Finally, a very poor update lol.

Here is two weeks worth of stitching..............pitiful isn't it? And to top it all I haven't got the chart so went to reprint it and no ink FFS! Oh well shit happens lol. It's my biscornu from Barbara Ana.

I have knitted for the first time in 20 years +. I knitted some booties.

My daughter had her scan yesterday and she is having a girl! So thats two grand daughters that will be born in the summer. Two little princess's to spoil rotten lol.

 I am in the process of knitting a bonnet, when I can be bothered. I don't seem to want to do much at the moment but what the heck, I am used to it. I seem to have these episodes and then all goes back to normal lol.

This is the second square of my throw. I'm behind in that too and I have the third one ready to do. I hope I can get it done before the next four parts arrive lol.

I haven't worked on my Magician or Celtic Summer for a couple of weeks so I need to get going on them too.

UFO Tuesday update

Here's my progress so far on my Midnight Enchanter that I am stitching on for UFO Tuesdays on my ILCS group. I've nearly finished the left hand side of him and then it will be on too his robe part in the middle and then the background.
My Circe the Sorceress and my Haed will have to go on hold as I can't afford the bits I need to get for them. We had a real crappy couple of months with everything going wrong from the car, to the tumble dryer and having to buy new sofas as Colin sat down on our old sofa and broke it lol. It was well old and second hand when we brought it. Now I just got my duel fuel bill in and it's really big so I will be comparing the market online needless to say to see if we can get cheaper elsewhere. Also it was my oldest son's birthday on the 11th and the twins  birthdays are on the 19th. Thank gawd I have my other wips lol.
I have a pretty good routine going at the moment and it seems to work for me. I do UFO Tuesday with the Magician and Thursday for the L&L SAL which is my Celtic Summer and then the rest of the week for whatever now the dragon's finished. Maybe I will try and get the biscornu finished beforetrying to do a major catch up on Castles in the Air? lol

Summer Dragon is finished!

I can't believe I have finally finished him woohoo! I am so pleased with the way he has turned out.

I feel like I have been stitching on him like forever and it will feel weird now that he has been finished. I will miss stitching on him.

I would like to thank everyone who has been behind me on this project, for all the encouragement and all the fabulous comments, THANK YOU!

Last but not least, I would like to thank Wanda J from Edmonton, Canada, who sent me the chart and all the supplies to do him .....THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Piggy update

I've been stitching hard on Summer Dragon. Hopefully not long now till it's finished!
My small project is Holy Mud by Barbara Ana. I say small, but it is the biggest biscornu I have done so far. It's fun to stitch. I'm in no hurry to get it done as long as it's sometime this year lol.
I will be doing Circe the Sorceress once the dragon is finished. Just need to get it kitted up. I already have the fabric for her. I can't wait to start her!

Page 5 0f 6 of Summer Dragon finished

Yes, page 5 is finally finished! I am beginging to see the end in sight lol. This will probably be the last update now until he is finished, although it might be a while till the next update as there is a lot of back stitching to do on the actual dragon itself. Thank you for all the fabulous comments on him, it truly helps me to keep stitching on him.

UFO Tuesday and other stitching

Tuesday I managed to finish the right side of him and stitch his staff. I really like how he is coming along now. I have had people asking me about the fabric and it is 'Night' by Sugar maple Fabrics 28ct Cashel linen. The chart called for 14ct black aida and I thought this would look much nicer.
I have also started a biscornu that has been screaming at me for months. It is 'Holy Mud' by Barbara Ana. I just love cute piggies and never seem to come across much in the stitchy world so I was rather delighted when I saw the chart for this one. No piccy yet as not done enough to warrant taking one. I'm in no hurry to finish it. It's there for when I need a rest from Summer Dragon.
Talking of which, I have finished all the stitching on page 5 now (Summer Dragon) and am in the process of doing the back stitching on the border. So, that just leaves page 6 which there isnt much to do and back stitching the dragon!

A chocolate RAK

I was RAK'd this morning by Sadie ! This lovely lovely lady sent me a box of chocolates from Hotel Chocolat a premier chocolate company! Also included was a card which says:

Kelly, Sorry I can't help with the motivation on Summer Dragon but I CAN help with the choccie! Thank you for running such a fab group. Sadie x

Thank you so much Sadie, I am really touched by your gesture!
I am going to sit with my stitching and have a few chocolates this afternoon, again thank you so much!

Summer Dragon Update

Here's how he is looking now. I would really like to finish him by Colins birthday which is near the end of March but I won't hold my breath over it lol. I have nearly finished page 5 out of 6 now. There's not very much to do on page 6 and then after that theres just the back stitching on the dragon and a few beads. My main problem is trying to stay motivated with it! I am adamant I am not going to start anything else until he is finished! m,aybe I need an incentive lol?

Summer Dragon update and foray into crochet

On Saturday I joined in Terri's Stitch In. From 12pm to 6pm, whatever your time zone, you stitched. Including the rest of the weekend, I got a lot done. I finished my Mill Hill ornament which I have already posted about. Then I got Summer Dragon out although I was tempted to start something new. I am determined to finish him this year. Page 5 is about half way through and after that I only have one more page to do which does not have too much on it. Then all the back stitching on the dragon itself.

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I saw an advert on telly for a crocheting magazine. It's a weekly publication in which you get to make a throw made out of various crocheted squares. Each week you get a ball of yarn and the instructions plus the magazine has patterns each week as well as step by step guides http://www.theartofcrochet.com/
So I purchased the magazine, stitched the first square and now I am hooked. Needless to say I have subscribed to the magazine. They send 4 issues at a time so I will probably have to wait for a few weeks before I receive any so I have set myself a challenge to see how much of Summer Dragon I can get done in the meantime lol.

I haven't crocheted since I was a child so it's a challenge for me to learn all these new stitches, but I'll get there in the end. This is my first square for the throw. It's worked over two rows of one row double crochet then one row 1 double crochet stitch then 1 treble crochet stitch. I just got to figure out how to work the ends in nice and neatly and how to get them to stay there.

First 2010 finish!

I finally finished Frosty by Mill Hill. I love the way he has turned out.

We have had a very busy and hectic holiday period and my stitching had been zilch until I managed to pick this up last night! Hopefully I can get back into a routine with my stitching now.