1/29/24

 I've been struggling this week.  I think pushing hard to finish Master and Mermaid of the Deep SK gave me mild delusions of being able to finish several full coverage WIPs and stitching on several more every month to finish in 2025.  In fact, I think I've almost managed to send my stitchy bug on vacation which it's not allowed to do until I travel for work next month.

Right now, I'm thinking of backing off most of my really big goals.  I'm going to keep He Came With the Rain as a finish this year.  But I think SK Rose on Fire and Nightshade's goals are going to come way down and may be just 500 full x every month or just 500 full x for the year.  It all depends on how I'm feeling about them.

I managed to add 684 tent stitches to The Loneliness of Autumn then found I was a stitch off from the first day or so I'd pulled the WIP out.  I'm debating whether to frog or fudge.  At this point, I'm thinking of making sure I'm correct vertically and adding new stitches where they're supposed to be and fudging the rest.

Here's where it is now.

While LoA is in time out, I pulled out Winter Rose Manor for a change of pace.  I didn't manage to add anywhere near what I wanted for a weekend, but I didn't do too bad Saturday.  Sunday was pretty much a bust.

I'd like to finish this page before I move on but we'll see how that works out.

8/22/23

 Since I'm struggling to stick with projects after I complete my 2023 goals, I've been pulling out WIPs at random to stitch a few stitches and at least touch them this year.

Progress on Winter Rose Garden

Then Pour La Fete

I've pulled Plague Doctor out of time out and I've added 100 or so tent stitches that seem to be in the right spot this time.  Chart pages from Unconventional XStitch aren't as big as other design companies so I don't know how far I'll get before I rotate again.

8/20/23

 Chatelaine's Polar Mandala wasn't out as long as I'd hoped but I added almost 1100 stitches.

Then Ann Tong Uffindell from HATS  came out.  My original goal was page 2 but I couldn't face the iver 1 on 46ct so I added a bunch of border instead.

Now I have Winter Rose Manor by Brenda Gervais out and this has to be one of the smallest starts I've made.  

12/31/22

 I made it about halfway through Farm Folk before I couldn't any more.  At least the rest of the block should go quickly.

Ann Tong Uffindell came out next and I finished page 1.

Now, since I don't really know what I want to work on,  I'm going to start some things.

First up is Winter Rose Manor by Brenda Gervais on 46ct Weeks Confederate Gray with the HDF conversion.

Jane Charlotte Wynn from The Scarlett House on Weeks 40ct Straw with the called for Weeks overdyed cotton.

Started 12/31/22

Steamy Blue from Crossstitch4everyone on Etsy

Stitched 2x1 tent on 28ct I dyed

Started 12/31/22