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Continue reading →: 2013 WIPocalypse: February update
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…
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Continue reading →: IHSW February 2013
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…
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Continue reading →: New project: Petal Fairy
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…
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Continue reading →: HD: Voyage at Sea
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…
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Continue reading →: FO: Hallgrim Set
Pattern: Charles D. Gandy / Interweave Winter 2012 Yarn: Valley Yarn Superwash DK (Merino), #15 “blue mist”, 330 yds Size/Needles/Gauge: As written with a few mods, 5.5 spi on US 5’s Time to knit: ~3 weeks in January 2013 (mostly working on the hat) I always cast on a hat…
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Continue reading →: 2013 WIPocalypse: January update
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…
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Continue reading →: 2013 WIPocalypse: Plans
Last year, I worked on 8 out of 10 of my listed goals. I actually finished 5! Like last year, it will be a mix of cross stitch and knitting projects. Cross stitching first: 1. Unicorn Mystique, started June 1, 2007, 20% complete. There’s a long way to go, but…
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Continue reading →: HD: Athena & 2012 WIPocalypse wrap-up
I put the last beads and metallic Kreinik on Athena around 5 pm on December 31, 2012! I really wanted to finish her in 2012, and I happy-danced, believe me! Later did I find I was missing a few stitches and beads, and finally completed her for real, but I’m…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Crafts
My last post I showed you the cross stitched tree skirt with stitching complete (or just about), but I actually finished it about 2 weeks before Christmas. I followed this tutorial with some modifications to attach the stitching. I trimmed fairly close to the cross stitched aida, seamed the outside…
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Continue reading →: 2012 WIPocalypse: November Update & HD: Xmas Tree Skirt
The full moon is few days past and well, I missed the last few updates. I haven’t been crafting as much (World of Warcraft has occupied many hours, and I just haven’t felt like blogging), but I did some work on Royal Holiday (no pic today, sorry) and without further…

