My Maggie Coffee Cup

I have spent several hours each of the last two days STITCHING. Yeah! I decided I wanted a yellow cup instead of white as shown on the canvas. I am using some Trebizone silk from my stash. No laying required. I have adopted a technique for using stash threads when I am not sure I have enough for the intended area. I am sure I am not the first one to do this. With the cup I started with an alternating stitch design at the top, after two rows of horizontal cashmere and two rows of continental I went to the bottom of the cup and did the same number of rows. By working a small number of rows on the top and then on the bottom I was taking precautions that if I ran out of thread I would have a center area to perhaps add a different color and stitch. By planning the use of my threads I can use stash and not panic and do reverse work if there is not enough thread for a specific area. I did have enough thread with 18 inches to spare. 😊