Long time, no update! Almost done with the background, then I can start filling out the kitty.
Apart from that, I’ve been busy trying to breathe. Worst year for birch allergics in ages! Woooooo! Oh and tomorrow I have a fun fun fun MRI scheduled, time to find out what’s really wrong with my wrist!
Tadaa!
I am all done! And it only took me 8 months 
Final thoughts: omg the cording, never again please! So complicated process and it took ages! And while there was a lot of French knots, I’m really starting to get the hang of it, making them look nice with 4 strands is a challenge… Not sure what I think if the overall end result, but at least it looks better from a distance than close up!
Ah, time for kitty in the basket now 
This is how I spell it:
Now there’s just a bunch of backstitching, cording and what knot (;)) left! Woooooooo
I got sick of swapping between charts, so I figured I’ll do all the stitching on the upper charts and leave the threads for when I continue the bottom charts. Not really sure if it was such a good idea, but it’s not been too chaotic yet!
I also spent some lovely time on my balcony today, reading in the sun. It was so warm, I almost convinced myself it’s summer. But not having sunglasses, I now have a headache from squinting! Well, it was worth it
So I did some counting, this project has 60352 stitches, not counting the backstitching… Then I regretted doing the maths :p
Well here is the update:
In other news, spring is coming in full speed. This morning Kasper hunted a fly outside the window and this afternoon there was a teeny tiny bug crawling on the floor.
Tomorrow I’m heading to my cousin to spend some time with my lovely godson while they do some unpacking. Looking forward to spend some time with them but also trying not to worry about leaving Kasper in someone else’s care for two nights.
Anyways my point was, I hope the weather is as nice tomorrow, since I’ll be doing some driving and hopefully I don’t get lost
Woo that was a bit longer update than normal, eh?
I almost forgot to upload this week’s progress, but then the embroidery frame fell off! This time I’m testing how to make blog updates from my phone so I think I’ll keep it short!
Now let’s hope the picture is the right way!
dress
The sun is shining, and althought we had shitloads (excuse me) of snow during the weekend, the snow is melting off the road where the sun is shining. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
And in honour of my new phone, this week’s progress picture is from my phone! Which reminds me, I have no idea what resolution it is, oh well!
Hope the sun is shining wherever you’re reading this ^^
I’m alllmost done with the background now!
I also had a hilarious experience. I was fastening one of the loose threads last week, and SNAP!
The needle snapped in half! Talk about feeling macho O_o
I guess the needle has been in use for a long time and endured its fair share of stress.
As have I, but that’s a complete different matter ><
And this is how far I got on the cat in the basket kit while she was here:
It’s a strange kit. The threads were pressorted after all, they just didn’t look it pfew. The needle was way too big for the aida (in my humble opinion), so I immediately changed it for a smaller one I had lying around. And although the chart is really easy to read (it has lines for every 5 stitches too!), it has a few misprints here and there (they’ve simply printed two different symbols in some of the squares) but it’s mostly easy to figure out which one is the right one.
And now it’s back to the lady in the rose garden!
Well, actually 8 days, but who’s counting?
All I can see when I close my eyes are cross stitch charts but I’m making great progress, so that’s good?
