Blackwork SAL - January

Welcome to the first part of the smallest SAL I'm hosting! Yes, the smallest - even the 25 x 25 SAL, if all parts are stitched on the same fabric, will use more space than this SAL. This month you get one of the smaller sections: the central square. It's just 10 x 10 stitches square and won't take long at all to stitch! If you missed the overview post you can find it here.

And this is it all stitched up! it took me less than 20 minutes to do although I do admit that I did it in backstitch as Holbein stitch messes up my spatial awareness of where I am stitching and I had to rip it out twice due to mistakes.

I have added a larger section of the blackwork pattern below the SAL pattern so you can see what it looks like in a larger area AND I added red lines around the area to be stitched in case you have trouble seeing the yellow lines on the pattern itself. Naturally you are not expected to stitch this bit below your SAL work, it's just there for reference.

You can find the pattern here

Have fun stitching! I'll see you Friday for a Friday freebie - as it's not a SAL week you will be getting something a bit different than usual that will require more specific colours than you are used to from me. Speaking of non SAL weeks: Next Tuesday will be the 5th Tuesday of the month and as there are no Tuesday SAL's left to give this month you will not be getting a new pattern then, normal SAL posts will resume in February as per the schedule.