September SFS

September was spending free. Mostly because the month flew by and it doesn't feel like I had an opportunity to actually shop. I can't even remember what I worked on this month other than a biscornu. I'm just losing track of time so much these days.

Spending so far is $73.48
I have $151.52 banked

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Late Biscornu Finish

I'm so happy this one is done!
I was so sure that I was going to run out of red before the end. There turned out to be just enough for one side so I had to use a different darker red for the bottom. I think it gives the sides a gradient look so I'm happy with it.
The colour variation in the green is a bit more noticeable in person.
I haven't been able to figure out the name or the designer, so this will just have to be the Unknown Biscornu ;(

Title	Unknown
Designer	Unknown
Start date	September 18, 2014
Finish date	September 27, 2014
Total time	17 hours
Fabric	28 ct black lugana
Floss	Dinky Dyes Aquamarine, WDW Cherry Tomato, Gentle Arts Cranberry

TUSAL and Small SAL Miss

Yay my TUSAL jar looks nice with all that white and the metallics that can't be seen.


Boo! My biscornu isn't finished. I actually thought there was another Wednesday this month and was congratulating myself on how early I was going to be done until I saw the posts today. Oh well, at least I was on point for 8 months, and I'll have this one done by the end of the week.
I will be honest and admit that I have no clue what the name of this biscornu is, nor do I know who the designer is. I apparently saved the image without noting the name or any information whatsoever and Google Reverse Image Lookup isn't finding anything. If anyone has any information I would greatly appreciate it.

Over And Done!

Granny Stripe Afghan is finished!

It's also incredibly difficult to take a picture of, so here are some pretty bad photos. I haven't measured it but it fits my bed and covers me properly when I'm on the sofa so it will suffice.

That giant white spot is something from the camera. I thought about putting it on my bed, but then I realized that my incredibly messy room would be obvious unless I cleaned half my room and I was not in the mood.

I'm happy it's done. I had a lot of trouble finishing off the border. Theoretically I know how to do it, but it just looked wrong when I did it. I fudged something. Not bad for my first non-scarf project.

I'm thinking of making a few coaster with the leftover yarn.

It's Been A While Since These Ladies

Put down my crochet for some Deco Spirits. I'm almost done the third one.

Deco Spirits
32 ct White LuganaI'm trying to decide between starting this month's biscornu and going back to my afghan. Decisions, decisions.

I Think I Can Almost See The End

It's been three years but I'm determined to finish my afghan before this winter! I've got about a foot left and then the border. Wish me luck!

Winter in August

This month's biscornu for the:
Winter Petersburg is done! It's by Olga, who has a lot of very pretty freebies. The blog is in Russian but pictures are a universal language :)

The three squares that repeat. I love the pattern and the combination of stitches. I really enjoyed stitching the squares and it didn't get boring even though I had to do each five times.
Assembly was tricky since 5 corners come together at the top and bottom and 4 at each side. I went across and back and forth to narrow the gap. There was still a pretty big gap at the top and bottom so I put a bunch of beads to cover that up.
It's actually pretty massive and I had to hunt for ages to find a needle that could reach from the bottom to the top and still go through a bead. The beads are giant so it wasn't too bad.
I'm not sure if it's something that happens with all 15-sided biscornus or if it's because I used aida but the corners aren't smooth and stuffed. They are even more pointy in person.
I really enjoyed working on this. I'll probably do a few more if I can find any nice 15-sided patterns.

Title	Winter Petersburg
Designer	Olga
Start date	August 8, 2014
Finish date	August 24, 2014
Total time	23.75 hours
Fabric	16 ct red aida
Floss & Bead	DMC B5200, MH 16603

August TUSAL

So much white this month! White Petersburg ate up so much floss and I had to frog a couple of times so those are in there too.

August SFS

August was spending free. I mostly worked on Winter Petersburg. The fabric was from a kit I swapped out and DMC is from my massive pile. I feel a little like buying some charts. It feels like it's been forever since I bought anything except DMC after running out. Maybe I'll put it towards some horrifically expense kit and then wallow in guilt...

Spending so far is $73.48
I have $126.52 banked

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Winter Petersburg?

I got a very early start on this month's biscornu. This is a 15-sided biscornu by Olga. I think it's called Зимний Петербург, which Google Translate says is Winter Petersburg (I would greatly appreciate any corrections from anyone who knows Russian.)

Winter Petersburg
16 ct red aidaThe original is on evenweave so I've had to make some changes since I don't want to keep piercing the fabric. I also just realized that I'm supposed to weave another thread through those running lines in the middle squares, so I have to go do that.

Nothing To Show

I actually started something new after Friday's Ohm update, so no progress on the WIP slaying. Oops.

Ohm
25 ct Black lugana
This month's question:
Tell us about your oldest and newest WIPs.
My oldest WIP is Ganesha from 2009.
It's meant as a gift for my parents. It's like a HAED in that a symbol might appear only twice in a 10x10 block, and like a Teresa Wentzler in that everything is a blend. And it's on aida. Sometimes I think I should just restart it. Other times I think I should just chuck it and offer my parents something else. My mum wants Winter Queen and I've been reluctant. I might just give it to her and restitch Winter Queen for myself. I'm much more likely to finish that than Ganesha at the rate I'm going!

