TUSAL for November

Yoyo over at Dragon My Needle pulled a nifty trick on her blog recently: she wrote a blog entry and posted it later at a predetermined time without being online. *gasp!* I was amazed since I didn't know that was possible. So, being the inquisitive type, I did a bit of poking around, found the Post Options link and am making use of this feature at this time - I hope. There's every possibility I goofed and this post will happen in mid-February. Pookie and I are on the road right now (the now for when this post should be posted as opposed to the now when I'm typing this), and looking into my crystal ball, I see we are having an awesome time and are on our way to watch the launch of space shuttle Atlantis.

It's the new moon and time for the TUSAL for November. The bottle is getting rather full, no? The little bitty bottle is the current Waste Knot Whatnot. I've been doing crewel embroidery lately and that accounts for most of the orts and the waste knots growth over the last month. Sorry, can't show the project at this time as it is a birthday gift for a friend, though I will post pictures of the finished product after it's been delivered. And don't forget, it's never too late to join the fun and sign on for the Totally Useless Stitch-a-long.

Bob is just so photogenic, I can't resist posting this recent picture of him. Enjoy that which is the Bob.

TUSAL for October and something new

The New Moon is upon us and it's time to post a progress picture of my TUSAL orts bottle. The orts that have been added come from the SGD project I've been working on diligently. There's a new #8 perle cotton #738 ball label in the jar. For those of you at home keeping count, that's the second one. It's getting really full and should be overflowing by the end of the year.

See the little bottle sitting next to the TUSAL bottle? That's something new I've started: a waste knot whatnot. The vial is about 2 inches tall and 7/8 inch wide. I tend to use waste knots to start my stitching and just stitch over the thread/floss to secure it. The waste knot whatnot has only been in action for a few days but I'm liking it so far and look forward to a little bottle full of colorful knots. Too bad I didn't think of saving them earlier. Ok, they were saved - in the TUSAL bottle - just not separately.

Today's stitching was on the cover for Susan's Needlebook of Stitches and that added some color to the orts bottle. There are a few more specialty stitches to be done, and seven pages need some eyelets and then it's time to assemble it. Pictures will follow when it's all together. I like posting pictures of things that are done; progress pictures, enh, not so much.

With the holiday season fast approaching, Susan's Needlebook of Stitches stitch documention may have to wait a while. It's getting really close to time to start the ol' creative juices flowing for gift ideas.