Melitastitches4fun's Blog

Three competing Christmas projects: The Chottie’s Plaid bookmark for Bill, Amanda Lawford Christmas Tree Top Angel, and now the Christmas Lights Garland kit that I got for Christmas last year. It just surfaced (from within a pile I was going through). But, I have one month (32 days) before this year’s Christmas and decided this will be the project to bring to our ANG Main Line Stitchers chapter Stitch-in this Saturday.

The kit came from Herrschners. It’s on 7 mesh plastic canvas and uses plastic canvas yarn (quite bulky; each skein is 10 yards). Very pretty colors.

It’s supposed to make 20 lights but I can make 24 from the way I cut the canvas. The only thing is that they gave me 2 light green skeins instead of 2 dark green skeins. The 2 foot strand to connect the bulbs will have to be done with the light green yarn unless I find a sturdier cord (which would probably be a good idea).

I finished 3 in order to be sure that I have everything I need to stitch them on Saturday. I’m also trying to figure out the length of yarn I need so that I don’t have to start multiple strands unnecessarily. Getting the angle on the overcast edges was a little tricky.

I have much to be thankful for (including not cooking the Turkey dinner again this year) and hope you do too. Enjoy your day!