stew's almost done!

It's almost stew weather around here, and it feels kinda' good,
but I'm talking stitching...

Here's my almost finished Alphabet Stew

And I say almost,

because I thought it WAS finished and ready to frame,

but...

I still need to stitch

the tendrils on the green beans and the zucchini.

Don't know why I didn't do that already.

Well, I guess I do know why...

I was stitching with brown,

and the tendrils are supposed to be green floss.

I stitched all the wool onto the Osnaburg fabric with Aurifil's wool thread...

it's an 50/50 mix of wool & acrylic.

And I love stitching with it.

The old wool threads broke easily

and frayed at the needle eye

and were basically a pain to try to stitch with.

This is NOT.  Not a pain to stitch with.

Anyway, this Aurifil Lana that I used is number 8078 -

it's kind of a heathered brown

with just a touch of dark pine-y green. 

No, it's not shiny at all. 

The camera flash did that 'cause I was trying to get too close.

Now, to decide if I'm really making

vegetable stew for dinner tonight...

Happy Stitching!