I Cracked

I finally surrendered and bought some HAED charts...

(it was the sale that got to me)

I must be insane. I know I'll be seventeen years trying to finish even one, forget about two!

But these are the lovely ones that I chose:

'Poet' by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

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I've loved it since the first time I saw it. He'll go great with all those other Japanese/Chinese kits and charts I have that I also have never started. *headdesk*

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'Lost in You' by Rachel Marks

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I wanted one color chart and one black & white.

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I started printing these with a brand new ink cartridge... it made it through 'Poet', but only halfway through 'Lost in You'. And that was on 'fast draft'... I think I may have gotten a bad cartridge. I've printed out lots of PCStitch patterns on one cartridge... I dunno.

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*EDIT* now someone tell me where the weird little dots came from in my sentances... O_o

One Goal Down

Several to go!

But I finished the second-floor balcony on Brinkhoff Home and I started some of the framwork of the west wing.

Hmm... odd little house, built from the top down. Wonder if that's what my dad means when he talks about a 'floating foundation'?

*eyes picture*

:D

Also, I've been doing some framing. I have four projects all pretty now, but I can only show you one. The others will have to wait until I have better lighting than I get at 4am.

This is my sister's Claddagh, framed and ready to be given. She's in another state visiting our brother, so it has to wait until she gets back. She doesn't read the blog, though, so I can show it off :D

September's Goals

August worked out fairly well (You're so right about 3 of 4, Lana! and for me, 1 of 4 would have been a shock, lol!) so I'm trying goals out again.

1. Finish second floor balcony on 'Brinkerhoff Home'
2. Work on Archangel (enough for a scan)
3. 100 stitches on a UFO
4. 1 motif on Mary Wigham (I'm starting one of the larger ones, and I know me. One will probably be it)
5. 10 hours on L&L's 'Mother's Tree'

August's Goals Met?

These were my goals for August:

1. Finish 'Sheep for Thee' - yes!
2. Work on 'Archangel' - yes, but not enough for a scan
3. 100 stitches on a UFO - yes, see pic below
4. 3 motifs on 'Mary Wigham' - no, only one

The UFO I worked on was 'Brinkerhoff Home' by Debbie Patrick, and I got 207 whole amazing stitches done (hehehe) so far!





I plan to finish the second balcony & window before I put it away, but I did want to get a pic up.

I'll put a pic of Mary's newest motif up soon. I'm trying to decide which motif to start next.

Sheep for Thee!

I finished this almost two weeks ago, but I've been on vacation!

The pic is very long (it had to be pieced together after it was scanned) so you'll probably need to click on it. I named the sheep - I'm silly that way - they are (left to right) Patch, Striper, Argyle, Swirls, Dotty, and Mocha. Dotty has ecru french knots; I may change them to dark brown, but knowing me, probably not :D

I took Mary Wigham with me to stitch, and since I've seen some pretty pics of her in different locations, I thought I'd show her off at the farm I was staying at.

Too bad she was a bit wrinkled!

More Sheep!

I'm really enjoying my little tweed sheep. Only 2 and 3/4 sheep to go :D

(you may need to click the pic to see all of them)

July & August

I didn't really have a goal for July beyond finishing 'Achoo!'

I thought I might try again with goals for August, though I've never really made it before :D

1. Finish 'Sheep for Thee'
2. Work on 'Archangel'
3. 100 stitches on a UFO
4. 3 motifs on 'Mary Wigham'