those days where I was wanting and trying to stitch , but didn't really get round to it properly .

Sunday:

Not including the black . I started stitching before remembering to take a picture , lol . Sunday was not a great day either as my Daughter wasn't well . She's back to bickering with her brother now , so I think she's ok , lol.

Monday .

I was this close to a finish when I called it a night. In the end , I may as well have stayed up to finish . I went to bed at 11.30 , but didn't go to sleep for at least another three hours , plenty of time to complete it .

So , here it is today.

It is really hard to get a decent picture of something this long . The Whole Thing .

Bent Creeks' Spooky Row . Started 14/4/11 , finished 19/4/11. On 32 count linen , using the suggested DMC threads , apart from 935 , which I swapped for 3808 .

A big Thank you to Sadie , I will be sending the chart back soon.

It will probably be put away for a while now , not sure whether to frame it or make a hanging.

All I have to do now is decide what to do next !

Thanks for dropping by ,

Cath