Valie has sent me a picture of her version of Sew Spring. It is stitched with an AVAS green silk thread, with some Atalie cotton floss and a sprinkling of HDF silk threads. I love her little grey doves, her brightly coloured butterfly and the little brown rabbit. My friend across the channel has such a way with colour! Thank you Valie for allowing me to post this picture. Sew Spring chart is available *here* or click on the CHARTS button on the sidebar.

I have placed a few more stitches in Alphabets à ... the patterns under the B are now done so today I will finish the top alphabet. This one is stitching up very quickly and I am enjoying it very much.

It's extremely cold here today with snow forecast for the next couple of days. I went shopping today to stock up for a cold spell.

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It's time for a new start. The chart is chosen - 'Alphabets à ...' by Bleu de Soie; the fabric is selected - 48ct creme Gander linen; the thread is ... I cannot decide! As the fabric is a high count, I have opted to use AVAS Soie Surfine in either red or blue but which red or which blue? I rather like the denim blue but the brighter blue looks good. I also like the darkest red but the bright red look nice and then there's the peacock blue/green - oh decisions, decisions!

I have part-stitched Sew Spring. I had to go with a white linen rather than the rue green linen because, as I thought might happen, the greens of the Watermelon thread were disappearing into the green of the fabric. Pinks and greens - not my usual palette but it's pretty. Many years ago I coveted a pink and green bicycle - it was called a 'Pink Witch' - oh how I wanted that bicycle but, despite numerous letters to the guy in the red suit and pleas to the parents on my birthday, I was never to have it. Does anyone remember the Pink Witch? Did anyone have a Pink Witch?

It's dark and gloomy and threatening to rain. Where is the sun? Who has it?

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