My newest WIP is this month's biscornu, which I started on Friday. I haven't stitched much but it's fun so far.

Crazy Colours

I'm feeling the need to rotate! I haven't decided what's going to be in said rotation, but the first one is Ohm.

Ohm
25 ct Black luganaThis is a ridiculously forgiving pattern as far as colour is concerned. There's hot pink next to dark blue and red next to neon green. It makes no difference at all if I use the wrong colour. And I think I could probably stitch the motif wrong too, but as long as I mirrored it and don't go outside the shape of the overall design it wouldn't be noticeable either. It's very freeing to stitch something so forgiving.

Oh Canada

I'm late posting this for the Smalls SAL, but everything about this project is late. Oh well.

This was my project for Canada Day. (For the non-Canadians in the crowd that's July 1st which celebrates the British North America Act of 1867 which united the then-existing colonies into a country). I started it on June 30 and had no hope of finishing it by the next day, and I actually did finish it by the last Wednesday but then I didn't post it. I'm just late everywhere.

And assembled:

I had to restart this because I ran out of floss and the second skein didn't match the first. I was particularly shocked because it was DMC! And then the leftover fabric wasn't enough to stitch the whole thing so I had to leave out the border.

Title	Canada Biscornu
Designer	Antonia
Start date	June 30, 2014
Finish date	July 30, 2014
Total time	10.25 hours
Fabric	32 ct white lugana
Floss	DMC 321

July TUSAL

This month's TUSAL has a tiny bit of red from this month's biscornu. I really need to get cracking on that or I'm not going to have it done in time. But the heat is making me disinclined to do anything other than lie on the ground with a glass of water.

July SFS

Just a brief report on my Stitch From Stash activities this month. I spent $3.85 on DMC this month. I also pruned my wishlist down. Usually my wishlist goes down as I buy things, but I went through thinking "will I actually stitch this or do I just want to stitch it". It was rather surprising how many things I could take out. And then I added a few things but we won't talk about that.

Spending so far is $73.48
I have $101.52 banked

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Crochet On

I've mostly been crocheting away and while it's lots of fun it doesn't make for interesting photos. But it's the WIPocalypse so here's what it looks like now:



This month's question:
It’s halfway to Christmas. Do you start your holiday stitching this early? If so, what do you hope to accomplish this year?
I'm a chronic late starter. I always start something too close to the actual day. Take for example this year's Canada Day project: I started it on June 30 the day before! Needless to say it's not finished. On the plus side, I'll have next year's project finished extra early ;) On the negative side, I'll have forgotten by then.

I'll probably start my Christmas project sometime in November. I'm vaguely thinking of Jim Shore's 12 Days of Christmas, but we'll see if some other Christmassy design steals my heart before then.

June TUSAL

I missed TUSAL yesterday (but so did Daffycat so I'm forgiving myself for the lapse).

This looks remarkably similar to the last TUSAL, mostly because I haven't stitched very much since then. Just a few metallics added.

End of June Wrap-Up

Can you believe that the year is half over? I certainly can't. It's just ridiculous how time flies!

First, a quick look at SFS: I didn't spend a penny this month.

Spending so far is $69.63
I have $80.37 banked

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And the biscornu of the month for

And assembled:

I really enjoyed stitching the first side so I went ahead and did the second one too. But with a small colour difference. I think this is called Carrés Entrelacés but my French is too poor for me to be certain. Any Francophones want to set me straight? (Yes, I'm Canadian. Yes, I've forgotten what meagre French I studied in days gone. Mi español es un poco mejor.)

Title	Carres Entrelaces Biscornu
Designer	Julie Gladieux
Start date	June 7, 2014
Finish date	June 11, 2014
Total time	7.75 hours
Fabric	25 ct black lugana
Floss	CC Cherry Tomato, CC Goldfish, CC Ruby Slippers

Something Different

It's summer and the weather is glorious and hot! What better time to work on a granny stripe blanket?

Sometimes I baffle myself.


I've been working on this off and on for about 3 years, I think. I've never posted a picture because I thought it would be too boring. But I haven't stitched a thing for a week so we finally get to see it on the blog.

It's a very lovely deep green, much nicer in person. The plan is to have a black stripe near the bottom and several stripes of varying thickness at the top. It's 80 inches wide and currently 47 inches long. I'll stop when it looks long enough or when I run out of yarn. This is such a vaguely planned project lol.

Metallics Galore

Deco Spirits looked like this last time I posted:

Now they look like this:

After the larger fabric sizes of Ohm and Egyptian Sampler 32ct seems positively microscopic!

And this month's WIPocalypse question:
Have you ever been to a stitch gathering such as a retreat or a festival? If so, tell us about it!
Sadly I've never been to a stitch gathering. I'd love to go to one but it seems to one of things where you think about it but never get around to it.