This is me: embroidery itch

[sakon76]

This is me getting the embroidery itch back in my fingers. This is me considering the worldmap counted cross stitch project, realizing that any and all stitching will be frequently interrupted by moving furniture, calming kitties on opposite sides of glass doors from other kitties, and generally doing the headless chicken thing for a while. This is me thinking no way. This is me remembering that I have some unstitched runners and tablecloths and that I even know where they are. (And the embroidery hoops. And the thread and needles.) This is me pulling out the runner I want to do, unfolding it, and discovering that the half of the pattern that was folded on the inside was mostly done already. (I pick things up used, and have no aversion to finishing other people's half-done projects.) This is me thinking "Egads, '50s colors!" (orange and peach flowers, true green leaves, and a lightly violet flat blue french knots that're actually not that far off the color we used for the hallway) and cheerfully digging through skeins wound on cards to find color matches. This is me waiting until actual daylight to confirm color matches, and then have a easily put down project to keep my hands happy.