fireside&fairytale:Flosstube no 54

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In this episode of Flosstube, the host shares her creative projects from the summer, including a hand-knitted cardigan and several cross-stitch pieces. She discusses her love for Edwardian-style work bags with ribbons and no zips, and shows progress on a French floral alphabet sampler from a magazine, stitched one over one on 25 count Zweigart cream fabric with DMC threads. She also mentions a William Morris design she has started on 40 count Zweigart ivory cream, and a Quaker-style piece on Lakeside linen that she found on eBay, though she admits she doesn't find it superior to other linens she prefers.

• Host shows a completed hand-knitted cardigan with a green peplum and knitted lace neckline, inspired by Una Stubbs' advice to wear white or cream at the face.
• She shares progress on a French floral alphabet sampler from a magazine, stitched one over one on 25 count Zweigart cream with DMC threads, which she describes as her major summer project.
• She starts a William Morris design on 40 count Zweigart ivory cream, one over two with DMC, and notes it is quite large.
• She discusses trying Lakeside linen for the first time on a Brenda Gervais design, but concludes she doesn't feel she's missing out compared to other linens.
• She shows progress on Hannah Whitaker, a reproduction sampler by Kathleen Littleton, stitched on 46 count sepia linen with Gloriana silks, and mentions she is on her fourth motif.
• She talks about changing the colours on Charlotte Frost by Scarlet House, replacing the scarlet with richer tones and adding lit windows, and mentions watching Nerissa from New Zealand for grass-stitching inspiration.