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CurlyParakeet

You know what? I don’t really like cross stitch and yet here I am again.

A line of half cross stitches (diagonal only) in black on white aida. It doesn’t appear to be very exciting.
#crossStitch#craft#needleWork
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CurlyParakeet

Bit more done. Who thought adding a border would be a good idea? (It was me…).

I’ve got 70” of this to do… 😫

A zigzag decorative cross stitch border
#CrossStitch#NeedleWork
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CurlyParakeet

More progress being made. Can’t wait to get onto the body of this properly. But I need to get this border done… 😭

A decorative cross stitch border in black, red and yellow.
#CrossStitch#needlework
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CurlyParakeet

Ok couldn’t wait to finish the border. Had to add a few leaves.

A partially completed cross stitch border in yellow, black and red. In the left hand top corner are a few simplified cross stitch leaves.
#CrossStitch
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CurlyParakeet

Nearly done the right hand side border.

Cross stitch sampler work in progress. Border on the left and top is done, but the right hand side is incomplete. Some red flowers are on the foliage under the border. A stag and a small tree are in the middle.
#crossStitch#craft
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CurlyParakeet

Finished the border in the right! Woot!

Just another 54 inches to go! Boo!

Partially completed cross stitch sampler. Border on the left, top and right is complete. Foliage and one and a half stags in the middle.
#crossStitch#craft
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CurlyParakeet

This is going to take me ducking ages.

Partially completed cross stitch sampler. Border on the left, top and right. Foliage on the left and right. Two stags and a tree in the middle.
#crossStitch#craft
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CurlyParakeet

I messed up somewhere with my holly tree (it’s not in the right place…) 😫

So I’m putting flower stalks in to make sure I can line my trees up properly.

Cross stitch sampler in the process of being made decorative border, foliage, trees and stags are visible. And at the bottom there are some stalks which will have flowers on them.
#crossStitch#craft
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CurlyParakeet

Stalks done, so now I can line my trees up with a bit more confidence!

Partially completed cross stitch samplers, decorative border, foliage, stags and trees. In a folk style
#crossStitch
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CurlyParakeet

A few more triffids. I’m so slow… 😫

A partially completed cross stitch sample.
#crossStitch#crafts
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CurlyParakeet

And now it has a cat and a four leaf clover.

Cross stitch sampler. a red flower, acorn, orange pig, cat and a four leaf clover are at the bottom of it.
#crossStitch#crafts#sampler
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CurlyParakeet

More pig and more cat. More border too.

Completing this by end of year is looking increasingly unlikely. 😔

A WIP cross stitch sampler. The bottom section has from left to right a four leaf clover, a black cat, a Tamworth pig, an acorn, a red flower, an acorn, a Tamworth pig, a black cat and a four leaf clover. Symmetry in everything…
#crossStitch#craft#wip
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CurlyParakeet

The fence and grass are slowly appearing.

Cross stitch sampler. Moving down it: Stylised forest scene at the top. Then some yellow flowers. A row of four leaf clover, cats, pigs and acorn. Part currently being worked on is a wooden fence and grass
#crossStitch#craft#WeHatesIt
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CurlyParakeet

Bit more fence to stop the piggies escaping.

Partially completed cross stitch sampler. Stylised forest and deer at the top, pigs, cats, acorns and clover at the bottom. At the very bottom is a fence which hasn’t been completed yet.
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CurlyParakeet

Even more ponies.

Well in truth the bay was a big TBxID but my cats are the size of pigs which are the size of acorns so I think I gave up on scale along time ago…

Partially completed cross stitch sampler. There are lots of animals, trees and flowers which are all stylised rather than realistic. The part currently being worked on has two Haflinger ponies and a bay.
#crossStitch#crafts#needlework
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CurlyParakeet

And another pony.

And yes, they have names. Left to right we have Babs, Sailor, Spice and Sandy. Babs and Sailor were Haflingers, Spice was a TBxID (a big fearless mare who would jump anything you pointed her at) and Sandy was a Welsh Section B x Arab and went like the proverbial off a shovel (she jumped ridiculously high fences too).

See. There’s reasons behind all the oddly scaled critters.

