I'm blue for Blue Beijing!

68 1/2" x 31" A perfect runner for our hall.

So this is my Oriental effort.  Such a pretty pattern and would be so lovely in our home.  Now that I dug it out I'm feeling warm and fuzzy again.  There's a lot left to do but I could make an effort to pick away at it.  Maybe the hooking fairy will drop by or maybe I should be hooking instead of writing when insomnia steals my night. 

I have bags of wool for this piece stuffed away in some corner, I should have a look around.  I hadn't totally worked out the colour placement for the border but they will be the blues, green, red and gold of the tiny stripped border.  I see there is a bit of one of the shous to do and some of the blue here and there.  Yes, this would be lovely and I would have a grand sense of accomplishment to have this puppy finish and off the bucket list.  

If only I could clone myself.  I would get to do all the exciting stuff and I'd give my double all the crap jobs and then when I need a couple of kidneys or a heart, well so long, it's been a slice!

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Chinese shous represent luck in love, prosperity and good health. I actually took a bit of artistic licence to do a bit of custom stylizing to get the effect I wanted and to balance out the center design.

This closeup shows off a bit of the border. Lots of straight lines in the design that I've taken from blue willow plates. I've added in buildings and a few pagodas with a rock bridge in every corner.