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• Pattern: by Nora Corbett
• Materials: 32 count opalescent belfast “Pewter” by PTP, Kreink, Mill Hill, Swarovski
• Size: 5″ x 6.25″
• Time to stitch: 8 days since end of August, 2019

Presenting my 5th reindeer!  

The pattern is fine, it’s a small chart with a limited number of colors.  But the Kreinik stitching is extensive and there is plenty of bling.  The Wisper thread is annoying, as usual.  It took 3 short lengths to get ~30 stitches done for the tail.   I added the name at the bottom, as is my custom.  I like being able to tell which reindeer is which!

As for materials, I used mostly the listed supplies except I subbed Swarovski crystals for the Mill Hill Treasures, more cost effective and just as nice, the colors may not be a perfect match, but it hardly matters.  I’m using this opalescent Pewter belfast for the series; a fat quarter is enough for 4 reindeer.  

My favorite details are the massive candy cane ribbon and the Christmas tree she’s hauling on her back, with all its crystal bling.  I also like how the antlers are draped with “strings” of beads.  

I have definite plans to stitch Comet this year, as that chart is part of Year of WIPs, WIPgo, etc.   Who knows, I may stitch Cupid and Vixen, as well.  They are not part of any challenge I signed up for, but stranger things have happened!  It would be nice to be done with the series.  I have no plans to stitch Rudolph or the Sled; lovely as they are, they don’t really fit into my arrangement.