A new year, and time to:
"Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!"
Who am I? My name is Carol Harper, although I have used the handle "that yank" more often the past. I am a "Jill" of all crafts and master of none: I paper craft (my papercrafting blog is currently neglected) and embroider (ranging from needlepoint and crewel in the distant past to cross-stitch and blackwork currently) and sometimes quilt (crazy quilting), knit and even bead a little, all of which have been posted on this blog. I have been participating in WIPoccalypse since 2012, hoping that that would add some structure to what had become an increasing number of long term WIPs that never seems to finish.
Although I have made a little progress in reducing the potential UFO backlog as well as the number of concurrent parade of simultaneous stitching projects, I am not now, not likely ever will be, a "monogamous" stitcher. While ornaments were a "thing" for me back in the early days, nowadays I do very few smalls, Big projects attract my attention but I often stall out on them and, of late, mystery SALs have become my go-to. I tend to have at least two on the go, alternating as new installments drop. In this way, I seem to finish a lot of pieces "on schedule", leaving only those long-term larger pieces languishing in my project bag...
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Although I have made a little progress in reducing the potential UFO backlog as well as the number of concurrent parade of simultaneous stitching projects, I am not now, not likely ever will be, a "monogamous" stitcher. While ornaments were a "thing" for me back in the early days, nowadays I do very few smalls, Big projects attract my attention but I often stall out on them and, of late, mystery SALs have become my go-to. I tend to have at least two on the go, alternating as new installments drop. In this way, I seem to finish a lot of pieces "on schedule", leaving only those long-term larger pieces languishing in my project bag...
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Let's start with works in progress, in order of age:
I am not even going to include the very old true UFOs here. I still have a number of needlepoint canvases (most requiring backstitch although one is in need of cleaning, and another, a painted canvas of a leopard that was a bequest from a deceased friend, is barely started), and one set of crewel pillow covers left over from that accumulation. It is highly unlikely that I will ever return to them.
1. A long term WIP, almost a UFO: Elizabeth Almond's "Save the Stitches" sampler. Started back in February of 2014! It is currently about 60% complete:
I am not even going to include the very old true UFOs here. I still have a number of needlepoint canvases (most requiring backstitch although one is in need of cleaning, and another, a painted canvas of a leopard that was a bequest from a deceased friend, is barely started), and one set of crewel pillow covers left over from that accumulation. It is highly unlikely that I will ever return to them.
1. A long term WIP, almost a UFO: Elizabeth Almond's "Save the Stitches" sampler. Started back in February of 2014! It is currently about 60% complete:
2. Traveling Needlepoint: Not having travelled since the pandemic, I have not been motivated to stitch on "Butterfly on Scroll" by Dimensions since February 2020.
3. A WIP in progress - "Hope & Strength" by Glendon Pace. Purchased in 2020 and started in March, 2021, the stitching is finally complete. It awaits the attachment of 1988 beads! AAACK!
4. A Lakeside Needlecraft SAL, "Kogin", designed by Elizabeth Almond. I began in February 2022, after four installments had been issued. The entire pattern is now in hand. I had issues - and the frog was a frequent visitor. It has been put away until I can deal with my obvious inablility to follow a pattern here!
5. A Mystery SAL in progress - "Christmas Banner" by Stitchonomy. Started in mid-December 2022, I currently have 11 bands stitched but, given that I belong to a pattern club where we get advance notice of installments, I can only show the seven currently made public:
I am using the 14ct grey AIDA and the specified DMC threads (all from a kit) and intend to add beads to the reindeer eyes and the bell clappers, and a charm to the middle snow globe; I have corrected the missed stitches in the second-from right snow globe and, in addition to "personalizations" based on my inability to count correctly (in Santa's sleigh and the gingerbread man on the right), I blinged up the snow globe bases with DMC Diamanté gold thread. Other "personalizations are in the works... and backstitching may also be required.
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2023 goals will include:
As for other projects in the queue, whether or to they actually get started in 2023 is in question. They include
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Anyway, this is my sign-up report for 2023. Here's hoping I manage to accomplish a majority of the goals I have set up above.
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2023 goals will include:
- a 2023 temperature chart from Fox & Rabbit, which is kitted up and ready to go (daily installments are small so they can easily be fitted in between SAL installments).
- I have on backorder (!) threads and fabric for the 2023 Mystery SAL "Royal Garden" by Fox & Rabbit and whether or not it gets stitched will depend on how long it takes those threads to appear in my mailbox.
As for other projects in the queue, whether or to they actually get started in 2023 is in question. They include
- a cooperative venture between Nancy Wahler ("Faithwurks") and Sue Hillis Designs called "A Stitcher's Shadowbox and Smalls" (as per usual, I ordered two by mistake! Oh well---) and I have the kit(s) in hand.
- two SALs by Cliffside Stitches. One is a variation on medieval Egyptian blackwork and the other is a set of cross-stitched tiles based on variety of motifs that are reminiscent of traditional folk designs from around the world. I have not started either although I have ordered the floss for the blackwork piece and am collecting the weekly installments
- a blackwork SAL by Clare Bradshaw of The Steady Thread - weekly installments of two versions. I have collected the installments but have not decided on which version, if any I would stitch.
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Anyway, this is my sign-up report for 2023. Here's hoping I manage to accomplish a majority of the goals I have set up above.
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