WIPocalypse the final

I am a few days late, but.... the 28th is my birthday AND I was visiting my in-laws and they have no internet.  I am back home now and will be posting the big final post.

I will start with all my finishes for the year.  I am feeling quite chuffed about them.

1. Adriana

 2. Birds of a Feather

3. Crystal Ball

4. Paradigm Lost

5. Three Things Sampler

6. Catherine Agnes

7. The Great Escape

8. The Mighty Oak

9. Magic in the Air

10. Nantucket Rose

11. Skeleton Crew

12. April Showers

13. Sweet Pea

Not too bad if I do say so myself.  I got a few really big things done, and finished several things that had just been waiting for me to get back to them.

Here are the things I have started since then, and have not finished.  I figured since I was going to be doing the WIPocalypse next year I needed a few things to start out with... right?  snerk

1. Let it Snow

2. Miss Mary Mack

3. Thriller

4. Peacock Pincushion

I very much enjoyed all the stitching I did this past year.  I loved having a monthly review.  It really made me feel like I kept a focus in my stitching.  I have enjoyed viewing all the other blogs.  So many talented stitchers out there!

And... I made every WIPocalypse post.... Whew!  That right there is an accomplishment.

May you all have an amazing 2013.  And be happy stitching!

A short break

Taking a short blogging, and stitching break.  The holidays have me busy.  I will be back before the end of the year though.


Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it.

Happy Stitching

IHSW update

I know I know.  It is Tuesday.  I was going to post yesterday, but my camera had a dead battery.  Rather hard to take photos with that.  So a charging the battery went and I waited.

Anyway.  My weekend was neither as hermit-y nor as stitch-y as I would have liked.  I ended up playing Secret World and wow what a time suck that was.  heh.  A fun time suck, but still.  So, finally after battling evil Lovecraftian horrors I finally did some stitching.

Here is my progress on Thriller.

The top band is finished.  I am enjoying this piece.  Sadly, I am putting it away for now.  I have a SAL to work on today, if I get any time.  Then I think I will see if my wrist is up to more crochet.

Hope every one is happily stitching.

more thriller

I was able to stitch a bit last night.  I have decided to not do the whole border first.  It is a simple repeating border, and I was worried that I would just get too bored with it.  So, I moved onto the first band.

Lighting still is not the best.  I may not have decent lighting for the next few months!  Gotta love the Pacific Northwest.  :)  I am really liking the stitching on this one.  It is calm without being dull.  I guess I need that right now.

Yesterday I also kitted up The Black Gryphon for the Scarlet Letter Year SAL.

I need to pick up a couple more skeins of black, but I have more than enough to get started.  I most likely won't start this until January, but I wanted to be ready.  :)

I also selected all the projects for my Crazy January list.  I have 31 to choose from, so I could do an Ultimate Crazy January, but don't think that would be too great.  One of the things I am hoping for with my Crazy January is to also FINISH those projects I start.  With 15 I can, with 31 it is not as likely, unless they are all I work on, which isn't going to happen, let's add another comma, and keep this horrid run-on-sentence going, what do you think?

Anyway.  There is stitching going on.  There is planning going on.  I am getting super excited about my 2013 stitching.  All is good.

It is also IHSW.  I hope to get some hermiting done this weekend, not to mention stitching.  :)

Happy Stitching!

Exchange

First, I was asked if I had been to so many places through holidays or work.... my answer is, I was able to live in Belgium last year because my husband was transferred there for work.  Since I knew I would only be in Europe for about a year (it was about 15 months) I took the opportunity to travel as much as I could.  I still didn't see nearly all the wonderful things I wanted to. So the answer is both work and holidays!

I didn't get any stitching in on Thriller last night, we got home way way too late.  But, the mailman did have a wonderful package for me.  I was in a stitcher's choice ornament exchange.  This is what my partner sent to me:

Isn't that a great package.  The threads are for the chart she sent.  I love it.

And there is a close up of the ornament. It is sweet.

I mailed out my exchange today.  Sadly, I forgot to take a photo!  Hopefully my exchange partner will do so.

Hopefully I will have some stitching time tonight.

Happy Stitching all.

I little more border

Thanks for the comments on my photo.  Yes, the ones I have at the top almost always my own photos.  The one up now is the Munich Christmas Market last year.  I am glad people seem to enjoy them. :)

I did a little bit more work on Thriller last night.  Not as much as I would have liked as my evening was full of stuff... this evening will be full too.  Silly life getting in the way of stitching!

Not too sure if you can tell that second border is done in a red thread.  The light is not great at this time of year here.  :P

I hope every one is enjoying (or did enjoy) their 12-12-12.

