November 15, 2008-Stitching and Life in General

I wasn't able to find any time to stitch after I woke up so this picture reflects the little bit of work I completed on Ebb Tide between Midnight and 5:00am. As you can see when comparing today's picture to yesterday's, I had to frog the Rhodes Stitch in the upper left. I lined it up incorrectly with the left corner of the square rather than the other rectangle.

I was a little upset with the stitch diagram for the rectangles, though. You'll notice that the "wave" of all my Rhodes Stitches move in the same direction. If I'd followed the stitch diagram the rectangles' waves would face the other direction. I'm glad I noticed it, but I still had to frog and move my starting point to get them all facking the same way. The model on the front of the leaflet has all the Rhodes facing the same direction, so I'm disappointed that the stitch diagram wasn't corrected.

I was introduced to a new fiber tonight. The two small squares are done with Caron's Rachel. It's a 1/2" wide tube of tulle, is the best way I can describe it. The wave of these small squares faces the same way as the larger ones, so why would the rectangles' diagram have it going the other way?

I'm going to make a separate post about today's stash swap, so stay tuned!

I was home for a few hours going through email and taking pictures when I finally got tired enough to go back to sleep. I only got three hours of sleep this morning so I'm surprised I lasted until after 6pm. I woke just after 9pm and went back to reading email and watching recordings on my DVR.

I hope everyone had a happy Saturday!