I usually can't even stitch when I'm up all night - I just cannot seem to get comfortable or can't focus my eyes something. Well, the past night or two I decided I'm going to change THAT and was progressing along quite nicely (I thought) on the newest Blackbird Designs "Wild Berries" when -- wouldn't ya know -- I discovered yesterday that I had managed to totally mess up my count. Don't you hate that!? Drives me bonkers!! And this was such a careless error on my part. But, of course, one little row of stitches off can really throw your project into a tailspin, right?
And, once I start frogging, I seem to have trouble STOPPING! It seems like I'll start out thinking, "Oh, I'll just need to take out this teensy little row," or "OHHH...this isn't TOO bad a mistake!" WRONG!! Like a knit sweater with a loose thread that just unravels to pieces, that seems to be my "story" every time I begin to pull out a mistake. And last night was no exception. What started out as just removing a little bit of a border, ended up with my pulling out a good hunk of the border...and then the alphabet letters which were off....and then the tree trunk that was off...and then.... Well, you get the idea!
Tonight I conked out around 10 PM while watching TV (I must be revisiting my "teaching" hours!) and then, as usual, up I popped out of a sound sleep sometime shortly after midnight. I took my pain medication as my hip was SCREAMING at me, then I checked on emails, then thought, "I really need to fix that Blackbird piece - insomnia be cursed!"
I must have dozed off for a while because it doesn't seem like I made a lot of progress during the night.
But I have the coffee cranking and I plan to spend the day moving right ahead with this. Here's where I was at about 2:00 AM (I think?) I can't even remember what time I snapped the picture! Lol! I am further than this now, but just don't feel like getting up to snap another photo. I must say -- the colors the Blackbird girls chose for this design are very appealing to me. Hope the pic does them justice (I did click the "auto enhance" just to brighten it up a bit!) Ok, JAVA - I smell ya calling to me! Off to caffeinate myself and STITCH my fingers off! Have a great Wednesday, folks.
Ugh, insomnia :( This is looking great, with your new stitching focus it will be done in no time. The colors are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great piece. Lovely colours. Sorry to hear you are having such a hard time of late. I hope you manage to get some sleep soon.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the frogging. Sometimes I think it would be easier to just start over. Wild Berries is looking good now, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing your finish.
ReplyDeleteThe BBD piece is looking great. I can relate, I wake up almost every night about 3 am for an hour or two then can't get back to sleep until almost when my alarm goes off, then I scream NOOOOOOOO! lol! I am always so happy when my weekend arrives and there is no alarm clock to wake me up!! Hope you get lots of zzzzzz's and xxxxxx's!
ReplyDeleteOh Kevin! I am sorry. I know I suffer from chronic pain and it is the pits! Does Seamus get up with you?
ReplyDeleteI hope you get some rest and feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteLove the piece you are working on...frogs or not!
I'm sorry to read about your trouble with insomnia. I've had nights like those from time to time also. I don't seem to be able to stitch tho. I usually grab a book to read.
ReplyDeleteSorry about all the problems with sleep and the evil frog!! What's left is still great and it will be worth it when it's finished.
ReplyDeleteFrogs or not, Blackbird looks great! This piece is on one of my wishlists somewhere :)
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