August 2020 Monthly Ornament: Oh Gnome She Betta Don't!

These puns are not even good bad puns, I apologize (I don't). This month's ornament is again super tiny! Actually, he's finished on the same size wooden chip as July's Demon Santa.

I stitched this little fellow over one on white 28 count DMC Monaco fabric (it was my last piece and I'm kind of sad, I love that stuff). I used almost exclusively étoile floss from DMC - just his little nose is regular DMC 950! The base pattern is from NikkiPattern's Christmas Gnome Set, but I changed all the colours - the beard matches The Frenchman! I've made two of these gnomes now and I'll make at least two more for friends of mine, I think. One will have a blond beard and one a black beard! I'll try to get a picture all together before they go off to their respective homes.

I do love finishing ornaments this way. Just wrapped around a little piece of wood or cardboard, glued at the back, and embellished with a few ribbons! Super duper easy, although I will admit this one is perhaps a bit plain. Maybe some strategically glued sequin snowballs...

On the non-stitchy front, I'm settling in a bit more at work these days. I don't know that I'd say the work is thrilling, but hey, it's something, and I like my team which is always great! (It certainly helps that one of the team is a friend from grad school.) I'm hoping to start playing volleyball again sometime soon. The league I normally play in is running a shortened fall beach season, with COVID protections, so... maybe.

The Frenchman and I have been able to plan basically nothing wedding-wise. We did decide on waiting until 2022 though. I'm totally ok with that as... you know... pandemic... but the thought of planning a wedding is quite something! We'll get there.

Happy long weekend everyone!

- Cedie

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