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

    

WIP Parade 2020.12 - Worker Bees

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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 2020 - WIP #12

Next WIP up is Worker Bees

PROJECT NOTES:

Designer:	Peppermint purple
Start Date:	July 23, 2020 (re-start date)
Fabric:	32ct white lugana
Thread:	Called for DMC

UPDATE:

I started this with my friend Rebecca earlier in the year.  If you follow me on Instagram you will know I had to re-start due to an ink issue.  

This is where I have gotten to on the new version

WIP Parade 2020 - Peppermint Purple Blackwork SAL

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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 2020 

Next WIP up is Peppermint Purples 2020 Blackwork SAL

PROJECT NOTES:

Designer:	Peppermint purple
Start Date:	February 27, 2020 (re-start date)
Fabric:	32ct white lugana
Thread:	Called for DMC

UPDATE:

When the designer Claire posted about a blackwork SAL I knew I was going to do it!  

I have managed to mostly stay up to date on this through the year, even with a restart due to fabric change.

This one should be done before the end of the year (so it doesn't have a number), but I still wanted to include it

Claire is doing another one for 2021... check out her website if you are interested!

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!

2020 updates - Week 8 - Tapestry, blackwork, and knitting

Monday, even though it was a provincial holiday, I still went to work for a few hours.  It is amazing how much work you can get done without co-workers talking, the phone ringing, and client coming in.

Since all my other monthly goals have been finished (Except keeping up with the SAL which is weekly) I went back to Tapestry Monday night.

This is where Tapestry started on Monday

And here is where I was late Sunday afternoon

Not as much progress as I would have liked, but I also need to remember that work is getting busier.

The only other stitching I did this week was Part 8 of the Peppermint Purple SAL.
Still loving this SAL, and also love that its not a huge amount of stitching each week.

Current Week

Progress to date

On the knitting front, I have been attempting a start on the Northeasterly blanket.  For some reason I need to start things 50 million times before I'm either happy with it, for fully understand it.  This was no different.
Thursday night I finally was happy with the start. 

Since my knitting is going so slow lately, this blanket will be made up of leftovers and mini skeins that I pick up from local yarn shops or dyers.

Hope everyone had a great week, and here is to the last week of February... Hopefully March brings some sun!

2020 updates - Week 6

I have been trying to do my blog updates Sunday afternoons or evenings, but I had a massive headache.

I finally got a change to get caught up tonight.

Monday I worked on Tapestry for Ink Circles Monday

Wednesday is release day for the Peppermint Purple - A Year of Blackwork SAL.  I got week 6 done as started work on the border.

Saturday I sat down to work on Words to live by, but the mess of my stitching area was BUGGING ME!!!
So, I cleaned it out, and then got to work on the border of Part 3.
I didn't get too far as Hubby and I spent a big part of the day together and then joined some friends for gaming.  Day out included YUMMY Indian Food

Like I said, Sunday wasn't a great day, so no stitching to report.
Let hope this coming Sunday is MUCH MUCH BETTER!!

2020 updates - Week 5 - Tapestry, blackwork, and socks!

Some of this will be a repeat of the January check-in, but still wanted to keep my weekly posts

This week had a bit of everything.  It started with a bit of a panic to find yarn for a sock class on Saturday.  I needed 2 coordinating colours... Now I have a bunch of sock yarn... but most is multi-colour or self striping.  I wouldn't have been able to get to my LYS (Yarn it!) until Thursday night, and worried this wouldn't give me enough time to get a toe done for the class.  Thankfully I found something I think will work well, and managed to also get 1/2 the toe done... all on Monday night.

These are the colours I finally choose.
That bag at the back is new.. .isn't is the cutest! Check out Gail's etsy page to get your own

Wednesday is the release of the weekly Peppermint Purple - A Year of Blackwork SAL part.  I had to go to a clients today, so couldn't finish all in the morning, but managed to finished Wednesday night.  I am all caught up on this, and will hopefully start my border in February.

