This is the scheduled three-weekly post for the SAL that I’m doing with several other crafty blogs and I have finally finished Los Gatos.
Apart from almost stitching my compression glove to the back of the fabric, I had no problems. My hand was ok for a couple of short sessions, so hopefully I’ll be able to carry on with the SAL properly going forward.
Thank you to all the SAL members for bearing with me while I gave my hand time to recover, and apologies for the lack of comments from me on your own lovely projects. I will make up for that this time 🙂
For the stitch-a-long I’m linking up to these lovely blogs.
Avis, Claire, Gun, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen
Do allow for people being in different time zones, so not posting all at the same time, but it’s well worth doing a bit of blog hopping to see all the lovely projects that are being worked on.
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July 7, 2021 at 9:56 PM
Congrats on the finish! It is so adorable. I hope your hand is feeling much better.
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July 8, 2021 at 2:27 PM
Thank you 🙂
I’m definitely getting there with my hand. I just need to not overdo it 🙂
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July 6, 2021 at 6:43 PM
That is so sweet – love the colours.
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July 7, 2021 at 11:25 AM
Thank you 🙂
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July 5, 2021 at 4:42 PM
Congratulations on your finish!
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July 5, 2021 at 10:11 PM
Thank you 🙂
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July 5, 2021 at 4:35 PM
Congrats on the finish! Those gatos are definitely cute 🙂 Keep healing and take your time.
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July 5, 2021 at 10:11 PM
Thank you 🙂
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July 5, 2021 at 9:40 AM
I really like this embroidery! I´m glad your hand is better, but don´t stress. It´s better to have a healthy hand than none at all!
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July 5, 2021 at 10:12 PM
Thank you, and I will take care not to overdo it with my hand 🙂
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July 5, 2021 at 3:10 AM
So happy to hear that you are starting to heal up! Take it slow and easy, and you’ll get there! Los Gatos looks great!
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July 5, 2021 at 10:12 PM
Thank you 🙂
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July 4, 2021 at 7:00 PM
What a sweet finish! This reminds me of a song ‘ we are siamese if you please, we are siamese if you don’t please ‘ the siamese cat song from lady and the tramp… congrats on the finish and baby that hand please 🙂
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July 4, 2021 at 10:18 PM
Thank you 🙂
Oddly enough, that’s what I thought of when I first saw the chart LOL
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July 4, 2021 at 6:06 PM
Hopefully your feet are fine and you can enjoy your Happy Dance 🙂 That’s another gorgeous finish! Take care of your hands and don’t overdo it.
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July 4, 2021 at 10:20 PM
Well we won’t mention the blisters from the walk I went on last week then LOL
I’m pretty sure that if it wasn’t for all the kind comments and encouragement from the SAL members, I’d have been unlikely to pick this up again. Thank you for organising this for all these years 🙂
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July 4, 2021 at 5:00 PM
Congratulations on a darling finish! I do hope your hand is feeling better.
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July 4, 2021 at 5:40 PM
Thank you 🙂
It’s not completely better, but it’s a definite improvement.
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July 4, 2021 at 1:14 PM
Los Gatos is beautiful! Yay! It is makes me smile to look at it. I totally understand your hand problems. I am currently wearing thumb brace gloves on both hands as my arthritis has acted up from the amount of stitching I have been doing. Keep nursing your hand. I look forward to seeing what your next project will be.
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July 4, 2021 at 2:13 PM
Thank you 🙂
It feels really awkward doing anything with compression gloves on. I bet it’s even worse with thumb brace ones. Make sure you keep nursing yours too. Taking a complete break helped me a lot 🙂
I think I’ll just carry on with the monthly owls next. I did intend to do one per month but that obviously didn’t happen LOL
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July 4, 2021 at 1:01 PM
Hurray and congratulations, I hope you have added some steps to your happy dance for perseverance lol. If stitching little and often is the way to keep the hand happy then that is what you have to do Carole. We all progress at different paces and there is no race here. No one judges you, and in fact knowing what arthritis pain can be like, I admire you for your determination to keep stitching. xx
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July 4, 2021 at 1:03 PM
Thank you 🙂
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July 4, 2021 at 9:44 AM
so pleased to hear you’ve been able to stitch a little, and hooray for a happy dance!
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July 4, 2021 at 1:02 PM
Thank you. You know, I was so chuffed at finally being able to stitch, that the happy dance bit didn’t register LOL
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