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Pattern by Joan Elliott Materials: “Karma” belfast linen by Silkweaver (old), threads, etc as charted Finished Size: ~10″ x 14″ Time to stitch: 2 months (January 19-March 21, 2013) Here is Joan Elliott’s “Winter Fairy”.  I am exceedingly pleased with how she turned out, the detail is amazing.  And I’m…

Here’s my project, HAED’s Mask of Colors QS, or as I like to refer to it, Confetti-tastic.  I’m stitching her on 22 count lugana, full cross, 2 over 1.  I really prefer to stitch with 2 because I like the loop start, but it’s a tight squeeze on 22 count. …

February was sort of a wash, personally.  Flu visited my house and some things we were hoping to get done didn’t happen.  Everything except stitching felt like too much work.  First, I picked up Unicorn Mystique.  This is the oldest project in my UFO pile, started in June 2007.  Here’s…

This past weekend turned out great for being a hermit and stitching, as I’ve been getting over the flu and my dear husband has been developing it.  Plus, it was a long weekend thanks to the President’s Day holiday. First, I worked on Unicorn Mystique.  I was hoping to finish…

Well, after finishing Voyage at Sea, my UFO count was down to 7 and I decided to start something new, bring it back up to 8.  There was a lot of hemming and hawing, some floss sorting (from kits), a few floss tosses, but I eventually decided on Mirabilia’s Petal…

Pattern: Dimensions Gold Petite #6847 “Voyage at Sea” Materials: 18 count ivory aida with floss as kitted Size: 5 x 7 inches (small but detailed!) Time to knit: 4 months (off and on) This was one of my 2013 WIPocalypse goals (No. 5).  Here is what it looked like prior…

Doesn’t January mean guilt-free starts?  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.  Here’s my start of Winter Fairy by Joan Elliott.  I’m stitching her on 32 count belfast linen in the “Karma” colorway, from my old and vast Silkweaver stash (I used to be a fabric-of-the-month club member).  This…