Mood

I'm in a mood today. I'm not sure if I've hit the COVID wall or I'm annoyed at something at work or both. Ted Cruz is really pissing me off too; the amount of damage he's done to his daughters this week makes me rage-ful. I mean, I know he's a trash person and a terrible public servant, but throwing your kids under a bus instead of being a the adult in the room? That is a special kind of awful. I drew something for today's piece that was exasperated and a little angry, but also sort of cute, but then I didn't want it next to what I did yesterday. So then I was annoyed with myself for overthinking everything. Then I thought I'd do a stitch study of a new stitch I learned, but it didn't look good. Then I sighed very loudly.

And then I made a grilled cheese sandwich and my cat fell asleep on my lap. It was good. 

Anyway, I decided to do what I do when I'm annoyed and want to embroider something: I made French knots. I find French knots calming. It took me a long time to learn how to do a French knot, and now I want to add them to everything. So enjoy my frustrating day French knots. I'm going to drink some wine and watch a virtual Patti Smith concert. 

I used the top triangle and the two bottom lines to cover up the holes I made trying out the new stitch. I like patterns, so that's why I stuck with triangles and sets of three knots. The pink border line looks like coral; I may have to use that again. 

Details:
Stitches: French knots, straight stitch
Thread palette: Sublime Stitching 804, 030, 201, 802, 504, 402, 012 (6 strands)