2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #5 - Arranging Microbes by Ink Circles

I'm fairly sure it's obvious I've been a fan of Ink Circles for years. I've stitched some smalls and one large Mandala that I still love!

Reflections of Canada by Ink Circles

stitched 2 over 2 on 25ct Jobelan 

with Ruby Slippers by Jodyri

So many fun details in that one, although I think my favourite is still the hockey sticks. 

On to the new Ink Circles start! Again, this looks like something I picked up from a LNS and I found a great fabric to stitch it on. I've been trying to go through my stash of Chromatic Alchemy since it really accumulated over the years I was a member of her fabric of the month club. 

And I didn't have any of the called for colours, but found some close matches in my stash threads box:

Note my new Caterpillar scissors that Santa brought this past year!

And I managed a decent start so far:

Arranging Microbes by Ink Circles

stitched 2 over 2 on 28ct Fruit Salad by Chromatic Alchemy

with stash threads (mostly WDW)

The tiny little motif that kind of looks like an alien is a bacteriophage and I did a project on this subject in Virology back in undergrad. It's kind of fun to remember that while stitching this. 

I'm debating if I can hang this up at work when I'm finished. Maybe in my exam room instead of the office bathroom? It's going to take a while, so no rush on deciding. 

Hope you've all had a good stitching day!

Tiffstitch