This is yet another project that got started in Japan, but then got forgotten and never finished. It's a needlepoint kit that has the Chinese character for happiness. It's my first project on mesh canvas and I kinda really hate the stuff. I'm sure I'll ramble more about that once I finish it, but I just can't get my stitches to lay evenly without being able to put it in a hoop. Also, I hate not having an exactly charted partern. This stamped-on-general-area-pattern is not for me.
Anyway, here is where I am at the moment.
When I left Japan I wasn't even quite finished with the reds on the border, so I've really come a long way. It stitches up quickly which makes me feel rather productive. I have only two colors left to stitch and unfortunatly they are very close. It's hard to tell where to stitch each color on the canvas unless I have natural light, so rather than my normal habbit of stitching at night, this one will need to see some serious progress during the day. But once that is done I'll just have the back stitch and then I can put this one to bed as well!
I have some plans for this blog. In order to attract more readers and share the craft I love I'm hoping to post some patterns I have made. They are mostly anime and Japan inspired. But those are things I like and I know other people enjoy them as well. I'm currently fighting with my pattern program to figure out a presentable way to post the patterns. I'm a little nervous about sharing my patterns, as I know there are so many great patterns out there on similar things, but hopefully I can share some unique things that aren't too terrible looking that other people might enjoy making.
But for now, that is all! Happy stitching!
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