WIP Week 45: Joan Elliott - Celtic Wheel

On the 31st of October the Wheel of the Year starts turning and it seemed like a fitting moment to start a long awaited project: Joan Elliott's Celtic Wheel.

It's being stitched with the recommended threads and fabric: DMC 2 over 2 on 28 count cashel Light Mocha linen. Well, I guess I did change the fabric from aida to linen, but no more. ;)

For the next few days I'll be focusing on finishing the first part of the wheel for Samhain.


As part of a Stitch Maynia's November SAL: Fall, Family, Friends, Fun, and Food I started the Fall Biscornu by The Victoria Sampler:

It's a tiny start, but it will get more stitching time after Celtic Wheel is done for this part of the year.

Due to some DIY-ing in my home I have not managed to get much stitching done apart from this. So that means no update on My Lady of the Snow for last weekend. Hopefully next weekend, because I do enjoy working on her.

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Op 31 oktober begint het Jaarwiel te draaien en dat leek een gepast moment om te beginnen met een project waar ik al lang naar uitkijk: Joan Elliott's Celtic Wheel.

Het wordt geborduurd met het aangeraden garen en de aangeraden stof: DMC 2 over 2 op 28 count cashel Light Mocha linnen. Nu ja, ik heb dan wel de stof aangepast van aïda naar linnen, maar dat is alles. ;)

De komende paar dagen zal ik me concentreren op het af maken van het eerste gedeelte van het wiel voor Samhain.


Als onderdeel van Stitch Maynia's November SAL: Fall, Family, Friends, Fun, and Food ben ik gestart met de Fall Biscornu van The Victoria Sampler:

Het is een kleine start, maar het zal meer borduurtijd krijgen nadat Celtic Wheel gedaan is voor dit gedeelte van het jaar.

Door klussen in huis ben ik er niet aan toegekomen om veel meer te borduren naast dit. Dus dat betekent geen update van My Lady of the Snow for afgelopen weekend. Hopelijk aankomend weekend wel, want ik vind het erg leuk om aan haar te werken.

Finish: Comar Creatief 171 165 (4 Kitties | 4 Poesjes)

Brand: Comar Creatief:
Designer: MJ?
Series:
Size: 4" x 5.5 "
Fabric: 16 count aida
Number of colours: 7
Stitches: Back stitches, cross stitches
Start date: 29th of April 2015
Finish date: 07th of June 2015

One of my very first cross stitch patterns. I remember making a few of these and giving them away. Working on the Paddington project made me nostalgic, so I decided to stitch these four too. They were perfect for stitching a few minutes here and there throughout the day as I was wrapping up my thesis.

There really is not much to say about this. The company Comar Creatief is a Dutch company, but it does not exist anymore. The designer has only left the signature (MJ) and I do not know who he or she is.

The cats are easy to stitch thanks to the limited number of colours and a very easily readable chart. Only one tiny mistake: the second cat has a missing symbol in the chart, but that was easily solved with some simple improvisation.
Unlike with the Paddington chart, the details were already visible in colour and only emphasized with the limited back stitching. And there were also few quarter back stitches in the charts.

My only bit of criticism on this piece is in relation to the fabric needed for the project. This never was a kit, just the chart, but it failed to give some information on size and count recommended. I guess it's easy to just count the couple dozen stitches of the design's width and height, but since this is a beginner's chart, some advice might have been nice.

Merk: Comar Creatief
Ontwerper: MJ?
Serie:
Grootte: 10 x 13,5 cm
Stof: 16 count aida
Aantal kleuren: 7
Steken: Kruissteken, stiksteken
Startdatum: 29 april 2015
Afgerond op: 07 juni 2015

One of my very first cross stitch patterns. I remember making a few of these and giving them away. Working on the Paddington project made me nostalgic, so I decided to stitch these four too. They were perfect for stitching a few minutes here and there throughout the day as I was wrapping up my thesis.

There really is not much to say about this. The company Comar Creatief is a Dutch company, but it does not exist anymore. The designer has only left the signature (MJ) and I do not know who he or she is.

The cats are easy to stitch thanks to the limited number of colours and a very easily readable chart. Only one tiny mistake: the second cat has a missing symbol in the chart, but that was easily solved with some simple improvisation.
Unlike with the Paddington chart, the details were already visible in colour and only emphasized with the limited back stitching. And there were also few quarter back stitches in the charts.

My only bit of criticism on this piece is in relation to the fabric needed for the project. This never was a kit, just the chart, but it failed to give some information on size and count recommended. I guess it's easy to just count the couple dozen stitches of the design's width and height, but since this is a beginner's chart, some advice might have been nice.