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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Wicked Enjoyment

A brief frustration with symbol confusion drove me away from Spring Queen. Let's just say that the symbol key has an upside down triangle and a right side up triangle and leave it at that.

I switched over to Something Wicked with the vague idea of finishing off the text...and just finished the whole thing.


While I think this spiderweb is adorable, I wonder how a shoe that is being worn can gather it! I guess it's just magic.


I'd like to once more express my love for these cool stripy socks! IRL all my socks are the exact same black one. I bought out every pack in the store. No need to match and it doesn't matter if the laundry monster eats one ;)


In the real world spiders give me a start and while I don't head for the nearest weapon, I prefer to keep my distance. However I adore cartoon spiders and enjoy looking at spiders that are separated from me by glass/cage/etc. I am also very pleased that they have the correct number of limbs!


TitleSomething Wicked
DesignerLa D Da
Start dateMarch 19, 2011
Finish dateApril 21, 2011
Total time18.25 hours
Fabric32 ct Peach Whisper Belfast lugana
Floss I used the provided DMC conversion

30 comments:

Heather said...

I love that design! It is on my wish list. :D

You did a fabulous job stitching it.

Rebekah said...

Cute!

Cross Stitch Crazy Mum said...

that is so cool :-)

Julie M said...

I have this one on my to do pile. Too cute!

Karen said...

Very cute finish! Now you have me wondering about the spider web.....

valerie said...

Love it! Awesome finish!

gracie said...

You did a nice job....everytime I see this on a blog, I think I should buy it and stitch it. It is really so cute!

Rachel said...

I love it Blu! I love the green stripey socks, I wish I had a pair. Mine are all plain boring white, and all the same kind too, lol.

Toni said...

Looks like a fun design to do and you did very well on this.

I love colorful socks! I have plenty and no matter how old I am (43), I still wear them :-D

Lynn said...

I've always thought that design would be a fun one to stitch. You've done a marvellous job on it. I agree, I much prefer these spiders to the real thing!

Deborah said...

Love it!!

Unknown said...

That is a spooky cool finish! I agree with you, I love the socks too. I could see having those and some hot pink striped ones as well. LOL

Gabi said...

Such a cute design. And you're right. The socks are really cute too.

Lesleyanne said...

A gorgeous finish. I love the socks. I wear colourful socks!

Anonymous said...

Very cute finish, congratulations!

Annie said...

Now that looks like a fun stitch. I love when bloggers explain the details. When I look at finish, I always miss a lot of those.

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

A terrific finish! I think this is one of my all-time favorite holiday related finishes...I bet it will rate right up there for you too!

Sally said...

Love your finish! Love the socks and those spiders!

Pumpkin said...

LOL! Great finish Blu :o)

Lonneke said...

Great finish!
I understand your triangle frustration. Arrows are also such a joy. They go up and down and left and right and they love to hang out together!

Ziggyeor said...

Awesome! Perfect since it's half way to Halloween ;)

I hate those symbols too. I had a pattern that didn't have very many colors but they still chose capital and lowercase letters and one was S :p Finally looked at the front and figured out what I had done wrong.

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

What a great finish!

Anti-spider tip - put conkers in the corner of each room. My spider-phobic friend swears by it!

Annette said...

Nickname.. thank you so much for the tip!! I'm so afraid of spiders....
Great progress..

Good luck with the luck!!

Myra said...

I have always admired this design and yours looks great! Makes me want to stitch something Halloween.

Olga said...

Blu, thank you for your lovely comment.
It sounds like you had a lot of fun stitching this design, it looks so cute.

Carol said...

Wow! That was quick, Blu!! What a great piece--spider web under the heel and all :)

♥ Nia said...

That's so cool!! :D
I love that design! Awesome!
Great job ;)

Joysze said...

LOVE it, Blu. Sooooooo absolutely awesome. :D

Ranae said...

I love your spooktacular finish!

geeky Heather said...

Very cute! I think I'd be feeling wicked, too, if I were wearing shoes with a toe that pointy, LOL!