Temperature Grid: March 2024 Highs ranged from 37°F to 73°F Lows ranged from 24°F to 48°F Largest span: March 11 (High 67°F & Low 33°F) for 34 degrees Smallest span: March 5 (High 45°F & Low 40°F) for 5 degrees I’m disappointed that some of the little motifs I stitched don’t show up because the contrast between the colors is too low ..read more

I just discovered that at some point Tumblr went and messed with my tags page, not only changing the coding, but also changing some of the links, so most of my tags didn’t work. That’s not what I thought I’d be doing at 1:00 a.m., but they should all be fixed now ..read more

These exercises aren’t just helpful for artists, but cross stitchers too. I use them all the time to prevent tendinitis in my wrists and thumbs from stitching (I used to have problems with both until I watched this video and started doing the stretches ..read more

Space Rocket: Update #6 Finally finished the planet surface and the lower atmosphere. And I got myself a thematically appropriate needle minder ..read more

Temperature Grid: February 2024 Highs ranged from 29°F to 74°F Lows ranged from 13°F to 52°F Largest span: February 26 (High 71°F & Low 37°F) for 34 degrees Smallest span: February 2 (High 42°F & Low 31°F), February 5 (High 41°F & Low 30°F), and February 13 (High 40°F & Low 29°F) for 11 degrees El Niño years usually mean a mild winter for us, but this was the warmest winter in 92 years and the warmest February on record, which possibly helped lead to a rare February tornado outbreak here on the 27th ..read more

mathysphere: mathysphere: Have you ever seen the acronym HAED (even if you don’t know the meaning of it)? I cross-stitch and have seen HAED before I cross-stitch and have NOT seen HAED before I do not cross-stitch and have seen HAED before I do not cross-stitch and have NOT seen HAED before If you do free embroidery or fiber arts other than cross-stitch, pick one of the ‘not cross-stitch’ options ALT @sternfahrzeug you and me right now: ALT ..read more

Temperature Grid: January 2024 Highs ranged from 2°F to 41°F Lows ranged from -10°F to 37°F Largest span: January 13 (High 33°F & Low 1°F) for 32 degrees Smallest span: January 31 (High 38° & Low 36°) for 2 degrees I’m tracking the highs and lows again this year, although we’ve had some runs of unusually (for us) steady temperatures. The last time I tracked highs and lows (in 2020), I don’t think I had five solid blocks all year, let alone in one month ..read more

Spooky Cupcake: Ghost The pattern is by The Witchy Stitcher. The fabric is 18 ct. aida in the color Mirage by Picture This Plus ..read more

Temperature Butterflies 2023 The pattern is by StitchinMommy on Etsy, although I didn’t use her colors–I used the colors I’ve been using since 2018 to be consistent. The fabric is 18 ct. aida in the color Glacier by Vintage Needle Arts. The photo makes it look like a Wedgwood blue, but it’s more of a Robin’s egg blue that my camera somehow refuses to see and that I can only color correct to Wedgwood without blowing out the butterflies. ? Highs for December ranged from 33°F on December 19 to 59°F on December 25. It was one of our warmest Christmases, but it’s an El Niño year and that usually m ..read more

Temperature Butterflies: November 2023 Highs for November ranged from 24°F on November 28 to 69°F on November 6 ..read more