First – I wanted to note how many of you also sleep with socks on because they can’t sleep when their feet are cold! I’m glad I’m not the only one. My whole body can be over-heating, but my feet with be a block of ice if they aren’t covered up! And it’s been like that since I was little.
Now… onto business…
Yep – with the holidays out of the way, I’m back in the TNT business. For my first project of the year, I wanted to use a cross-stitch hand towel I’d picked up at a thrift store when I got the potholders. My original intention was to put chickens on it and use it in the kitchen.
But once I brought it out again, I realized it was a little on the small side for kitchen use. It’s much more suited to a bathroom. And the downstairs bathroom just happens to have a towel rack right above the sink. It would be perfect for there.
So… I shifted gears and went on the hunt for crab patterns… why crabs? Because the shower curtain we have in that bathroom has crabs on it… or I should say - had. I’d forgotten that kitten Lemmy had aerated that shower curtain and we replaced it with one with mandala patterns… (I don’t use the downstairs bath to shower, as I have the upstairs one)
Of course, I didn’t remember until after I bought the pattern…
But it was a cute little crab, so I just decided to continue on with it anyway.
Not the best picture, but I got all the black outlining and his little heart cheeks done. I would have gotten more done, but I had to rip out all Friday night’s progress. I’d started him up a little too high and ran out of room for his eyes.
But I’m back on track now, and if the weekend’s stitching goes well, I should have him done and hanging in the bathroom by Monday.
Wandering Cat Studio 
He’s adorable!
I always have to laugh at representations of live crabs in red. They only turn that color when cooked-and very much not alive. They are blue when they are in the water minding their own business….lol…and I can swear to it because our biggest industry here is crabbing and I’ve cooked many a crab in my day.
I didn’t get to weigh in on the bed sock debate but I am also on team bed sock. Never my hand knitted ones tho. I wear some fluffy store bought ones because I rub a lot of gooey stuff on my feet before I put my socks on. If I don’t my poor feet are like sand paper.
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So cute! That will be a very sweet towel for the bathroom.
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Love how his claws make a little heart too.
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Well, he’s the cutest crab I’ve ever seen. A hand towel seems like a perfect idea.
Blessings,
Betsy
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I love it-forgetting you changed out that curtain! lol A little glimpse into your future brain at work! The embroidered crab is very cute!
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Adorable pattern! I like the hearts on his checks and the one made by his claws.
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That will be such a cute towel!
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I have an embroidery crab to put on a shirt for Rowdy, maybe this is a sign to just do it. Love the regal Burton, he is just too handsome. Congrats on all those lovely nursery items!!!
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Of course you’d find a place for it!
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