Things have been… honestly, kind of bleak if I’m being truthful. I’ve had to have double elbow surgeries as well as carpal tunnel surgery on my right arm, and upcoming they’re going to be doing the same to my left (well, hopefully not the double part…). Still, art finds a way, doesn’t it? Between surgeries,…

It completely went out of my brain to post about this when I finished it (in October of 2023…), but now I’ve remembered, so here it is! 🙂 He’s just lovely and I adore him so much! It is often thought that “Cross Stitch” is a modern invention, and that in period such stitches were…
![A Catte [WIP]](https://sca.eldclaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/345582224_6215545531860460_693617880117079117_n-811x372.jpg)
A Catte, as originally stitched by Mary Stuart. This extant piece (RCIN 28224) has long intrigued me, and finally, I have decided that it is time to stitch it! My materials – a pile of silk thread and 32ct even-weave linen. This is the first project I have ever done using these materials! This is…