I have decided that the first UFO that I am going to make an attempt to finish is a cross stitch.

 

The cross stitch in question is one I started about four years ago! it is a poppy design which was featured in cross stitcher magazine (issue no.204 October 2008) what attracted me to it was the bright colours lots of reds, oranges and pinks.

It was going to be a new challenge for me bacause it had bead work on and I have never done a cross stitch with beads on before.

Why it got abandoned - I bought the beads and only realised when I got home that the bugle beads were the WRONG colour they should be purple, I had gone and got black! I had got alot of the threads already from previous projects, so I didn't need to buy as many, but I soon started to run out of threads and I don't always have the time or the money to buy more, along with other things getting in the way as well.

So I'm now writing a shopping list for what I need to complete this UFO. Purple bugle beads are top of the list!

P.S I'm also knitting a pair of  socks for my eldest daughter, which were going quite well until my youngest daughter decided to "help" me in own little way. So by the time she had finished helping me it was a case of starting again.