March and April 2021 plans

 

As most of my long-time readers know, I am an accountant in Canada.  Our Personal "Tax Season" has a NORMAL deadline of Apirl 30th.  This means March and April are CRAZY BUSY for me.

Some years are better, but with COVID, I have really not slowed down from last year this time.

So... I am grouping March and April plans in one post, and I may not update until the first week of May
This will hopefully take some stress off of a hobby that is one of my 2 stress relievers (Stitching and now Knitting)

I'm also keeping my plans very minimal

1.    Ink Circles Day

I am still planning on doing a minimum of 2 hours on an Ink Circles on Sundays.  I will concentrate on Henna, but may pull Castle Walls out as well

2.     Jardin de Plaisir

        This will be my main WIP that I will pick up.  No pressure on how much, just to enjoy it.

3.    Peppermint Purple SAL

        I would like to catch up and stay caught up on the rectangle version.

Other considerations:  I also try and make some progress on my ornaments, but not going to stress about it.

If you would like to see more current updates, I will be updating my Instagram account more frequently

February 2021 update

 

Recap of my February Plans

1. Ink Circles Day (Currently Sundays) - all weeks done
2. Page 2 on Jardin De Plaisir - nope
3. Progress on Winter Snowfall - nope
4. Ornament - started but not done
5. Keep up with Rectangle version on Peppermint Purple SAL - nope

As you can see, February was a bit of a bust.  Work has been insane already and I’ve been too tired when I get home at night

More details:

1.    Ink Circles Sundays. 

I only worked on Castle walls on Feb 7.  The rest of the month I worked on Henna Mandala

2. Jardin de Plaisir 

I was hoping to get page 2 done, but no luck.

Here is where I did get to

3. Winter snowfall

I was hoping to make some progress but it didn’t get any love.  Here is where I ended in January 

4. Ornament

Again, not done.  I did start it though.  Ornament 2 from the Shannon Christine Ornament club

5. Peppermint Purple SAL

I wanted to keep up with my rectangle version, but haven’t touched since week 6

 

Mid Month Update - February 2021

Recap of my February Plans

1. Ink Circles Day (Currently Sundays)
2. Jardin De Plaisir
3. Winter Snowfall
4. Ornament
5. Peppermint Purple SAL

How its going:

1.    Ink Circles Sundays. 

• Feb 7 - Worked on Castle Walls

• Feb 14 - Worked on Henna Mandala

2.    Jardin De Plaisir

• Making progress on Page 2

3.    Winter Snowfall

• No progress made yet    

4.    Ornament

• Started Feb 11th       

5.    Peppermint Purple SAL

• I got weeks 5 & 6 done on the rectangle version

    

January 2021 update

 Where the heck did January go?!?

To recap, here was my January plans:

My January Plans

1. Start Jardin de Plaisir from Long Dog Samplers

2. Join Christin for Ink Circles day once a week (For January we are doing Sundays)

3. Stitch an ornament

4. Start the Peppermint Purple SAL

5. Take part in the #24HOCS event in January (can I get to 24 Hrs??) and start Winter Snowfall (also with Christin)

How it went:

1. I did start Jardin and have managed to get page one done

2. I managed to be 5/5 for Ink Circles day

Jan 3rd - Dragons of Sumatra

Jan 10, 17, 24, 31 - Henna Mandala 

3. As reported in my mid month update, I did get an ornament done

 

4. I started both versions of the Peppermint Purple SAL.  Bothe are caught up to week 4.

5. I managed to do very well with the #24HOCS and managed to get all 24 hours in!

I switched up projects, but did manage to start Winter Snowfall (Shannon Christine)

Summary:

All in all I managed to stitch 28 out of the 31 days (even if just for a bit).  The other days I knit, so I say this was a win!

I also accomplished all my plans

Let’s hope February is as productive 

Mid Month Update - January 2021

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We are in a new year, but some things are still the same.
I hope you all are coping with this crazy world as much as you can!

I hope to blog more often this year, but don't want to set myself with a schedule I can't keep.  So trying to at least month a month, and also trying for a mid-month post when I can.

