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WOYWW 594 Anyone for a Date? Another Tiny Carpet and Fun with Bread

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Needle Book #3, Tiny Carpet #5 Working on the front cover of the third and final needle book. Last time I showed the chart for this design: based on this Islamic prayer mat: I am steaming ahead with the embroidery. Here is the first stage completed -…

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21st October 2020

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WOYWW 593 Needle Books, Spoilt Kitties and Mythical Man Boobs

What's On Your Workdesk This Wednesday? Great news - I've finished the first two needle books! This marks the completion of the first four tiny carpets. On Monday the recipient of one of the needle books came for lunch and I was able to give it to her. She was absolutely delighted with…

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14th October 2020

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WOYWW 591 Systems and Soups, Thread Mayhem and Pink Socks

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Continuing to work on my Tiny Carpets project for making needle books. I have made very good progress on Tiny Carpet #4 this week, and began by mapping out the central motifs. This process involves quite a lot of counting, and stranding the thread across some bare…

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30th September 2020

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WOYWW 590 Red Carpets and Red Letter Days, Gate Crashing, a Loose Goose and Eating to Live, not Living to Eat

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? As usual, my desk has been the recliner and the kitchen this week! I am continuing to make good progress on the Tiny Carpets project and have finished the red stitching for the border of Carpet #4. There's a lot of red on this one. At this…

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23rd September 2020

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WOYWW 589 Carpets Large and Small, Seeing Red, Soupersquash, and Shark Attack for Suckers!

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I'm happy to say I've completed tiny carpet #3. A close-up, showing the variegated background. I'm really glad I did this. If I hadn't seen a TV programme with an oriental rug on it which had this, I would have gone ahead and just done the plain…

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16th September 2020

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WOYWW 588 Embroidery, Pantry Revamp, a Hearty Salad and Lazy Lumps

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I've been making good progress on tiny carpet #3. The border is now complete. I was about to embark on filling in the background with the dark blue thread, when I happened to be watching something on TV that featured oriental carpets. I noticed that the plain…

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9th September 2020

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WOYWW 587 Cream and Catastrophes, Calories and Cats

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Continuing with my tiny carpets. I haven't managed to do much, but I've completed the pale blue and made a start on the cream, and I filled in the lower lozenge with red. I also discovered yet another mistake!! Fortunately they really don't show in the finished…

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2nd September 2020

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WOYWW 586 Carpets and Kale, Beautiful Beans, Silver and a Bumper Crop

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Tiny Carpets I am continuing work on the tiny carpets for the needle books I am making. I think I've completed the pale blue on the third one, and have discovered a few mistakes in my design - I've managed to fudge around them OK in most…

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26th August 2020

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WOYWW 585 Embroidery, Sleepy Kits, Apples All in a Stew, Flatbreads and Taste Buds

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Same story again this week, I'm afraid - still no activity on the actual desk, but I am continuing work on... Tiny Carpets Progress is definitely being made on the front cover of the second needle book. Here is where I started it, working on the outer…

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19th August 2020

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WOYWW 584 Completed Carpets, Arms, Legs, Guts and Lampshades

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? As usual, no activity on the actual desk, but I have managed to tidy up a small amount of the chaos in my studio. I have been continuing to work on my needle book project from the comfort of the recliner. Tiny Carpets The cross-stitch for the…

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12th August 2020