I work in progress Crosstitch sampler. At the top there are leaves and trees and flowers and deer. below that there is four leaf clover, cats, Pigs, acorns and a big flower. then there’s a fence. Below the fence are four ponies two Palominos then a bay and then a chestnut. There’s space on the right for two more ponies.
A bay mare’s head. She’s wearing a bridle and her mane is sticking up (she used to be hogged). This is Spice.
A poor quality picture of a chestnut mare’s head and shoulders. She’s wearing a green rug and has been clipped for winter. This is Sandy
#crossStitch#horse#craft
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CurlyParakeet

And the last of the ponies - another two Haflingers - Nicky and Aurora

A partially completed cross stitch sampler. At the bottom there are six ponies- two Haflingers, a bay, a chestnut and another two Haflingers
A Haflinger horse’s head poking out of an open stable door. His coat is a light chestnut and his mane is white. He has a blaze.
A Haflinger mare’s head over a stable door. She has a light chestnut coat and white mane. She also has a large white star and snip
#horse#crossStitch#needlework
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CurlyParakeet

And now we need a fence to keep the ponies in! And of course… more borders.

Work in progress cross stitch samplers. Lots of animals and trees. Ponies at the bottom are starting to have a fence out underneath them.
#crossStitch#craft
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CurlyParakeet

Leaving the ponies behind and heading off to university. 😢

A cross stitch sampler in the middle of being made. At the bottom, below a field of ponies, is a small university building. It looks very small and lonely.
#crossStitch#craft
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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

Oooh, a "fruit" tree of some kind in the center has gifted the deer with some snacks!!

8- )

I eagerly await seeing what the two trees on the side will yield?

( word-play:
I seem compelled to comment on your progress toots. Perhaps I should "leaf" them alone? :- )

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CurlyParakeet

@SaguaroLynx

it’s a crab apple tree. ☺️

The other trees have to move over a row due to my inability to count… 🙄

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CurlyParakeet

@BerlinerPflanze

Thank you. There is so much more to do!!

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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

At first glance, I thought that you had added a biplane* above the left border!

8- D

( * it looks like a NeedleFish, cousin to the SwordFish model which helped sink the Bismarck. :- )

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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

I hope that these are "docked" or "neutralized" triffids!!

8- )

Remember that they don't grow super fast.

:- )

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CurlyParakeet

@SaguaroLynx your replies always make me feel a bit better about this ! 😊

Triffids are very slow growing, as are giant deer!

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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

Yay! You have made great progress!! 8- )

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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

Oooh, clover, cat AND more border pieces/parts!

8- )

( perhaps another cat & clover will soon join this party? :- )

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CurlyParakeet

@SaguaroLynx

There may well be a bit of symmetry going on here!! ☺️

This bit represents the area where my mum grew up (and where I grew up for a the first little while) - there were pigs ambling around the lanes and the cats are two of the many cats we had while living there.

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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

Looks Great!
8- )

Perhaps you will finish this panel before year's end?!

:- )

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CurlyParakeet

@SaguaroLynx

Thank you! Piggy panel should be finished soon(ish). Then I’m onto the pony panel!

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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

<voice-over,
voice-style="Sir David Attenborough">

"Here, we see the transition between woodland and grassland, each with a rich diversity of animals..."

8- )

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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

Ah, yes, ye olde Perimeter Preventing Perambulations of Pigs and Panthers!

8- )

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CurlyParakeet

@Maker_of_Things

They are very lovely and live with my mum and dad. Nicky must be about close to 30 now and is probably about 25 in the picture.

With the Styer Puch Haflinger, I’m not sure I’d want to be in it when it hit top speed… and those seats… well I’m sure we had sun loungers that had a similar construction!

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Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

@CurlyParakeet
I am still undecided on which Haflinger would be the easier for me to control. 😄
Given the opportunity I would happily have either.

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Jeff Miller (orange hatband)

@CurlyParakeet I laughed aloud when I was reading back through your progress thread and found "WhyDidIStartThis" :)

I am shy of counted grid cross-stitch myself.

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CurlyParakeet

@jmeowmeow

I’m still asking myself this question!!

It’s my design so I don’t have to be super rigid with it, but it’s taking ages!!!

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Jeff Miller (orange hatband)

@CurlyParakeet I am enjoying your progress thread and the horse stories!

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Saguaro Lynx

@CurlyParakeet

Perhaps the fence might keep out the pigs.

8- )

Cats, using the "feline dimension", can easily pass thru fences and other barriers.

Your previous toot told us that Sandy & Spice will jump almost anything. Thus, I will not consider it surprising if they bound up & over into other parts of this sampler!

:- )

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podfeet

@CurlyParakeet Are you enjoying the journey though?

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CurlyParakeet

@podfeet

Yes, I guess I’m enjoying it. It’s going to be autobiographical in some ways, so there’s a nostalgia trip linked to each panel…

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podfeet

@CurlyParakeet That sounds lovely, not something to be rushed. I’d love to hear the story (and I bet I’m not alone.)

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CurlyParakeet

@podfeet

I’ll do a little thread about it all once it’s done!

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