More Progress

Poor baby girl has been suffering with a nasty upper respiratory infection for the last several days, so she's been my main focus. Doctor says it's not serious, we just need to let it run its course. She has some medicine but hates taking it. And she's just miserable, poor thing. I feel terrible because I can't explain to her why she feels terrible!

So, I have a lot to show you. I'd meant to break this up into several shorter posts, but as the deadline for a lot of the SALs is today, I have to combine everything into one long post.

First up, crochet progress. I finished putting black on all my pink roses and attached the first row of squares. Only 55 more to go!

In the midst of digging through my UFO box, I came across thirty burgundy roses I had made for another project and decided not to use. They were too pretty to frog, so I'm turning them into a baby blanket for a coworker of Tim's. I used Red Heart Super Saver Spring Green for the leaves, Perfect Pink for the double granny round, and am joining the squares with Shocking Pink.

Now, on to stitching. I have two more finishes! I still can't believe I finished five pieces in August! (Of course, I started a lot more.)

Here's Amazing by Kincavel Krosses (free chart):

And here's I Never Finish Anyth from Pixel Power Design:

Small finishes, but still finishes.
And (drum roll, please), I have my first FFO!

It's not perfect. There are a few things I think I'll do differently next time. But, all in all, I'm very pleased with my first finishing efforts.

This leads me to SALs, as this ornament is for the Christmas Ornament SAL hosted by Kaye of Kitten Stitching.

Kaye is also hosting two other SALs I'm participating in, the Prairie Schooler SAL and the Americana SAL.

 

For the Prairie Schooler SAL, I couldn't decide which piece to focus on, so I'm working on two. On the left is Santa's 12 Days of Christmas Day 2, and on the right is Prairie Schooler Santa 1984 (the first one in the series).

For the Americana SAL, I'm working on Stars and Stripes by Ursula Michael. I haven't made much progress on this, just the border on the center quilt.

I have been making progress on some of my other SAL pieces. For the Tuesday Pretty Little City SAL I do with Linda and Jo, I've been adding stitches to New York. There's a lot more to the building on the left now.

For the YOTA SAL hosted by Pull the Other Thread, I finally dusted off Cluttered and resumed working on it. I'm taking a break from the cabinet and working on the items on top of it.

I've been slowly plugging along with Cinderella's Castle for A New Stitchy Start:

 

And, finally, I have several new starts. You know me, I can't finish one without starting at least three more! 

Cat Lessons for People by Lizzie Kate:

March Calendar Girl by Little House Needleworks:

Dragon of Fire by Dragon Dreams (free chart):

Coffee Crazy by Lizzie Kate:

Spooky by Lizzie Kate:

Treats by Lizzie Kate:

Box of Delights by Blackwork Journey (free chart):

S is for Sewing by Prairie Schooler:

E is for Embroidery by Jeremiah Junction:

Is It Coffee Yet? by Lizzie Kate

I have been working on a new stitchy rotation for almost a month now and am really, really happy with it. I've made a lot of progress on a lot of different pieces. It's a bit complicated so I'll save the details and progress pics for another post. But I am trying to integrate the same idea into my crocheting.

Thanks for reading and looking. I'll try to get around to all your lovely posts in the next couple days.
Blessings :-)

 

Random Photos and Tickled Thursday

Here I am neglecting my blog and all my wonderful bloggy friends. Shame on me! I'm very behind on my blog reading; after Alex's party on Sunday, I hope to be able to do some catching up.

Some random things around my house:

Alex's new shoes. She doesn't know what to make of them. 

The rainbow yarn bowl my beautiful, talented, artistic daughter Hope made me for Mother's Day.

No more yarn rolling away!

She also made me this little box. It had chocolate in it; that didn't last long.

Now I throw my orts in it as I stitch. Every couple days I empty them into the big jar.

Speaking of which, I missed TUSAL (again). It was a couple of days ago. This is being hosted by It's Daffycat. The yarn is probably two-three month's worth. The thread is from all year; I'm trying to fill the jar by the end of December.

I finished the body of the corner to corner blanket I'm making for my nephew, Luke; my sister-in-law is due in June, so I need to get cracking on the border. I'm using Red Heart With Love in Peacock for that.

I still have a lot of roses to make for the Granny Rose CAL, but I added the green to the ones I have. I'm using Loops and Threads Impeccable in Fern. This is being hosted by Astri of Apple Blossom Dreams.

I have some progress to show on a few of my starts; I think I'm the slowest stitcher in the world, but at least I'm still adding stitches. One day I'll finish something.

Brew by Lizzie Kate

Amazing by Kincavel Krosses (free chart)

Pretty Little New York by Jody Rice of Satsuma Street. This is a weekly SAL with Linda and Jo.

Life's Piece-makers
Actually, once in a while, I do finish something. I finished my chart for this month's Smalls SAL a week early, but I won't show it until Wednesday.
I'll leave you with some fiber funnies.
Thanks for reading and looking.
Blessings :-)

W is for...

Blogging From A to Z

Who-hoo? Me too?
Free chart from Kincavel Krosses
Start #47, started February 16, 2015

Progress as of April 27, 2015

And W is for
Wool Eater

I finished this last year and gifted it to my neighbor. It was fun to make, but I'd definitely wait until winter to make another one. It's very warm to work under. You can find the free pattern here.

Thanks for reading and looking.

Blessings :-)

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