Blaze & Daze

curious2garden

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Gracias mucho, Senor Chiz. Mrs. S. was able to learn me all of them l'il intricacies of good x-stitching. Proper tension of the stitch, consistent cross direction, clean hands, stuff like that. It was easy to get good myself with having such a great teacher at the other end of the couch. When we were first married, we would sometimes stay up to 3:30 AM many a Friday and/or Saturday nights just stitching.

I have always been proudest of all of my cats. In that time when we both stitched like rabbits, I cross stitched 16 patterns of a bunch of breeds of cats - Burmese, Abyssinian, Siamese, Russian Blue - and gave them away as gifts. My sisters were also moving out and they needed pictures for their bare walls. These patterns were great in an 11 x 14 frame with a border.

But I kept the Maine Coone for myself:

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That's some lovely work! Thank you for sharing it. Do you work in the hoop, frame or hand? I was taught in hand but on large projects I use a frame these days.
 
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TCH

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My trimmer finally came! Got a refund from the first, and immediately ordered another. I received the notice that it was delivered, opened my front door, and there was a police SUV parked right there. I got my mail, picked up the box, and brought them inside. I looked out the window 20 minutes later and they were still there. Then I realized that if the police wanted me for something, they probably wouldn't park directly in front of my house. So I opened my package -

This thing is heavy and really well built -

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The metal gears that spin the blade are solid -

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Built-in wet trim grate, I'm gonna get the blade below as close as possible to it without rubbing -

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This is the sought after dry trim grate -

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Glad I don't have to harvest for another 2 weeks, but trimming should be more tolerable from now on...


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Just a heads up, those blades are ridiculously sharp. Be very careful and vigilant while handling them. They do NOT fuck around.
 

TCH

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Happy Hump Daaaayyyy!!!!

Maternity ward is back under control. The BBCC mom was flat out unruly. She got a serious hair cut and thinning out. Cinderella Purple also got cleaned up a bit. GG4 cuttings still haven't rooted, but they are happy it seems.
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Veg Tent is chock full of GG4. this stuff is like a toddler hopped up on mountain dew and candy cigarettes!!! Ready to get it into the flower tent. I did switch the timer to 12/12 this morning though.

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Flower tent is ready for a new filter and then I'll be moving the GG4 into it.
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StareCase

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... That's some lovely work! Thank you for sharing it ...
Thank you kindly for the compliments. I'll share those kind words with Mrs. S.
... Do you work in the hoop, frame or hand? ...
For wee little 3 or 4 square inch patterns, like a book of patterns we have for small Christmas Tree ornaments, I can do those by hand.

But for a pattern with any kind of size, I've used the hoop since Day 1. Mrs. S. found the hoop to be the most comfortable for her so the natural progression meant that I was going to learn to stitch with the hoop. I find the hoop easy to work with now as well.

We especially like it after we've used the hoop for a couple of large patterns. That's when the edges start to get nicely smoothed out from handling it so much. The hoop really fits like a glove at that point.
 

Laughing Grass

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Quebec scaring pedestrians into using crosswalks. Hahaha

LMAO awesome.

I want one of those flasher portals to open here!

 

StareCase

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More feedin' and more flattenin' on this breezy Hump Day:

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The VEG area looks like shit as the ladies start to extend beyond the bucket perimeter - but it all works out in the end. Once I hit Week 5 in BLOOM and they get their major lollipopping, that is when one realizes that this shitty looking stage is well worth it.
 
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