Back to Basics and Learn a New Technique, Week Forty-two, early

I don't hink I'm going to have time to post tomorrow so here is where I am today on Witches Wheel --- all the cross stitch complete and only beading to go. 

It's being put aside now until after our trip...

Back to Basics and Learn a New Technique, Week Forty-one

Slowly but surely...

Fudge found and implemented. Now to ensure that the single row of stitches in a circle around the entire thing hasn't been thrown off totally by the fudges...

Even with it being so close to completion, I'm going to be SOOO occupied with other things in the next few weeks, it'll never make it by Halloween. And with the cruise coming up in less than a week (OMG, OMG, I'm SOOO not ready), it'll have to be put away in favor of needlepoint, which I can do without magnification. Here is my chosen travel piece:

It sort of matches my bathroom decor of palms. Guess I need to sort the fibers before leaving as I would imagine I'll be having light issues otherwise.

Oh, and I won't b posting for a while. I REFUSE to pay their exorbitant charges for internet minutes! But I will come back with loads of pictures and I'll set up a place to view them SOMEWHERE! Not here though. This is stitchery only...

Back to Basics and Learn a New Technique, Week Forty

Again, not a lot of progress but I DID find the counting error so NOW I have a fudge approach! YAY!