Tuesday, February 18, 2020

End of Rotation - Let's Learn from Our Cat & Peppermint Purple SAL - Week 7


As of 2/5/2020 after 30 hours
As of 2/17/2020 after 42 hours 
I know I said that I was planning to finish Let's Learn from Our Cat in this rotation, but I had to change my plans.  About 3/4 of the way through, I realized that I hadn't centered it correctly.  In fact, I was way off!  By making several unintentional mistakes and some fudging on purpose, I managed to complete the project within the fabric I had (I removed some fabric from the bottom and added it to the top so I could continue to use my Q-snaps.)  However, I discovered that somehow I managed to lose several rows inside the cat at the top--I'm still not sure how that happened.

Right now I'm trying to decide if I should consider it done at this point or re-chart the words inside the cat to be closer together.  I'm pretty sure the recipient will be happy with it either way.  What do you think?  Should I leave it as is or add the words?

After removing this from the Q-snaps last night, I also managed to stitch Week 7 of the Peppermint Purple SAL.  This time I used DMC 52.  There were two options for this square, one with diagonal symmetry and one with horizontal and vertical symmetry like the previous squares.  I chose to do the one with diagonal symmetry. 


8 comments:

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

I actually rather like the cat empty, it's quite striking like that.
Nice work on the Blackwork SAL.

butterfly said...

Lovely work Cathy ,love the black work.

Kaisievic said...

Hmmm, not sure what to advise you on the Cat sampler, sorry. Loving the PP SAL - your colours are gorgeous.

Julie said...

The cat is beautiful as is, i'm no help at all!
The blackwork looks more elegant each time I see it.

Faith... said...

Let’s Learn From Our Cat really looks good just as it is. Does your friend have a cat? Maybe you can put the cat’s name inside the cat outline? Youth SAL is looking great.

Katie said...

I think the cat will look better with some words added but no idea how to help you with what words or how to space them. Beautiful work on the blackwork SAL.

Rachel said...

That's must have been a heart-stopping moment when you realise your mistake, but at least it was salvageable. Good luck deciding on what to do with the cat. I like Faith's idea of putting the cat's name inside it, or perhaps changing the wording slightly to read 'Lessons from' and then the cat's name? :)

Mary said...

You made a lot of progress on The Cat. It took me awhile to pick out my fabric and floss for Peppermint Purple's SAL. Your's is beautiful.