Gonna take a while, this one. Haven't done a full-coverage piece in ages and I'd forgotten just how much work there is to do.

Attempting to turn the first photo in a cross-stitch, in memory of the old girl. I think I've captured it quite well, hopefully without making it a nightmare to stitch.

I've heard of having your ducks in a row but this is ridiculous.

Prototype complete. Gonna tweak the pattern a little and update the Etsy listing. Stay tuned for the link.

On another push to try and shift these last few games through Vinted. Please share and repost if you can. www.vinted.co.uk/member/31283...

Slow progress, but progress nonetheless.

Lovely day for a convoluted boardgame with a niche historical theme.

Suppose I should make sure it actually works as a design. Already had to make a couple of tweaks, so I'll update the PDF pattern accordingly. #cross-stitch

Outrage in the Rowsley household tonight as we fume at this Blackcap looking absolutely nothing like a Blackcap.

Decided to add a title anyway, in case people don't get the reference at first glance. So this is now a proper pattern and available on etsy. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4... In the unlikely event you know an LGBTQ+ tabletop gamer who's also into cross-stitch, please pass this on to them.

Just a quick check - is it obvious what I'm going for here without any further explanation, or do I need to add a caption?

Turned this one in a proper pattern and put it up on Etsy. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

Thanks to the lovely #cross-stitch community on here, especially @badstitch.bsky.social and @ansitru.bsky.social, I've managed to make my putative Etsy shop look a bit more professional. Still only three patterns for now, while I find my feet. But please do have a look! growslerdesigns.etsy.com

Well if that doesn't put a cherry on top of today. Felt this fucker brush my lip as I took a slurp. And that was the last of the milk, too.

Etsy shop now live - just two patterns for sale so far, but more to come. growslerdesigns.etsy.com Please pass the link to any #cross-stitch people in your life. Please and thank.

There's been a lot of Discourse lately about Second City status, what with Andy Burnham being in the news, and whether Manchester or Birmingham is more deserving of the title. This ought to settle it.

Nice day for it, and by it I mean constantly grabbing everything to stop it blowing away.

Fuckin' 'ave it.

Yeah, these. Absolute dross.

Please enjoy him having a second bath and getting so wet he can barely take off, like a soggy little adorable idiot.

Please enjoy this young magpie having a bath in the pond in the courtyard at my work.

Something like this...

AI-generated slop is an absolute plague on the cross-stitch community, especially combined with flag-shagging nonsense like this. I've tried to explain that it'll be a nightmare to actually stitch, holding my tongue about the more heinous aspects of it, but oh well. No helping some people.

Never playing again

Husband has just absolutely trounced me at Wingspan this morning.

Yeah so this is what I've managed to produce, not working from an actual pattern beyond the idea in my head. It'll be a bookmark once it's finished - gonna fill the remaining space with more rainbow and the words "Books Save Lives" Might then retroactively make a pattern and put it up for sale.

Installed myself in a shady coffee shop garden with my cross-stitch tackle and don't intend to move until the heat forces me out.

We've been given two "WFH" days due to the heat, but I can't exactly drag one of these buggers home with me, so two days of doing very little it is.

Cross-stitched a little Pride flag keyring.

And a little bookmark thing as a palate-cleanser between bigger projects. #cross-stitch