Flosstube and Variety Show #164

Flosstube = cross stitch; Variety Show can be anything, and sometimes many things all at once!

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Special intro and outro music: “Leaning On the Everlasting Arms”, excerpts from an arrangement by Byron Williams (my husband)

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Today I mentioned:

Cross stitch:

A Quaker Pattern Book - With My Needle (Ellen Chester) - 56-count Albarium by Cedar River Linens and Designs, Soie surfine #2352

Floral Hussif - Jane Greenoff - special project for a class connected with Mrs Parkman’s Academy of Needlework 2025 (GBSW 2025) - 32-count Dusty Road by Needle and Flax, called-for DMC, 2 over 2 (as instructed)

Hannah Green 1826 - Stitch-along starting January 1, going for 14 months, to end on March 1, 2026 (200 years after Hannah finished her sampler). I am using 36-count Just the Ticket (Tabbycat Linens) and the called-for DMC, 2 over 2. Email me if you would like to have me send you a PDF that shows the breakdown of sections that I am going to do, or watch my video #139 for more details. Please tag me and also use the hashtag (there is some question about how hashtags will be supported in Instagram …) @tworivers_58  #hannahgreen1826sal 

Change of sequence recommendation for following along with the SAL:

January-May, sections A-E plus one line of the over-one verse
June: section F, one line of the verse, start on L
July: section G, one line of the verse, continue on L
August: section H, one line of the verse, finish L
September: section I, one line of the verse, do the tree and birds from the left-hand section N
October section J, one line of the verse, start on M
November and December: Section K, continue on M, Hannah’s name, some of the over-one birds
January: finish section M, finish over-one birds
February: sections N, catch up on whatever else you have missed
March 1, 2026: put in the final stitches

Rice stitch instructions: https://rsnstitchbank.org/stitch/rice-stitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfx1Pn-A7UI at 25:59, Nicola does a tutorial on the Rice Stitch.

Two Christmas ornaments by Leslie DeLooze - plan to attend the Christmas Cross Stitch retreat on November 8 in LeRoy, NY. (A kit for three original ornaments will be given to participants.) I showed 14-count Mirage Aida by Picture This Plus, DMC threads (the participant can also choose 16-count Aida) - space still available https://stmarksleroy.org/upcoming-events/cross-stitch-retreat/

Variety Show

Jane Boyer 1831 - Vintage Country Mocha in 40 count, about 6 shades of DMC; adaptation - framed

Frame is from Frame Destination https://www.framedestination.com

Canada

Knitting designer mentioned: Stephen West of WestKnits

Games created by Reiner Knizia that I have played
Lord of the Rings (cooperative game) - Fantasy Flight Games
Battle Line (two-player strategy game) - GMT Games
Ingenious Challenges (2-4 players small scale light strategy games) - Fantasy Flight Games
Lost Cities (2-player sequence / risk-taking game) - Kosmos 
Keltis the card game (das Kartenspiel) (2-4 players similar to Lost Cities - don’t confuse this with Keltis the Board Game, which is similar but also has a board with markers and has different strategies involved) - Kosmos