All the birds are in their nests / And I must seek for mine...

[thebluepixie]

The title is a line from Blake which was stuck in my head whilst stitching this. When I've hand stitched pieces in the past I've stuck to cross stitich so this was a bit new to me, had fun fiddling about with french knots. Taught myself a bunch of other stitches too but mainly ignored them and just did whatever I fancied.



there are some close-ups and in progress shots at my blog: http://thebluepixieknits.blogspot.com/2010/05/progress-finished.html  I'll try to upload them here at some point too but its taking an age to upload atm.

[pennydreadfull]

I love this!! all the detail and texture in the tree is just beautiful!!

[pinokeeo]

Your work is beautiful.  Very unique.  Nice job.

[Alexus1325]

That's amazing! I love the shape of the tree, it's almost tribal.

[WildeHeart2105]

Wow! Very unique - i love it!

[kitschkitty]

I love it, it has so much texture! 

[kittykill]

It looks great. I love all the textures.

[CarrottessSparklepaws]

That's really beautiful.

[spikefan]

Awesome!

[Craftgasm Kate]

This is great! I think that the textures are just right; I can absolutely *feel* that knobbly bark under my fingers!