Happy Stitching.

a post with a photo!

Shocking I am sure.  :)

First, I am glad to hear that some others are at least thinking (and some planning) on doing the Crazy January 15 thing.  It is much nicer to be crazy in a group than just crazy all by ones self.  :)  Also glad others are joining in WIPocalypse 2013.  I love the set up for it, so laid back yet still so great to show off what was done each lunar month.

In my previous posts I had mentioned a piece I am working on that I have yet to show here, Thriller.  It looks super exciting right now.

Look.... it's the beginning of a border!  Oooooh!   Ahhhh!

I actually stitched the top border twice.... I used the wrong colour.  There are only two colours in this piece. Kinda really sad that.  Hopefully the rest goes well.

Somehow I am enjoying this border more than Miss Mary's, yet they are both just black borders.  No clue why.  I had originally thought of doing the whole border before moving onto the centre.  Now.... hmmm... Maybe not.  There are such fun bits to stitch and I want to get to them!  Guess we will have to wait and see what I decide on.  Though, I am leaning toward the get to the middle quick.

Happy Stitching all.

Not stitching but Planning instead

As the title says, no stitching.  Just none.  All weekend and not a single stitch.  How pathetic.  So, instead of stitching I decided to finish up my 2013 planning. That is kinda like stitching.  After all I got to play in my stash.  :)

Oh, goals, goals, goals, I got goals.

First:

I will be doing the Crazy January 15 thing.  I don't know of anyone else doing it this year but have loved seeing others do it in previous years.  I will start a new piece each day for the first 15 days of January.  The plan is to get all 15 finished (at least the stitching finished) in 2013 as well.  I won't tell you what is on the list to keep it a surprise for each day in the new year.  (That and it gives me a great chance to change my mind if I want to!)

Second:

As mentioned I have joined the Scarlet Letter Year.  I will start this SAL off with stitching Black Gryphon.  When it is done I will move on to one of my other Scarlet Letter pieces.  I plan on working a bit every month on one of these projects and posting about them as I go or at least posting by the 15th of each month for the SAL check-in.

Third:

I will start one of my big cities.  I think I will start with St. Petersburg as I have had that one the longest.  If I actually finish it  in 2013 (hahahahaha) I will move onto another.

Fourth:

My WIPs.  Thanks to the WIPocalypse this past year this is a much shorter list, even after starting two new projects in the past week.
1. Blackbird Stockings
2. Miss Mary Mack
3. Tiny Months
4. Let is Snow SAL
5. Thriller

No clue when I will work on them but I hope to see progress on each of them.

Any other WIPs I have either need to be restarted (Persian Iris Garden) or are needlepoint (Nova) and I just don't have a good set up for needlepoint now so those are on hold.

Fifth:

There is going to be another WIPocalypse for 2013.  The rules are kinda the same, post on the full moon.  There will be no prize draw at the end. (not that I ever remembered that for this years) And there will be monthly themes you can stitch with, if you so choose. (I most likely won't, but you never know)

There.  That should keep me well in hand in 2013.  I will update the pages at the top by the 1st, I hope.

I hope you all are either stitching lots, or doing some good planning, or just enjoying life.  :)

Stitcher's ADHD

I just can't settle down to work on anything right now.  I have started two things (both small) and just don't want to have anything to do with them.  I don't know if this is because I am getting plans ready for 2013 or if it is the season, or if I am just bored.

I am going to try to begin yet another new thing.... perhaps that will help me settle.  Meh.


That said, I have finished decorating for the holidays.  Also, I am nearly done with all my gift buying.

Now to try to sit and stitch for more than 10 minutes before getting bored and looking at new, different, other stuff.  heh

Busy times

I've been super busy lately.  Almost too busy to even stitch!  Crazyness.

I did get another stocking finished up last night.

Sweet Pea.

Some of these will look so much better once they are turned into stockings.  This, I think, is one of those.

Still making plans for my 2013 stitching.

Almost have all the x-mas decorations up.  Outside is done, still working on inside.

Took The Kid in to the ortho on Monday.  He now has a full set of braces.  He is not loving it.  At least today he says his mouth no longer hurts a ton.
On Saturday I went out to see the musical Scrooge.  It was pretty good.  One of my husbands co-workers is in it, and he plays Scrooge.  It was a good night.  Even The Kid enjoyed it and that says a lot for a 14 year old boy to like a musical.  heh

Hope all of you are enjoying the season.  Be it Christmas or Chanikah or winter, or summer.

Happy Stitching!