On A Mission

This coming weekend is IHSW so I shall be attempting to stitch up a storm on HAED Guardian providing I'm in the mood for stitching on him! Don't forget to join in:)

My sewing machine has been out and I've finished off three things, two of which I can show. I'm not too happy with my finishing this time. I don't know why but I think I could have done a much better job! First off here's Miss Crescent's Crowne Jolly. I would have liked to add some of the trim that was used on the model but I don't have anything like it and have no idea where to get it so it's staying plain! 

Second one is Bent Creek The Littles Bunny with Peter Rabbit doing a fine job of modelling it :) The winner of the chart is Vickie. Vickie can you email me your full name and address please :)

Progress has not been bad at all this week. I've set myself a goal of trying to finish three of my WIPs before I go into hospital and I think I can do it. Then I can have some new starts when I'm home and feel like stitching! Obviously not Guardian or AotH! Monday was SAL night with dear Barb and more progress was made on Shepherd's Bush The Journey. I decided to make a start on the border so fingers crossed please that it meets! 

Tuesday was craft club and, as I'd finished my ornament for this month, I took L*K 6 Fat Men Snow Day with me and more white stitching was done. I got it out again on Tuesday evening and finally added some more colour to it!

Finally last night was SAL night with Mouse on LHN Summer Splendor. I did not get as much done on this as in the afternoon I decided to do 15 minutes knitting on my snood then had to take it back a few rows and I couldn't rest until I'd found the mistake and knitted a few rows back up. So this meant I didn't pick Summer Splendor up until later on in the evening.

And here is said snood. I'm knitting this in King Cole Mirage. I think I'm about a third of the way and desperately hoping I've got enough wool! I have now got the bug a bit but it won't take over from my cross stitch. When I've finished the snood I quite fancy trying my hand at a shawl but I think it might be too much for me!

Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my last post about my new haircut. I absolutely love it and wish I'd had it done ages ago!


A little more stress this week. There's no wonder I have a fuzzy head! Poor Abi sprung it on me on Tuesday that she thought she needed to go back to the doctors as her heart had been beating fast. It had been happening a while on and off but she hadn't told me. I really wish she had. I wanted to her to go to school during the Easter holidays as they were doing heart tests there in memory of a boy who died suddenly last year but she wouldn't go. So I managed to get an appointment yesterday and although our doctor didn't think it was anything to worry about as her pulse was good and heart sounded healthy she did decide to send her for an ECG which she had yesterday afternoon. It did show her heart was beating a bit fast but the nurse had kept us waiting 20 minutes after her appointment should have been which is bound to get anyone stressed! We haven't heard anything and the nurse said the doctor would be in touch if there was anything.

I'm going to have a blog catch up now and maybe get my sewing machine out again after lunch.

With much love

Sally
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A Lovely RAK , Finishes, Chart giveaway, Progress and A Hair Cut!

What a lovely surprise I came home from grocery shopping to this morning. Postie had left a package for me and it was from dear Shirlee:) I opened it up and read the card inside and she had kindly chosen me to be the lucky recipient of an RAK from her. I had to have a giggle to myself as I stitched an RAK for Shirlee a couple of weeks ago but haven't got it made up yet! Shirlee posted about liking tea on her blog and I commented saying I love tea. I never drink coffee and haven't done since I went off it when I was pregnant with Abi. Here is what Shirlee sent me and it is perfect for a tea lover like me:)

 

Thank you so much Shirlee. I will treasure it always {{{{hugs}}}}

 

For all I haven't blogged for over a week I have been stitching but with it being Easter and DH has been off I haven't had too much time for PC time although I did catch up on blogs yesterday afternoon. We went to Sewerby Hall on Easter Sunday as they had some medieval jousting on which was brilliant! I do have photos but have to sort through them yet.

 

Last weekend I spent some time with my hunky angel and this is where I left him on Saturday. 

 

I haven't picked him up yet this weekend as I just wasn't in the mood for HAED stitching last night. I might do a bit tonight though whilst watching The Voice.

 

SB SAL night with dear Barb went quite well although I did start the basket in the wrong place and had to frog that! This piece is growing much faster than I expected as it's such a joy to stitch.

 

Nothing much was stitched on L*K 6 Fat Men so I haven't bothered to take a photo. Hopefully I'll get a good evening this next week on it.

 

I did, however, do better on LHN Summer Splendor, my SAL with Mouse, on Wednesday. This is another lovely one to stitch and it's stitching up beautifully. 

 

On Thursday I fancied a new start after finishing a birthday gift and as I'd already sorted fabric and thread for Bent Creek The Little Bunny I started that and finished it last night.

 

Bent Creek The Little Bunny

 

35 count white linen

 

DMC

 

Started 12th April 2012

 

Finished 13th April 2012

 

I won this chart in Tricia's giveaway so would like to pass it on. If you would like to be in with a chance of being the next stitcher just leave a comment on this post and I'll pick a winner next week:)

 

I didn't go to craft club on Tuesday as we went out for the day so when I'd finished the bunny I picked up my April ornament for the Christmas All Year Round SAL and finished that.

