Well, finished this one and both look a lot better after a brief acquintance with the iron!!!

And this is version 2 which I started late last night. This is an interesting way of adding beads along the core threads joining to the vsp ...

Here's a scan of the finished version number 1 which can be seen being worked in yesterday's post below.

I'm not entirely sure yet what I shall call this but I'm hoping it will be simple enough for my Christmas 'giveaways'. Time...

This is what I'm now playing with. Starting from the bottom and working up you will see the progression from

After a very pleasant hour or so on the living room floor I decided to go with the idea of another round. This will sort of represent the sk...

Finally got the next round of this mat finished last night. What I really love about this one is that it doesn't need 'blocking'...

Elephant finished at last. Final tweaking to get the 'cute' factor and he's ready for the web page. Started getting a whole load...

Well what a day. I've spent ages looking for a trial elephant (a baby one) this morning so finally gave in and made another. The last on...

An afternoon in the garden (far away from the television) while England were playing their first match in the World Cup (I think) resulted i...

That yesterday evening I finished the owl and this morning I could add it to this blog!!!!! I don't think there's a lot more I could...

Sometimes helps to take a break from a new design. The head is looking better but the stitch count needs to be 're-visited'. The win...

Last attempt for yesterday evening. This one has no tufts. Owls don't have ears but I think they look better with a tuft. Resolved the p...

Next attempt sees a much better owl. Now worried about the second wing. This will need a drop picot in it. Yikes - this one's called Nel...

Another evening on the owl and this is the progression! As this first one progressed I realised that I needed a very long picot on the secon...

First two attempts at an owl. The wings are wrong, wrong, wrong. New idea this evening to be tried out.

Last time.

Rain stopped gardening AGAIN. Here are my final (I think) wings on the pig.

Sue suggested that those other wings weren't quite right so here's a third attempt. Second attempt - in the trash!!!