IHSW or International Hermit and Stitch Weekend always starts on the third Friday of the month. It's a chance to lock yourself away and focus on your stitching for the weekend. You can take part on your blog or via the Facebook page - IHSW on Facebook.
This year I am attempting International Hermit and Blackwork. I do love blackwork and have a couple of projects I want to try fit in to my rotation without being on the WIPGO Board.
My main blackwork piece is the Halloween Blackwork from The Steady Thread. It went from here:
to here:
stitched on 32 count tea-dyed linen
(the fabric is very bleached out in this photo, the "before" is more accurate)
This is the part I worked on over the weekend:
Lots of lovely green leaves, perfect for Spring!
On Sunday morning I continued with this year's Temperatue SAL. Just a very simple column of colour for each day. Charting the lows for the night time and the highs for the day time.
stitched on 14 count Aida banding
Finally the next IHSW will be 18th - 20th April so make sure you note the date in your diary or come and join us in the Facebook Group - IHSW on Facebook. If you don't do Facebook then you can check in here by leaving a comment on my post.
Love the blackwork .hugs June.
ReplyDeleteGood progress on the black work piece. I got to craft only on sunday for the IHSW..made some progress on scarf im knitting.
ReplyDeleteWOW.. what beautiful blackwork!
ReplyDeleteGreat progress on the Halloween blackwork, and interesting temperature SAL!
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