DAILY UFO PROJECT

Sometimes I apparently think too much for my own good. I am going to try an experiment. Recently all of my poor UFO's have been talking to me everytime I enter my craft room. They have been neglected for way to long. So I have come up with a plan. We will see how it works out. I am going to randomly choose 1 UFO every morning and that will be my project for the day. On Thurs and Sat which are my stitching group days I will take Cottage Garden with me since I am working on it as part of a SAL. This way all the UFO's will get some love. Today's lucky winner is Computer Catastrophes HAED Artist Randal Spangler. The last time it was touched was 10/17/14. Bout time to work on it.

Till tomorrow.

Cindy

SAL UPDATE

Wow. Just realized that I missed the last SAL update. Sorry about that. Really didn't have anything to update at that time. I was flitting from project to project trying to find one that would hold my interest for more that 5 minutes. I was doing a lot of knitting and crocheting in that interval but that doesn't count here. I finally found something that is holding my interest. This is an old, old, old UFO that I started back in 2003. It was charted in Stitcher's World in 2002-2003. There are 6 parts and it was charted for either needlepoint or cross stitch. While I do needlepoint occasionally I decided to do it as cross stitch. It is called Cottage Garden Rug. When I picked it back up after all these years here is what it looked like.

After 3 weeks it now looks like this.

When finished it will look like this.

Hopefully it will continue to hold my interest at least until the next SAL update.

There are a lot of talented people taking part in this SAL. Please go over to their blogs to see all the wonderful things they are stitching.

Claire, Gun, Carole, LucyAnn, Kate, Jess, Sue, Constanze, Debbierose, Christina, Kathy,                Margaret,Helen, Steph, Linda, Catherine,Mary Margaret, Timothy

Till next time.

Cindy

SAL UPDATE & MORE

Good grief it's that time again. Unfortunately I have been bad and switched projects again. I just could not stitch on The Astronomer so I switched to this cutie. Play Ball by Randal Spangler HAED. I have been stitching a lot since I switched to this one.

Here is what it looked like when I got it out and what it looks like now. I am pleased with my progress

The weather here is so nice I have been sitting on the patio everyday stitching.

To see what the other talented ladies and gentleman are doing for the SAL check out the links below.

Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, LucyAnn, Kate, Jess, Sue, Constanze, Debbierose, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Helen, Steph, Linda, Catherine, Wendy, Mary Margaret, Timothy


Now for the more.

Stitching is not the only thing I have been up to in the crafting department. I finished the cowl for my son's girlfriend.

I finished my daughters knitted scarf.

 








I have put several rows on my crocheted afghan

And I have started this for ME.

All in all a very productive month of May.

June may not be as productive as my 2 oldest children are coming for a week the end of the month and I am so excited. Haven't seen them of a year. So much to show them and do with them.

Till next time hope everyone has a wonderful crafty month.

Cindy 

PROGRESS

I have been making good progress on the Welted Cowl I am knitting for my son's girlfriend. She will be here the middle of June so I need to get going and get it finished. I am a little over half way.

My stitchy bug has returned and I am working on Play Ball  Randal Spangler HAED. This one is for my son who is a huge baseball fan.

Off to stitch now.

Hope everyone has a wonderful stitchy day.

Cindy

PS: I am linking to the following for Knit & Natter Friday

https://nanacathydotcom.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/knit-and-natter-friday-7/

A PRESENT

Wow. Another post so soon. What am I going to bore you with today. LOL.

My husband Jim knows me so well. He bought me this coffee mug for Mother's Day. My favorite color and everything. See men do pay attention sometimes.

I also made some progress on The Astronomer yesterday. Slow but steady.

Last week my oldest daughter Sabrina sent me the best needle minders ever. My grand puppy Harley.

And last but not least I am knitting a cowl for my son's girlfriend Steph. Progress so far. Love how the colors are distributing.

Okay. I'll let you go now that you are sufficiently bored.

Hope everyone has a wonderful stitchy day.

Cindy

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN--SAL UPDATE

My stitchy bug still seems to be on vacation. He has popped in occasionally so a very little bit of progress was made. I changed projects because I thought maybe he was bored with the other one. I am now working on The Astronomer by Myles Pinkney (HAED). It is the one that began my obsession with HAED charts. I feel guilty till this month I have not touched him since 2014. (see previous blog post)

Here is what he will look like when finished.

Here is what has been done so far on the entire piece.

Where I started this time around

And the minuscule amount of progress I have made.

Hopefully I will have more progress to show in 3 weeks.

If you really want to be inspired by some beautiful stitching check out the blogs of my fellow SAL members and if you would like to join us you can contact Avis for details.

Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, LucyAnn, Kate, Jess, Sue, Constanze, Debbierose, Christina, Kathy,        Margaret,  Helen, Steph, Linda, Catherine, Wendy, Mary Margaret, Timothy

BAD CINDY

I was doing so good stitching and blogging everyday. Then I fell off the wagon. My stitchy bug decided to take a vacation (I think he was a little miffed because I was also knitting & crocheting). He seems to be back but demanded that I switch projects. Okay with me.

I decided to work on The Astronomer by Myles Pinkney. This is the project that started my obsession with HAED charts. I started it on 2/13/10 and worked on it for awhile until another one caught my eye and I had to start it also. You know where this story is going. He kept getting put away and then taken out for a short while then put away again. Looking at my notebook I keep for this project( each project has their own notebook) I haven't a stitch in to the poor thing since 6/16/14. I feel so guilty for ignoring him for so long. He is out now and I plan on doing a marathon on him. Here is my starting point today and an overall picture of progress. Please excuse all the wrinkles. Apparently the last time he was out I was in a hurry and didn't fold him properly.

Almost forgot this picture. What it will look like when done.

       








Hope everyone has a wonderful stitchy day.

Till tomorrow

Cindy