Yesterday I worked on the baseball palyer for my DH. It’s a Kathy Schenkel nutcracker which I’ve customized to make it his favorite Oakland player, Reggie Jackson. I’ve added Reggie’s number, 9, and his hair and skin color will be changed. The colors I’ve chosen for the uniform reflect the bright colors used in the 70′s. The belt color is brown and stitch in Padded Gobelin using Rainbow Tweed. The glove is in Serendipity stitch, also in Rainbow Tweed. His shirt is T Stitch in a knitting yarn, Cool Wool, and his pants will be in the same yarn in Nobuko. Everything else, so far, is basketweave. A really nice needlepoint to do for someone is to take something like these sports figures and personalizing them to be a specific player, not just a generic one. Tomorrow I will post a picture of the finished needlecase, which I’m working on