Not so Silent Thoughts!

If there's one thing I dislike it's admitting defeat...in anything.

Another thing I dislike is kits.  They either come with aida (eugh) or not enough threads.  Or worse, a pile of threads to sort out yourself (for those who know me and mine, while I am not actually colour-blind like my dad and both my sons, I do struggle with some shades).

Sadly Silent Thoughts has me beat.  Last month had me trawling the net looking for a particular metallic thread as there wasn't enough in the kit and I couldn't source it locally.  Eventually I found some and cracked on with the project.

Last night I ran out of another thread, a thread made by the company who created the kit.  Easy peasy, I can write and complain...right?

I refuse I spend any more time on it, especially since the company is no longer trading!  Sure I could unpick all the motifs using that colour and re-stitch but I really can't be arsed.

So unless someone, somewhere in the stitching universe has a good length of Pearsall's Cream White 087, it's going in the UFO drawer!

Silent Thoughts

Now I've returned to my stitching, I can update this hardanger design. 

It's not a terribly easy project as I've come across a couple of motifs that are not quite as they appear on the main chart, which has caused some frogs to visit.  However, I really like the muted shades and the design overall is interesting to stitch.

It'll certainly keep me busy for a while.

A new month

A new page finish.

I'm loving all the different stitches in this sampler.

A little change of pace.

I couldn't think what to stitch next so rooting through my to do pile this little gem caught my eye. 

The kit is "Silent Thoughts" by a company called Pearsall's which I've not encountered before.  They have their own band threads, a Kreinik metallic thread and a bag of beads. 

It has actually been started by my hardanger designer friend, so the baton has been passed to me to complete.

It appears that the company no longer sells kits or charts, but the threads are still available by the look of things.