My January Plans

1. Start Jardin de Plaisir from Long Dog Samplers

2. Join Christin for Ink Circles day once a week (For January we are doing Sundays)

3. Stitch an ornament

4. Start the Peppermint Purple SAL

5. Take part in the #24HOCS event in January (can I get to 24 Hrs??) and start Winter Snowfall (also with Christin)

How it is going:

1. I did start Jardin de Plaisir.  I'm loving this project, and hope to continue to show it love through the rest of January

2. So far I'm 3/3 for weekends.  My plan is to stitch a minimum of 2 hrs each Sunday on an Ink Circles pattern.

• Jan 3rd - Dragons of Sumatra (No pic... oops)
• Jan 10th - Henna Mandala
• Jan 17th - Henna Mandala

3. My January ornament is finished

This is from Shannon Christine’s Ornament Club

4. I actually started 2 versions of the Peppermint Purple SAL.  I'm doing the rectangle version in the charted colours (I love Clare's use of colour).  I decided I really like the square version too, but wanted a different colour scheme.  I went to Stitch Pallets and found a pic that I loved to inspire me.

Rectangle version - charted dmc

Square version - own colours

4. The first 24 hours of Cross Stitch marathon is this weekend.  I took Friday off to get an early start :)  I will be posting lost of updates on Instagram this weekend if you want to follow my progress.

Other stuff:

I'm also attempting TUSAL this year again
Here are my orts up to January 13th

2020 Finishes

 2020 didn't see too many finishes off the 2019 WIP list, but I did finish some of the 2020 new starts

Finishes 

JANUARY 2020

Let it snow - Barbara Anna
Started Jan 1, 2020 and finished Jan 11, 2020

Moose Joy - JCS Xmas '19
Started Jan 11, 2020 and finished Jan 12, 2020

FEBRUARY 2020

Christmas Bullfinch - Punochka
Started Feb 1, 2020 and finished Feb 2, 2020

Tapestry - Ink Circles
Started Feb 20, 2017 and finished February 29, 2020

MARCH 2020

Stitcherhood Ornament (JCS Xmas'19)
Started and finished Mar 1, 2020 

MAY 2020

Christmas Tree - JBW
Started May 9, 2020 and finished May 15, 2020

MERRY - Hands on Design
Started Apr 2, 2020 and finished May 30, 2020

JULY 2020

My Day Complete - Keslyn's
Started July 24, 2020 and finished July 30, 2020

NOVEMBER 2020

Santa Ornament - Durene Jones

Oct 25 - Nov 14, 2020

FFO’d Nov 22, 2020

DECEMBER 2020

Blackwork SAL - Peppermint Purple

Jan 1 - Dec 23, 2020

WIP Parade 2020.11 - Castle Walls

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What can I say... its 2020
So, instead of trying to catch up from the spring, I'm doing another WIP Parade
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WIP PARADE 2019 - WIP #11

Next WIP up is Castle Walls

PROJECT NOTES:

Designer:	Ink Circles
Start Date:	Restart Nov 6’20
Fabric:	32ct Silvery Moon
Thread:	Threadworx 1003 and 11213
Other Notes:	Boxing Day SAL with Rebecca, plus others that are also joining

UPDATE:

Another restart for 2020.... This time was due to a thread calculation error on my part.

Restarted during the November #24HOCS marathon (Facebook)

WIP Parade 2020.3 - Dragons of Sumatra

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What can I say... its 2020
So, instead of trying to catch up from the spring, I'm doing another WIP Parade
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WIP PARADE 2019 - WIP #3

Next WIP up is Dragons of Sumatra

PROJECT NOTES:

Designer:	Ink Circles
Start Date:	January 1, 2018
Fabric:	32ct White Lugana
Thread:	Custom dye from Silks4U
Other Notes:	New Years SAL with friends

UPDATE:

Not much progress in 2020....maybe more in 2021?

April 2020 Plans, March check in

April 2020 Plans/Goals

This is what I hope to do/accomplish in April

• Stitch an ornament - Still need to decide on which one
• Stitch on 4th saying block on Words to live by (Part 5)
• Keep up to date with the PP 52 week SAL
• WIP??

Now lets see how I did with March

March 2020 Plans/Goals

• Stitch an ornament - YES

• Stitch on 3rd saying block on Words to live by (Part 4) - YES

• Keep up to date with the PP 52 week SAL - YES

• WIP?? - I pulled out Ink Circles Castle walls.  I managed to get a page finish

I hope you are being safe and healthy.  Stay strong and Stay home!