Snowflake. Blackwork. But blue.

I was thinking: how long since I have drawn (and stitched) a blackwork pattern.
And this little thing was born.

Of course, it is not black. I imagined it in blue (DMC 3838) with tiny, lighter blue beads (like DMC 3747). Or you can use French knots / colonial knots instead.

Stitched on some sparkly Aida... what do you think? Anyone willing to test it? :D :D

Happy Christmas/New Year stitching.

Errata: mistake in the snowflake biscornu

I am so sorry, everyone who downloaded the snowflake biscornu, please, forgive me! There is a mistake, it is not symmetrical. I am stitching it now and I have just noticed it.

There should be 33 squares around on each side when you stitch the backstitch border.
I am uploading the corrected version now, please, go and download it again.

Here is the finished biscornu:

Snowflake biscornu pattern

Here is the biscornu I promised :)






The colours are:
DMC 160, gray blue, middle
and 209, lavender, dark

As usual, I draw something in the very middle, but if you want to add a button or bead there, you can leave out those stitches.

Snowflake bookmark - free pattern, cross stitch and blackwork

I love the snowflakes so much in the sampler, so I continued to play around with them. Still no snow in this part of Sweden - on New Years day it was snowing, it was soooo beautiful, then melted right away. :(

Here is a bookmark as a result.



I think, a biscornu/ornament design is also on it's way :D

New Year Resolutions - Part 2

Here is the second part of my free chart "New Year Resolutions". I hope you like it.




The shaded area is the overlaping part between the two sections. I also post a picture of the whole, just in case.