 

Miss Crescent's Crowne Jolly

 

Unknown fabric

 

DMC

 

Started 3rd April 2012

 

Finished 13th April 2012

 

I'm hoping to get my sewing machine out after lunch to do some finishing:)

 

I made a start on my snood last weekend. I have to admit I hadn't got far before I made a mistake and pulled it back out to start again! It's going OK now but it's a good job Winter is a long way off as I think it'll take me ages!

 

I'd been getting sick of my hair. I've been growing it for well over a year but couldn't cope with it any longer. Everytime I look in the mirror I just see an ugly middle-aged woman so I did some searching on the net, printed out some photos and made an appointment with my hairdresser to get it cut. She actually thought I'd change my mind as I went for a short inverted bob so here's how it looks. At least my colour will be gone quicker now! I'm really pleased with it and it's so much easier to manage.

 

Finally some furry fiends! Here's Wesley and Fozzy.

 

Wesley

 

Fozzy

 

They are both so much fun although we've not managed to stop Fozzy chewing the bars of his cage. They both do it but he does it worse!!! 

 

That's it for today. If I get this finishing done I might be back sooner than I have been this time!

 

Thank you for all the lovely comments you left on my last post. 

 

With much love

 

Sally

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Some Progress

I can't believe it's a week since I last posted. I think because I only have progress to show on my WIPs I sort of didn't feel like posting  in case you all get bored with them! I do have a finish but it needs making up and popping in the post and I hope to get the finishing done over the next few days then get it in the post after the Easter weekend.

I'm still stitching away on HAED Guardian and wondering if it's really worth putting a photo up. As anyone knows who stitches these or anything like them progress is slow if you only stitch a couple of nights a week but in all honesty if I did more I'd turn tired of it! It is good to have it out again and be stitching regularly on it ( for now!).

Barb and I stitched on our SB pieces on Monday evening. She started Poor Robin and I carried on with The Journey. I didn't think I was going to get much stitched on it but I did. I love how it's coming along and am quite pleased with my conversion to DMC. 

Tuesday evening I started my final Lizzie*Kate 6 Fat Men ( SAL with Lisa) which is Snow Day. As you can see I've done the border and a teeny bit of snow. I've loved stitching these cute snowmen and will miss them when I've finished the whole piece.

Last week I started Little Needleworks House Summer Splendor and Mouse joined me:) This pic is my progress from last night and Wednesday last week. I'm using DMC and Kiwi Illusions 32 count Belfast Merino. The cream flowers don't show up too well though so I think I'll have to backstitch around them. The house should be cream so I'll probably decide on another colour for that. 

I wasn't going to go to craft club on Tuesday as my washer broke last Thursday and an engineer was coming out to it Tuesday but of course they couldn't give me a round about time. Thankfully I have an insurance on it so nothing to pay out! Anyway the engineer arrived and was gone by 10.15 so I gathered all my stuff together and dashed to the museum. I made a bit of a start on my April ornament for the Christmas All Year Round SAL.

I went out and bought some wool the other day. I'd seen Hazel stitching the Deramores KAL snood and really loved the look of it but never went to find the pattern. Last week I decided to go back through the Deramores FB page, found the link and downloaded the pattern. I didn't want to get the Rowan wool as it's quite expensive and you need 2 balls so onto Ravelry I went to see what I could use instead! I ended up buying King Cole Mirage and Abi chose some so I could knit one for her. Watch this space!!! Lol!

The Easter weekend starts tomorrow so I'm hoping to get plenty of stitching in although we're going out one day depending on the weather! We had higher than normal temperatures for Spring these last few weeks then yesterday, wow, what a change! Still I have to admit that I was glad of the cooler temps but the high winds- no thank you! We missed the snow too which was a shame but we did get much needed rain.

I haven't got any photos of the new hamsters ( Wesley and Fozzy!). I tried to take some of Fozzy the other day but he wouldn't stay still long enough. He is trouble with a capital T as he's a huge bar chewer but he chews the bottom bar of his cage that hard it lifts a bit and bangs against the plastic bottom! Abi and I came home armed with lemon juice yesterday and wiped it on the bars as that is a solution we found on the internet! Wesley is a bit more laid back ( at the moment!) and just plods along like tomorrow will do!

Now I would normally talk on my other blog about stuff but I've kind of given up on it so if you don't want to read look away now! Lol! I've been considerably fed-up of late and in truth I don't think I've felt this bad for a long while. I had come quite a long way since the way I was early last year but it has been quite a struggle the last few weeks. I think lack of sleep is not helping and I worry too much about things. I think because I'm a stay at home Mum people think I'm just there regardless of what I'm doing or how I feel. I can't really say anymore than that as my blog comes up on Facebook and I don't know who reads it! And I feel so alone even though I have my girls and my DH. My stitching is truly my therapy. Anyway enough of that!

That's it from me for now. I caught up on blogs yesterday and loved reading about and seeing what you are all stitching. 

Take care everyone.

With much love

Sally

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