Ho-Ho-Ho - A Finish

Designer - Ewe and Eye and Friends

Design - Ho-Ho-Ho from 2006 calendar

Fabric - 36 count white linen
Fibers - DMC - changed 613 to 612 for better contrast in beard

Began - 10 November 2009

Completed - 16 November 2009

Just a few specialty stitches and some black back-stitching and this pattern really pops!

Homespun Elegance - Squirrel

Designer - Homespun Elegance

Chart - Simple Pleasures - Autumn Teenies I

Design - Squirrel

Fabric - 28 count Summer Khaki Cashel

Fibers - WDW as charted

Began - 15 November 2009

Completed - 15 November 2009

A quick little piece - perhaps a pincushion as the finish.

Took less than an hour to stitch. 

The Last Outdoor Farmers' Market of 2009

...and so the 2009 outdoor Eugene Farmers' Market ended today.

It was a lovely clear, cold and sunny morning.

I celebrated the day with a wonderful chicken sandwich at "Field to Table".

They source all their ingredients from the Market if possible.  The sandwich was SO good! 

Paperwhites

Carrots

Persimmons

Delicata Squash

Radishes

Additions to My Stash

Recent purchases include:

A couple of new Blue Ribbon Design charts,

Plum Street Sampler charts, a Workbasket chart,

and several older Homespun Elegance charts.

Ho-Ho-Ho - Progress

This is coming along nicely!

New Floss and Fibers

I think that even if I did not stitch, I might just buy floss and fibers as the colors are so lovely!

These are Olde Willow, Needlepoint Silks, Crescent Colors, and Gentle Arts Simply Shaker.