About Silverlotus
Mother, Wife, Daughter, Needleworker, Knitter, Want-to-be-Writer
Toronto, Canada
Birthday: May 10
Interests: crafts, ancient history, Tarot, sleep
Site: The Lotus Pond
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2012 Yarn Stash-Down
Bottom Line: -1427.1 yards
Tag Archives: 12 Days of Christmas
Theme-a-licious
May! My favourite month, and not just because it is my birthday month. (I’m pretty sure I say this every year, so I’ll just skip to the good stuff.) Last month’s Theme-a-licious theme was Amazon April, where we were to … Continue reading
WIPocalypse Check-In – April 2012
WIPs? What are those? All I want to do is start my new projects. Wheeeee!! Okay, seriously, I have worked a little bit on Joan Elliott’s 12 Days of Christmas. See: I have, however, come to an important decision. … Continue reading
Catching Up – TUSAL and Theme-a-licious
Thank you all very much for the lovely comments about the teddy bear. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I wasn’t able to finish him before I left for my vacation. Thankfully the little man wasn’t too upset. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cross Stitch, Memes & Collabs, My Life
Tagged 12 Days of Christmas, Cross Stitch, Theme-a-licious, TUSAL
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WIPocalypse Check-In – March 2012
Behind again. No surprise, I know. During the past month, I’ve made a little bit of progress on my WIPocalypse projects. I finished up Gingerbread House, did enough of Bargello Basics for me to return the pattern I borrowed (pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Cross Stitch, Memes & Collabs
Tagged 12 Days of Christmas, Cross Stitch, Wipocalypse, WIPs
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12 Days with Gold
In my last post I expressed some, uh, trepidation with regards to using the Anchor metallic that came in the Twelve Days of Christmas kit. But, I’m a big girl, so I got out my needle and gave it a … Continue reading
Day One Done-ish
My goodness, this was certainly more of a struggle than it was worth, but day one of The Twelve Days of Christmas is finally finished… well, except for the outside border and a little bit of backstitching. I’m using the … Continue reading
12 Days Torture
One of my goals this year is to stitch Joan Elliott’s 12 Days of Christmas for my mom. It is a big piece, and I do have a lot on my plate this year (and I would absolutely love to … Continue reading