7/8/19

I made lots of progress this weekend.  I charted my son's name from the provided alphabet.  When I showed him what I was planning, he didn't like the K so we changed it and I think we're both happy with it.  

I got to this point then I got bored, and a SAL was starting so I rotated to Earth Song.

Earth Song is slightly older than Lust and is my next planned HAED finish.  These wolves are all confetti which is probably why this one has taken as long as it has.  I love the results, but getting there is a bear.

Saturday night, I started kitting up some of my Long Dog's.  It started out as just pulling out the cottons I'd purchased at the estate sale.  I had four of the called for GAST.  Then I pulled out the Weeks and guessed at the rest.  I decided late yesterday afternoon that a new start was the thing to do and stared Game of Swannes on 36ct Silkweaver in Putty.  I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Finish!!!!!

Page 41 - finished 6/30/19

 Page 36 - finished 6/30/19

Finish!!  6/30/19 

I've almost finished the house on my son's stocking and I'm thinking of working on this one for a while to move it along.

I went to an estate sale Friday and Saturday.  The lady had been a quilter and a needleworker.  There were a lot of charts and kitted projects and some started projects.  There were also silks.  OMG!!  When I saw the Waterlilies tag, in a bin marked $0.50, I about died.  The first day, I brought home over 50 skeins of Waterlilies and had found Au Ver a Soie.  For $20.  I also got a bag of Weeks for $25.  Saturday, when we went back, there was a tub marked $100 for the entire thing.  There were a lot of Waterliles in the bottom so I bought it.  Here's what I found...

This sale was posted on Facebook Marketplace so I PM'd the daughter and asked about the remaining items since on Sunday the prices had dropped 50%.  I don't know if I'll hear anything back but I'd take all the remaining needlework supplies off their hands because there were things I would have liked, they were just overpriced for a garage/estate sale.

Page 35!!

So close!

6/24/19

Almost there...

Hoping for a page finish tonight.

6/17/19 update

I'm participating in a Charting Creations SAL because I need another full coverage WIP like I need another hole in my head but why not.

This is Wolf Totem.

 And here's my start.  This is 2x1 tent on antique white 28 ct monaco.  Page 1 is blank so I started on page 2.  It's not much of a start but it is started which was the goal this weekend.

I've also got most of the 154 done in the last full page of Lust.  I think there's three or four rows to go.  I did have some concerns whether the last skein of 154 I bought in 2009 was going to be enough.  I purchased some more in November so I pulled those and put all six strands in and I think it's a very good match considering the time between dye lots.  Now that I'm almost done with the color, I think I would have had enough but I'm ok with what I've done here.

With any luck, I'll have this page done in the next week or two. 

I've also put some stitches into my stocking but I don't have a current picture.

6/10/19 update

I got the first tree done.  This one is more challenging than I thought it would be.  The 40ct dark fabric has me missing threads of fabric which means I have to frog more than I'm happy with.  I got this far then it was put away for now.

This doesn't see a lot of love right now, but lunchtime stitching is still stitching.  I should be able to get around the windows this week and hopefully even up to the roof.

Lust has been out and I've been adding lots and lots of DMC 154.  I don't think the last skein I originally bought will be enough so I dug out another one which looks like it should be a good match.  I don't think I'll have this page done by the end of the month, but I should be close.

6/3/19 progress

This last weekend was fairly busy so I didn't get a huge amount of progress in anything.

I have made a good bit of progress on my son's stocking.  That house seems to have no end though.  While we were in town Saturday, I had to pick up a new skein of 939 since there is already almost a full one in the dang house and I'm not quite done with it.

Then, I hit a wall with the stocking.  So then I pulled out Il bosco di Bengtsson by Renato Parolin and put in a few stitches but even with a good light, white stitches on super dark fabric is challenging.  I think I pulled more stitches out than stayed in last night.  I still like the color combination though.

Lust needs to come back out so I can work on that last full page and it's sitting on the coffee table waiting for me.  I'm just trying to avoid burning out on her when I'me so close to the end.