O'jishi has a nose now.  The stitch (still done in two plies of Gloriana's Lacquered Gold), is from Brenda Hart's Favorite Stitches, page 34's bottom stitch.  It doesn't have a name.  The dimples you see on the nose are from the underlying painted...

I've become a fan of the Ruth Schmuff/Kathy Holicky series of stitch dictionaries on CDs.  There are three CDs to date.  I bought Volume One at Needlepoint Tool Time on sale a few months back, and Volume Two was a gift last month from a friend. I have...

After finishing O'jishi's brass teeth and outlining all of them (except the upper right incisor so you can see the difference between the black outlines and dark brown outlines) I moved on to his cheekbones.  The interesting thing about this piece is...

I didn't stitch a lick yesterday, despite being trapped at home by the snow.  I just was too tired from Christmas preparations, shoveling heavy wet snow, taking the dogs for walks, and running up and down the stairs to tend to the fire in the wood...

I am late posting this morning because it has been a hectic week, topped off this morning by a sudden snowfall here in Chilly Hollow. We have almost an inch on the ground already, and up to four inches are predicted before it stops snowing tonight.  So...