I’ve done another row of blanket stitch in the variegated 21st Century stranded cotton.

Then I’ve used 3 strands of a dark and light blue variegated folded, so that both colours are threaded through the needle and the stitching will vary across the row. I’m not sure what it is, possibly a very fine pérle. It’s on a card that I picked up on a sales table somewhere. It’s a simple row of running stitches working horizontally, starting at the highest point of the blanket stitch……

……. and continuing downwards, staggering the stitches so that the rows don’t line up. It looks more like water than sky!

After a couple more rows……

……. I started with a single strand of the lighter blue at the bottom. Then I put in some clouds with a shiny light grey blue randomly at the top, filling in the gaps with a shiny darker blue (both Anchor Marlitt) and a single strand of the darker blue from the variegated card of thread.

It’s finished here. I’m intending to fold in the edges and attach it to my jacket, but forgot to pick that up to do it this morning. It’s all simple stitches, but for me a different way of working, and I rarely work on Aida.