The surgery on my wrist went fine, and I will soon be back stitching again. Today we went into Groningen for some shopping and I couldn’t resist the lovely craft shop (Sajet). They had several great sampler kits for sale (mostly Permin). I love the monotone samplers, and when I saw the one on the left for sale (almost 50% off) I couldn’t resist. It is Permin’s Vierlande 1826, an original old design from the collection of Museum Celle in Germany. I bought a full kit with brown linnen (I think it is 32 count) and blue and red DMC. The design features initials and a year (1826) but I think I will change them so they fit me (my and Henk’s initials and the year I will finish it). The lettering is from the alphabets and numbers featured elsewhere on the design, so changing it should be no problem. I am planning to start this when I finish “I love dogs” but I don’t know if I can wait that long… :D