Punchneedle & Me

I'm worn out. I tried my first punchneedle project and I do love the finished look but getting there isn't as easy as I thought. Well, take that back ~ it's easy and quick but my punching hand gets so tense and hurts like all get out, that it takes away from the punching fun and craze that I've heard about. Hancock Fabrics had weavers cloth so I transferred a sweet free doodle by primitivebettys and very much love my little bunny. You can sense the movement in his legs as he hops through the flowers. Here's a photo, true to its colors, before I made a tiny pillow out of it which follows as you can see.

I used the punch needle that calls for all six strands and went through DMC like nobody's business. Zip, next skein! Zip, next skein! I had a rhythm going and the pain in my hand was so numb that it was beyond hurting. What didn't help was I had sprained my right thumb a week or so ago, still have no clue how!, so that was acting up during the punching technique. I just kept thinking thank goodness I didn't tackle a larger project! I'm already thinking of other darling designs (have you seen the PN ones at countrystitchesonline.com?) that I want to have a go at, but not tomorrow. Tomorrow, I stitch.