A to Zed

The big success story of this week's IHSW is that I finished ABCD.


All these pictures are in no way what the actual piece looks like! Grr. The white doesn't actually contrast that much, it's almost difficult to see and the fabric is a lot more green. Oh well, c'est la vie. Actually the last one is probably the most accurate. The pattern next heads off to Middle Earth New Zealand.

Title	ABCD
Designer	La-D-Da
Start date	March 7, 2012
Finish date	March 17, 2012
Total time	14.75 hours
Fabric	32ct Waterlily jobelan
Floss	DMC 327,3837,208,209,210,211,154,B5200

This! Is! Madness!

Well, yes. It is March.
Heather suggested working on a different project each day or creating one's own definition of "madness". I went with the second and defined "madness" as working on a HAED. It's only entirely appropriate therefore, that I don't get anywhere near my HAEDs. *snort*

Instead I drove myself crazy with a travelling pattern. Organized by Jennifer, it consists of Peggy Lee's ABCD by La-D-Da. It's been stitched by a bunch of people (Jennifer has links if you're curious) in silks and overdyed.


ABCD
32ct waterlily lugana
I was going to share the epic tale of how this design has been driving me crazy, but have decided to spare everyone XD. Maybe next time.

It's About Time

No, the mojo is still MIA. I'm talking about my last giveaway (that one in January), which I finally assembled and sent out last month.

Add in that Kathy had completely forgotten that she'd won, and my note had gotten buried...


That's actually the first pincushion I've ever made. It's dead easy and I'll definitely be making more.


You can't really tell but the back has a pocket.


Making this was an interesting experience and I'm very glad Kathy likes it (she has a ton more pictures on her blog) and I definitely learned a lot which will be useful, since I see that I have 200 followers.

Wicked Enjoyment

A brief frustration with symbol confusion drove me away from Spring Queen. Let's just say that the symbol key has an upside down triangle and a right side up triangle and leave it at that.

I switched over to Something Wicked with the vague idea of finishing off the text...and just finished the whole thing.


While I think this spiderweb is adorable, I wonder how a shoe that is being worn can gather it! I guess it's just magic.


I'd like to once more express my love for these cool stripy socks! IRL all my socks are the exact same black one. I bought out every pack in the store. No need to match and it doesn't matter if the laundry monster eats one ;)


In the real world spiders give me a start and while I don't head for the nearest weapon, I prefer to keep my distance. However I adore cartoon spiders and enjoy looking at spiders that are separated from me by glass/cage/etc. I am also very pleased that they have the correct number of limbs!

Title	Something Wicked
Designer	La D Da
Start date	March 19, 2011
Finish date	April 21, 2011
Total time	18.25 hours
Fabric	32 ct Peach Whisper Belfast lugana
Floss	I used the provided DMC conversion

Macbeth IV, i, 45-46

Since I was good and finished off two semi-old WIPs, I celebrated by starting something new for the International Hermit & Stitch Weekend. (Admittedly most of my weekends are IH&SWs...)

It's been quite a while since I studied Shakespeare, and I've always enjoyed his comedies more. But when I saw Something Wicked by La-D-Da, I knew I had to stitch it.


Something Wicked
32 ct Peach Whisper Belfast
Note the green striped socks! Such a nice touch!

Confession Time

I've done very little stitching this month. When you add in the fact that a huge majority are starting something new every day right now, it's just a lousy start to the new year.

Now don't get me wrong, my mojo's just fine and I've got a billion things planned. It's just finding the time...

Part of the confession is that I've got quite a few things to talk about but again, the time.

Let's start off with what Melissa sent me in exchange for a biscornu (picture of that tomorrow):

A very cute Quaker scissors holder. Now if you're thinking that design looks really familiar, it's Tis Green!(I'll have to admit that once I realized that I had my own Tis Green I was more open to the idea of passing mine on).
And this darling stork scissor! This makes my 5th pair of scissors (not counting my pinking shears and regular shears). Nothing compared to some of you hardcore scissor collectors but a lot more than I thought it'd end up with!

Mostly Green

With a touch of red ribbon:
Pictured above are what will become something for my 150+ giveaway.

There is only one requirement:
Leave a comment saying that you'd like to enter.

The fine print:
Deadline is January 24, 2011 11:00 PM Winnipeg time
International entries welcome.

I Did Not Tell A Lie

In my last post I outlined my no-start plans and despite the encouragement I'm sure no one actually believes I can carry it off. But you'll note I never said anything about the rest of October...

I won Diane's giveaway of the JCS Christmas preview and it arrived last Wednesday. I immediately started Tis Green and was completely prepared to post a picture on Thursday when I realized that I had missed four stitches.

I put those stitches in today.



Start date October 20, 2010
Finish date October 28, 2010
Fabric 28 ct antique white Lugana
Floss Weeks Dye Works Emerald
Total time 5 hours

My new starts (for the curious) will be Cirque des Triangles (I plan on starting it after I finish Cercles), Mirabilia's Spring Queen, Mirabilia's Cinderella, Lavender & Lace's Celtic Spring and Lavender & Lace's Celtic Autumn. Hilariously, other then CdT, the rest will not be exactly as charted. But you'll have to hang around to see what I mean~