Pomarium -sloooowly but steadily

Yesterday I realised time flew by when I am stitching. I started around 6.30 and when my son asked me do I know the time I told him around 8. Guess what - it was 10.05. 

Today I had a free afternoon, and I thought I will measure my stitching time. 3.5 hours went into a small corner - it was quite fiddly, but still I had never thought it takes so much time to make a mini progress.

Before:

3.5 hours later:

A close-up on the tiny rice stitches (one of my least favourite speciality stitch)

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Fabric shopping part 2

I was waiting for a specific navy blue fabric arrived finally, and I managed to get it at least! Due to Covid there was a shortage of navy fabric in my favourite shop, all the dark fabric was in delay for weeks. I was asking the owners whether it has arrived, and the answer was "not yet". One afternoon I had a little free time, and I thought I will drop by to check some other fabric, and voila - the navy was sitting on the shelf -arrived just that morning!

I have bought some white yards as well, and some blues to add to the mix all 11.5metres added to the 15m bought in the summer - 26.5metres in total:

• 2m white-on-white 
• 3m white-on-white slightly beige
• 1m white-on-cream
• 1m flowery cream

• 0.5 steelblue
• 0.5m medium blue
• 1m dark blue
• 2m navy

• 0.5 m flanel - I made some boards with this

I also bought some 36 and 40 ct linen for cross stitch beginning of September. I have died them with tea, so I have several choices for my Long Dog Samplers. I opted finally for the 32ct Belfast linen.

Medlar

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

I have finished (Mespilus germanica). I do not like it a lot, despite the fact it is very healthy and full of vitamine C think it has no taste. 

However I remember a song from my childhood: 

3 little medlar well trodden flat, one of them says: why I have had not been an apple? If I would had been an apple I would not be a medlar trodden flat on the side of the ditch!

(Sound better in Hungarian, a real tongue twister: Három kicsi naspolyácska jó laposra taposva, és az egyik így szólal meg: mért nem lettem inkább alma? Hogyha alma lettem volna, nem lennék most naspolya, s nem lennék az árok partján jó laposra taposva!)