Whee ~

I used Six Strand Sweets

to do this tall skinny snow

man.

In the pattern he has no arms but who has ever seen a snowman with no arms I ask you?

I think the arms make him look sassy what do you think?

Like he is standing there daring

the wind to blow him over

cause he is so skinny!

He reminds me of the snowman I made in

New York when I was visiting my boyfriend.

Yes, the same jerk who would not give me

the Seaside Sweethearts cross stitch I

did for him when we broke up.

Anyhoo ~ it had snowed the night I got there

so the next morning in the windy freezing cold I

went out to build this snowman.

The snow was the dry kind and it was

very hard to get it to stick together.

After it snowed that night it rained and so

a crust formed on top of the snow.

I used a snow shovel to break through

the crust and get the fresh snow.

I used the shovel to move the snow

where I was building the snowman.

Then I would

scoop up some in my hands and blow

my breath on it and then

begin building.

I could only make him tall and

skinny cause I couldn't make him fat at all

the snow was too powdery.

I worked on him for two and a half hours and had

three tiers ~ head, stomach, and bottom.

Not much in the way of definition just

straight up and down.

He had pine cones for eyes and buttons,

sticks

for arms, see?, a scarf and a pipe in his mouth.

He Was Sooooooo cute, if I do say so myself!

After I froze my #*& off my boyfriend would

not even go out and take a picture of

the snowman and me together.

He is a true jerk to this day!!!

I enjoyed the snowman the whole time

I was there!

I dearly love snowmen!

The only thread that was different

was the Sampler Thread

it was all the white.

I don't like the way it stitched up at all.

I have never had any trouble with

Sampler Thread before this project.

The color is called Chalk.

Not crazy about the fabric either it is

32ct.

Lambswool

and the weave seems to be very

tight.

The snowman will probably be part of an

exchange down the line.

Guess I had better go to bed.

I am on vacation

this week so I am doing some stitching.

But, I started a new book, trashy, romance,

historical novel and it is one

I don't want to put down.

It is that good!!!

Tomorrow I have to take my mom

to get her hair done.

She desperately needs a permanent.

She got a bath today and I washed her

hair and rolled it up.

Boy is it long!

So for one day she has nice hair until

tomorrow.

Then she will have really

nice hair!

I went and had my nails done today and decided

I would do a pedicure, also.

Now I have

Aqua

colored toe nails.

They are so pretty I

do like the color of the nail polish.

Take care all ~ and Happy Stitching.

God Bless your stitching fingers!!!

Lenna