It is a finish UPDATED!

Here is a better photo!

Tonight I finished finishing the Penguin stocking--try saying that fast five times! This is a Kathy Schenkel design that I stitched for my great nephew, Peyton. I lined the inside with white satin and the back is blue moire to match the water. I stitched the gold braid trim around the top, just at the seam where the lining meets the canvas front and moire back. I used #4 Kreinik to stitch this down. Then, I tucked the little penguin in the top. Unfortunately, I set this against black velvet to take the picture and his arms are hard to see! But he really does have them:
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/search/label/Penguin%20stocking will show you!

A Penguin and some blue sky

I made some progress on the blue sky after putting all the decorations away! This is Splendor 867, and I am using four plies. Now, on to the penguin debate. The penguin stocking came with the little penguin that goes in the stocking. Pierrette, of Love to Stitch, and Jane, of Chilly Hollow, are having a great time in the comments sections on previous posts. Pierrette thought I was/should be making him! My response: I would have except I am busy making my own needles, and twisting my own threads! So, here is the Penguin. He is patiently waiting for me to finish the stocking.

The stocking is finished.

I added Peyton's name in cross stitches with Nordic Gold, and then I added three and sometimes four stitches all the way around the outside of the stocking. This, of course, is going to make it easier when it comes time to finish the stocking. Remember this one has a little stuffed penguin to fit inside of the actual stocking, so this one will have a lining and a backing. I will set this aside in the finishing pile along with the others until I get ready to start all of them at once.

Added Feet and Water!

I used the yellow Splendor and created the little lines that hold the fish on the red line. I filled in his tail with more of the black Neon Rays +. Next I did the frog in green Splendor 907 and did a black cross stitch for his eye. I then worked the lily pad in the white Splendor. The fish were next with gray Splendor 947 and more black cross stitched eyes. Next his feet are done with the yellow Splendor and more black but in tent stitches. The water worked up very quickly using the blue Splendor in the Diagonal Triple Parisian stitch. I found this stitch in my even More Stitches for Effect book this weekend!
Almost done!

A scarf and a fishing line....

So sorry for the picture quality! I thought it was okay when I took it, but it is a little blurry! You can, however, see that I completed his scarf using Neon Rays + in squares of red and green using the Fishbone stitch. I filled in his chest with the white Splendor and then used red Splendor to complete his fishing line.
Jane, I hope to get to his silk feet tomorrow! LOL

A head and wings

I used Black Neon Rays + to do the head and wings, so while it does not sparkle much in the picture, it does real time. Then I used white Splendor for his head, black Splendor to cross stitch his eyes, and finally Splendor 908 for the yellow beak. Jane noticed how cute his feet are, and I'm a goin as fast as I can! LOL
More surprises on this one to come!

The stocking has a background

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas! I also hope if you had to travel, that you made it with very few issues. The news has been full of weather issue stories, and we are glad we were at home. We only traveled to go out for brunch, and then returned home.
Today, I got back to stitching!
Remember this is the Kathy Schenkel Penguin mini stocking for my great nephew Peyton. I did the outline of the top section in Splendor 860 blue, and then did the basket weave background in Splendor 802 white. I used four strands of fiber for all of these stitches. Since I will be putting color up next to the white, I decided it would be better to have all of that filled in so none of the colors would fuzz into the white.
Next up: Starting the penguin!

A mini stocking for Peyton

This is the Kathy Schenkel design that my niece picked out for my great nephew, Peyton. He is a great penguin design!

When I finish the stocking, the little guy below gets tucked in the top! He comes with the canvas--a great bonus! I will pull all my threads tonight and get started on this little cutie!