The linen for the shower curtain arrived Thursday, astonishing me with the speed of its arrival. It is, as I write this, drying after its quick trip through the washing machine.
It wasn’t quite what I expected, but I can blame myself for not ordering a swatch before I bought it — and it is very pretty in a rustic way. I may wash it a couple more times to soften it before I stitch it. Linen gets softer with use, but I don’t really want to wash the wool stitching — even washable wool – constantly.
So I have the linen, the design is being enlarged – almost 1/2 way there at this point. The leaves are about 10 to 11 inches long. I think it will be gorgeous in the heavy wool on the coarse linen.
Now I get to play with color. I haven’t ordered the yarn yet. Much fun!!!
It does sound gorgeous – I’m looking forward to seeing the colours you choose!
Thanks, Rachel. I ordered yarn to play with this morning. We’ll see how it goes. and if not, I can always resubmit the order and make socks out of all the skeins… LOL