May Two-Four

I hope you're all having as chill a May long weekend as I am. In Manitoba, the first holiday weekend of the summer is lovingly nicknamed May Two Four, since the holiday Monday often falls on the 24th, and all you need to get ready for the weekend is to pick up a case of 24 (known as a Two Four) beer and get to partying!

As I got home Friday night jubilant that a three day weekend had finally arrived...my eyes were drawn to a rock and roll craft I created many a year ago and thought it would be the perfect thing to share today.

So this is my one and only cross stitch creation ever. I had the idea and took it through to completion, and have so far not had the urge to ever cross stitch again haha. It's certainly not my crafty calling but I'm awfully fond of this piece and I'm so glad I finished it. 

This of course is a reference to Skid Row's title track off their 1991 Slave to the Grind album and the subject matter has soothed and inspired me at different points in my life. Once it was finished, I hung it on the wall beside my dishwasher. I find it's a good thing to ponder on while toiling away the the dishes ;)

The guitars took me untold hours of work to create. I'm not much of an artist as far as drawing goes, but I sat at my TV and watched the Slave to the Grind video over and over, working on pixel versions of Snake's guitar and Rachel's bass from the music video. After that, I searched for the perfect colours to match the originals as closely as possible and got to stitching!

I'm not sure how long ago I stitched this guy up - probably over 5 years ago, and I recently came upon my original sketches for it. It might be time to graph it up on Stitch Fiddle and share it with crafty rock and rollers out there!

But that's all for another day, it is the long weekend after all and I can't be working too hard. I'll just leave you with the rocker of a video and hope you all are working on being king of the world! If you need a little help turning up to 11, this ought to help!