There and Back Again

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This stitching has been the project of the past couple of weeks, as it was a Secret Santa gift for a Tolkien fan.

A piece of white Aida cloth is flat on a wood surface. It has a needle pushed through the top right-hand corner, and some cross stitching in the middle. The stitching is in various shades of green, and is in a rough circle.

I did my best to take progress pictures, but it’s hard to break out of The Groove to take a single, measly picture!

The same piece of Aida is again flat on a wood surface. The green stitching in the centre looks much more like a Hobbit-hole door now, with a thin brown border around it.

Anyways, it got framed last weekend. I would have liked a darker brown frame, as this wood is a bit grey compared to usual woods used by Hobbits.

A framed cross-stitching sits flat on a wood surface. It is of a Hobbit-hole door, green and circular with bricks around it. The black text beneath the door says 'there and back again', in an Elvish-esque font. The frame is square and wooden, very simple in style.

The author's hand holds the framed Hobbit-hole stitching up to a hedge, where some leaves curl over the frame and pink flowers are visible beside the stitching.

The pattern came from Etsy; this is the listing. It’s a PDF download, and it was pretty quick to stitch.

The Hobbit-hole stitching is propped up on a lawn, blades of grass and clover slightly obscuring the bottom of the stitching. In the background is more lawn, a fence, and the trunk of a hedge plant.

The recipient loved it, which is what matters most. I’m really happy with it, so much in fact that I might stitch it again for myself. When that will be, I do not know, but all in good time!

Anyways, see ya!

Yves

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