"How are you doing with your goals so far this year?" I believe I said I was going to "go with the flow", whatever that meant. I had one major WIP/potential UFO in January - Elizabeth Almond's "Save the Stitches" blackwork sampler. I haven't stitched on it at all this year and it is stalled at block 74... I had two mystery SALs in progress:
I said that I was considering two additional SALs - one by Peppermint Purple, a blackwork sampler intended as a companion for the one I completed in 2020, and the other a mystery sampler by Linen & Threads. I was also contemplating starting the Long Dog "Pandemic" which was released in 2020. I have done neither. So if that is "going with the flow" I guess I have. I must say, my stitching mojo isn't up to my 2020 standard. I do find, once I force myself to start, I do "go with the flow". But there can be as many as three days between stitching of late. ~~~~~WIPS~~~~~ As I said above, I haven't stitched at all on Elizabeth Almond's "Save the Stitches" since November, 2020. I have made progress on the Glendon Place sampler "Hope & Strength". I have been fitting this into the down times of the SALs I have committed to and so I usually only get in about three days in the month for this piece. It isn't really my usual style or color scheme but I really am enjoying stitching with the silks.  ~~~~~SALs~~~~~ Besides this WIPocalypse, I have two (mystery) SALs in progress: 1. The Faithwurks/Just Cross Stitch Christmas Quaker, which now has four parts complet (less beads and charms). The next installment is due out in the next issue of Just Cross Stitch, a little over a month and a half from now.  ~~~~~SALs~~~~~ 2. A paid Stitchonomy SAL, "Colorworks", which started this month. It is a seven-part blackworkn SAL, with a new part issued every week. I am stitching on 14ct antique white Aida using DMC variegated threads. SO far, two parts are complete:  ~~~~~Travelling Needlepoint~~~~~ Not having travelled since the pandemic, I have not been motivated to stitch on "Butterfly on Scroll" since February 2020. No progress to report. However, there will be a road trip to Illinois in July, and I plan to get in a few stitches in while my husband is doing his daily "thing"! ~~~~~~ In the Pipeline ~~~~~ While my stitching mojo seems a little low, my interest in new charts is not. In addition to the two Elizabeth Almond blackwork pieces in the February ("Frosted Windows") and April ("Spring Celebration") issues of Just Cross Stitch, the latest Linen and Things and Peppermint Purple annual SALs, and the LongDog monster "Pandemic" , all of which I have more-or-less kitted up, I ordered the kits for two Lakeside Needlecraft SALs ("Time to Stitch", of which all 12 installments are released, and "Steampunk Musical Instruments, four installments so far) and a kit for a sampler called "American Houses" from the German company Werkstatt für Historische Stickmuster (I just need to translate all the instructions!), all of which are now in hand. Also in hand are two London Abstracts charts by Artecy from Lakeside Needlecraft in England and two Bothy Threads kits (Love Paris and Love London) from Stoney Creek.com. I just can't stop ordering! AAARGH! Meanwhile, if you are vaccinated, congratulations and enjoy the "new normal". If not, stay safe and healthy out there... |
