Did you take your dog to work yesterday? I think it is a wonderful idea and June 24th marked the 13th annual National Take Your Dog to Work Day. Quoting from the blog “CAT Stanley, the CATalyst Council’s official spokescat offers the following top 10 reasons why cats should celebrate this day as well!” One of my favorites is: “Getting the couch all to yourself. ‘Nuff said.”  Read the others as they will give you quite the laugh! http://catalystcouncil.org/newsroom/?ID=54

Well I didn’t take my dog to work yesterday as I don’t have a dog! But I did bring my cats to work, being that I work at home, they really do come to work with me everyday. Sylvester is very good and when he decides it is time to jump on my desk to get some attention, he will never, ever walk on my keyboard. Well AlleyCat is a different story. Lets just say that Command Save is my best friend. The only way she knows how to maneuver her way around my desk is by walking across the keyboard! not around it, not behind it, not in front of it, has to be across it. She has been sighted sitting here with her paws on the keyboard and even sitting on the keyboard. This was her, not mentioning any names AlleyCat while I was taking a little break reading the paper and having a little diversion.

Well enough about the cats, lets talk about some stitching! As I have been putting threads & beads away, I have been selecting possibilities for the Cat’s Night Out canvas by Sharon G. I am not sure exactly what I want to do yet, but these are beads that might work into it. I am still not pleased with the gold that I have stitched as a Scotch Stitch in the small squares. It just doesn’t fill it well enough that makes me happy with it. Okay I have tried size 12 Kreinik, size 8 Kreinik…I have tried 002C, 002HL and now this is just plain 002. I think that I will try some Kreinik 1/16th Ribbon to see how I like that. Or I might try some Fyre Werks, but not sure I have the right color gold here. Sound familiar?

As I stay home and work the weekend away, don’t you feel sorry for me? there are wonderful needlepoint classes going on in all of our favorite shops! Brenda Hart is at Ruth Schmuff’s Bedecked and Beadzzled teaching to a sold out audience and Amy Bunger is having a Cook up a Canvas with Amy weekend to yet another full house! I will look forward to hearing all about the classes and canvases as inquiring minds need to know! and until next time…keep on stitching