Cross Stitch A to Z

Good evening from Ward 7 where the only thing warmer than the soup and tea is the nurse`s smile :) I`ll be the first to admit: I have no i...

It`s Sunday night, time to sum up the weekend - so here it is in a nutshell:  The Snotty Young One (SYO) had finished the third box of mans...

Just a quick note because I think I might have a cold - that`s the bad news but the good news is that I`m not shivering (yet) vehemently eno...

I`m happy to report that the green pig was/is a great success: we took it to the playground yesterday (and I had to push the bloomin` thing...

This time I promise to be short and sweet: Saturday night I finished the black hat for MIL (I won`t attach a picture here, it looks like th...

I wasn`t going to write today but this has just happened and anyway, I might as well celebrate the fact that I have...ta-dah: TWELVE follow...

Well, hello! Today`s a big day for several reasons: I`ve just discovered why I couldn`t format my posts in the past: I was in HTML mode,...

I`ve been (literally) snowed under for a week now - although if I`m honest, it could be a lot worse than the couple of inches we`ve had so f...

I thought before I disappear for another half a year, I`d better do something about the promised photo montage - and I have to say, the proj...

My goodness gracious! This morning, out of the blue, I`ve decided to check my long-forgotten blog to see if it still existed at all and I`m ...

The weekend is not even over and I have all five thank you cards finished for Gregory`s teachers and the driver... Is that efficient or what...

This week Gregory is in "cops and robbers" mode and gave me the orders to make these outfits for his teddies. So far my task was e...

The past week or so I haven`t had much time to stitch: Gregory`s turned 7 this Monday, so last weekend was about the family celebration, the...

Since it`s almost midnight, this is just a quick photo update from bloodshot-eyed yours truly, who today swapped her knitting needles for he...

Just a quick post to show how much DPNs do NOT intimidate me any more: I started to knit a wee green apple with toothpicks! I`m using two st...

I have to say, with this weekend`s project (which I found here: http://jwgh.livejournal.com/475358.html) I have entered the dangerous territ...

The major story of this day: Bigyi, who was lost, has been found! The silly fluffless bear disappeared last night (on account of being throw...

This week the Little Man`s "all time favourite EVER" is the EDF Energy advert, where Zingy`s first all sad behind the rainy window...

Just a quick post (while Blogger`s still working, ha!) to show you yesterday`s crop: another wee pear for my never-rotting fruit bowl and a ...

A few days ago (on Thursday, 17 May 2012, to be exact) I started on La Scapigliata (`The Tousled One`) by Leonardo Da Vinci - or, in this ca...