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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…

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…

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…

This is a triple report!  First, I competed the backstitching on Athena.  There wasn’t much, but doesn’t the owl look great?  Now, there is only beading and I definitely want to to finish her this year. Then I worked on Woodland Enchantress.  About 2 weeks of work yielded a happy…

Pattern: Dimensions Gold Collection, adapted from art by Ruth Sanderson Fabric: 16 count aida Size: 14″ x 12″ Time to stitch: Well, I started June 7, 2007…. I am happy dancing!  I could not be more pleased with finishing another of my WIPocalypse projects.  My WIP count is now done…

Mainly cross stitching got my attention this past month (“Athena”, project no. 3).  My knitting mojo is low, and I did not feel inspired to participate in the Ravellenic games.   I only hope that my knitting activity sparks up when the weather cools.  In the interest of saving money and…