"Are you a seasonal stitcher? If so, which seasons do you find yourself more productive or less productive?" Off hand, I'd say: "No, I'm not a 'seasonal' stitcher." if, by what you man as seasonal do I stitch more in winter than summer, etc. I stitch nearly every week of the year on whatever WIPs and new projects I have on hand. If, on the other hand, you mean do I stitch on "seasonal" projects, yes --- in th past four or five years, I've been hooked on Halloween and Christmas SALs which are, strangely enough, stitched in those holiday times (seasons?) of the year. How's that for avoiding a question? ~~~~~WIPs~~~~~ What I stitched on in September: 1. Fox & Rabbit's Patreon "Temperature Chart" for the year 2023. Stitched on 28 ct. "Star Sapphire" Gobelin (although it looks more pale green than "sapphire" to me) using DMC floss. I'm stitching the day's low on the left side of the hearts and the high on the right side. All temperatures are based on the recorded highs and lows from an online "past weather" temperature chart for near-by Bowling Green, Ohio (we don't have a reliable outdoor temperature thermometer for our home so I'm assuming same ZIP code, similar temperature, although that isn't totally accurate). I am pretty much keeping up with the days, waiting until I have at least five days of temperatures charted to stitch each session. I spend the rest of the time on the border and the hangers. The picture below shows temperatures through September, 12, although I do have the data on hand for September 13 - 24:  2. Fox & Rabbit Mystery SAL for 2023, "Royal Gardens". Stitching on 32ct Lugana "pale green" (this isn't an accurate color in this photo) using Threadworx Overdyed Floss 1048 "Woodland Green" I am pleased with the slight variation in the green thread (this is a vary dark green with slight lighter green variations which can't be seen in the photographs, but which lends a slightly "weathered" look to the stitching), so I've decided to not mess with additional colors (although I have been considering adding a gold thread to any crowns that apperr in the "garden"). I have finished the January installment (sans border outlines and two areas of backstitching) with two major stitching errors that I have to fudge around (because I didn't notice them until several rows of stitching and was NOT going to frog weeks worth of work to "fix" ). I have started on the borders, parts of which were in the January, February, March, and May pattern releases. Since I have so much of the pattern in hand (through September, with October due this coming week), I am planning on setting the borders on each side and then trying to finish the stitching in the center of the pattern, from left to right, top to bottom. I hope that this approach will result in better progress.  3. Stitchonomy SAL for 2023 "Kingdom's of Life". All I have finished so far (the frame, the bacteria and the plants) were shown in previous posts. I want to do some color editing on two installments before I proceed. No progress this month. 4. Stitchonomy Halloween 2023 SAL. I am a member of the Pattern Club and have received patterns for five installments so far but, until participants not in the Pattern Club have received their patterns (one week later), I cannot show my progress of any parts they have yet to receive. Therefore, all I can reveal is the frame: stitched in DMC 310 (two strands) on the kit 14-ct AIDA (a sort of brownish olive green):  One stitching error here which I discovered as I was rounding the corner to the bottom row... that row is one stitch taller than all the others. I will have to adjust/fudge because I'm not frogging that whole thing! ~~~~~ That sums up my September stitchery progress. Unlike in my August report, progress was not interfered with by craft-space reorganization (This reorganization has expanded from paper crafting areas - now reasonably complete - into the stitching/quilting areas of my craft space and is certain to be an ongoing issue: my floss storage is a disaster!), but by the beginning of the Stitchonomy Halloween SAL! In the past week, I have diverted all of my rotation to keeping up with the daily installments which, although only about 1 inch square, are detailed, use a lot of colors and take up at least 1.5 hours of stitching each night. For the first time in a LONG time (maybe ever), I have multiple WIPS languishing unfinished: Elizabeth Almond's "Save the Stitches", Glendon Place's "Hope & Strength" which needs beads, Stitchonomy's 2022 "Christmas Banner" which needs beads, Stitchonomy's "Kingdom's of Life" which needs editing, Fox & Rabbit's "Royal Gardens", and Fox & Rabbit's "2023 Temperature"!). Adding to this "horror", there are at least two Christmas SALs coming up: one which I have already signed up for and one which is due as soon as the Halloween SAL is completed. How did I get so far behind? |