Thursday and Friday saw a bit more work on Tapestry.

I am going to try my hardest to stick with this until I get a finish!  It will return as soon as my top February Goals are done

Speaking of February, Saturday morning before my sock class I started my monthly ornament.
This month was Christmas Bullfinch from the JCS 2019 ornament issue.

After the ornament was finished Sunday morning, I pulled out Words to live by from The Tiny Modernist.
Not much progress, but a bit done on the border

Hope everyone had a great week... and who else is glad the grayness of January is over!!!

2020 updates - Week 3 - Words to live by and some knitting

Week 3 of 2020 is now history

This week I went with the next thing on my goal/plan list, which is my Words to Live by SAL from the Tiny Modernist

You last saw this during my WIP Parade

Before

I finished Part 2 on Saturday night

Part 2 Done

On Wednesday I got up a bit early to pump out Week 3 on the Peppermint Purple  A Year of Blackwork SAL.  I got it done early that evening

Sunday morning I decided to pull out Tapestry (one of my oldest WIPS)
This is where I was from the WIP Parade

A bit of progress was made

KNITTING
This week I also started the Everyday Shawl from Andrea Mowry.

Everyday Shawl - Drea Renee Knits

I attempted it late last year, but wasn't happy with the way it looked with the yarn I had picked.  I changed yarn and am much happier.

This is my small progress to date

2020 Updates - Week 1&2

How is it January 12th already???

Since January 1st I have been working on my Let it Snow from Barbara Anna Designs

I haven't stopped working on this since, and finished it Saturday night (11th)...
YES! My first Finish of 2020

Saturday after I finished Let It Snow, I started my January Ornament.  This month I am doing Moose Joy from the JCS Xmas '19 issue.
I picked a random 32ct linen small and thread I had on hand, and finished this up on Sunday afternoon.
YES! 2nd finish of 2020

Plans/Goals update
Starting Let is snow was #1 on the January list, so that can have a check mark!
Stitching an ornament was #2, so that can also have a check mark!

I have also decided to add a SAL for the year.  I have LOVED everything from Peppermint Purple I have stitched, so when she came out with a 52 week SAL how could I resist!

I started mine Sunday afternoon after the ornament, and got the first 2 weeks done.  I plan to keep up with these each week

2019 Finished Project Gallery

2019 didn't see many finished projects, but I did have 6

Dark Shards - Ink Circles
Started: Dec 26'18
Finished: Jan 16'19

Dancing through the Snow - Lucie Heston - JCS Xmas '18

Started and Finished: Jan 27'19

Joy - Livia Rovaris - JCS Xmas 2018

Started: Feb 1'19

Finished: Feb 2'19

Sherbert Flake - Ink Circles

Start and Finished: March 15'19

The Red and The Black I

Start: November 10'18

Finished: September 1, 2019

Feather SAL - Peppermint Purple

Start: February 24'19

Finished: November 2'19

Fingers crossed I will have more to show for 2020!

March 2019 update

The first part of 2019 hasn't been the best for me.
Things have started to turn around, and hopefully I can update you all soon!

In the meantime, I will try and an update on what I have (and haven't) been doing.



Ornament
I did manage to stitch on an ornament in March, thanks to Christin for kitting and bringing to retreat!

Ink Circles - Sherbert Flake

The Red and the Black
I worked on the Prairie Moon pattern during the March retreat.

Death by Cross Stitch
Death by cross stitch from Long dog got a tiny bit of progress

Feather SAL
I also got the outlines on the feathers done on the Peppermint Purple SAL done this month

Zen Garden
While at retreat, I say many people working on full coverage pieces.  It reminded me I was gifted a beautiful Heaven and Earth from my amazing friend Emily.  When I came home, I had to start it!  Thankfully I had a piece of 40ct of fabric that was the correct size.

Zen Garden - HAED

Here is my progress during March

KNITTING

Socks
I finished my Red Harbour Socks