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Despite the snow on the ground and the below freezing temperatures, it is officially spring, and daffodills are trying to poke leaves above ground. So this month's Bead Journal butterfly is called "Promise of Spring", even if that promise has yet to be fulfilled! In colors of spring (crocuses, daffodils, narcissus) and Easter:

Given that my eye isn't at top focus yet (it was still dilated after 48 hours *and* it's flashing/shimmering when light hits my peripheral vision since the lens hasn't settled in yet), I didn't do much in the way of stitching (or posting). I did complete the TAST Tuesday night since I could do that without extra light and magnification. Here's my Top-Knotted Buttonhole: and here is the completed "page" for stitches 57 through 64: Re cataract surgery --- it's taking…

Fancy Hem Stitch --- one colorway, two ways! I think this would be fun to play with with different threads, beads, etc... but I used perle cotton because that was what was at hand.

Here's my take on the Slipped Detached chain stitch --- three ways: