#secret present

[leahtrsv]

🌟 Merry Christmas, dear @phyl-the-gryffinclaw! 🌟

I am so happy I’m your Secret Santa! Thank you for being so sweet and kind! May this Christmas end the present year on a cheerful and inspiring note and make way for a fresh and bright New Year! I wish you all the wonderful things in the world, you deserve all of it! Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! Bless!

I hope you like my little present, dear friend!

and thank you so so so so much, @hphm-secretsanta, for making this possible!

[caseykayb]

August 26, 2016 Framed and done months in advance. Even wrapped it already. This is the most ready I've ever been with a present. In contrast, I'm starting the final birthday shirt of the year right now. That birthday is Thursday.

[caseykayb]

August 14, 2016

Done! IT’S DONE!!!!

It required a walk to the art store where I bought a single skein of the last thread color (which I ran out of with only 20 stitches to go) with a coupon and two quarters, but I finished it today.

[caseykayb]

August 13, 2016

SO CLOSE!!!

[caseykayb]

August 12, 2016

Seriously, why isn’t this done yet?!

[caseykayb]

August 9, 2016

This is where it really starts to get frustrating, as the remaining stitches count starts dwindling but not fast enough no matter how many hours you spend stitching.

[caseykayb]

August 7, 2016

And the progress I was able to see the past couple days seems to have come to a screeching halt.

[caseykayb]

August 6, 2016

Finishing the top mushroom. This one really took a long time.