Knitter in Progress

I only worked on this last weekend; it was a perfect project to work on while sitting on the balcony in Breckenridge. Before: After: **clickable thumbnails**

At least for as long as I can find the time(which probably means until the kids get out of school for the summer). My "K" is coming along nicely. Before: After: **pictures are clickable thumbnails**

I worked on Misty Weniera this weekend. It was the last SAL challenge for the year. I participated 10 out of 12 months. At the beginning of the year I started with blank fabric and now I have about a page and quarter done. I'm proud of my progress considering that I only worked on it during SAL weekends. Not too shabby for only about 40 days work--imagine how much would be done if I worked on it every day :) I'm actually getting into stitching the foreground of the piece. There are cattails and grasses starting to come into focus. **stay tuned for knitting content either later today(if I have time) or tomorrow morning. ***Also, I got Order of the Phoenix today and the kiddos and I are heading to our neighbors after school to watch it on their 72" TV :)

I worked on Misty Weniera for HAEDs SAL this past weekend and as you can see I got very little done. Only 400 stitches in the bottom left. The other night I picked up I Love Thee for some more work. I had to frog a majority of the black you see there and it sucked. Frogging stinks anytime, but it really stinks when it's over 1 black on white. It's all better now though :) The black on it seems really. . .harsh(I'm not sure if that's the right word), but I trust the chart. **both pics are clickable thumbnails** Nano'07: 22,500/50,000 I'm a little bit behind but my goal is to be over 30,000 words by Monday. I couldn't write last night--I was SOOOO tired. I've literally been nodding off at my keyboard, so I thought I'd take a break last night hopefully it helped.

Stitching Weekly has been missing for a few weeks as you may have noticed. Between our trip, recovery from the trip(which is still ongoing for Little Rage), and Halloween, things have been pretty busy at casa KIP. Now I'm finally getting into the swing of things again--just in time for my November Nanowrimo madness(but that's a whole other story). May I present to you I Love Thee . I am LOVING working on this so far. I have been wanting to try one of HAED's monochromatic charts for a while and it was a toss up between this one and Motherhood which also comes in this form if you're not into mermaids.. (I still want to stitch Motherhood at some point) Stats: Pattern: I Love Thee--Seed--Heaven and Earth Designs Fabric: 28 count white lugana(I think, I didn't mark it before I stashed it) Stitched: 2 over 1, tent

Misty Weniera--it's happy dance time. The HAED SAL Challenge was this weekend and I've finished a page. I have 8000 of 75600 stitches finished which is 10% :) Fabric: 28 count white Jobelan Stitched: 2 over 1, tent stitch(half cross) **The picture is a clickable thumbnail. Click away if you want to see it bigger. Next week look for I Love Thee and QS Swimming with Dolphins. Back to socks.

This past weekend was the HAED Background SAL, so I pulled out Storykeeper which is mostly background. I love the idea of a set background SAL; every piece has background and having a set SAL for working on it would be great. If the board doesn't do one, I think I may set aside the first weekend of every month for background. I didn't participate in QS Wednesday this week for a couple of reasons: 1. I am only aiming for 3 Wednesdays a month and I've done my three for September. 2. I have a new start that has captured my attention. I started I Love Thee on Monday night(24Sept07). Right now I'm in a heavily white on white section of the chart. There is no point in putting up a WIP picture until I get a little further into it. You don't want to see white and white--not to mention that you can't actually see it in a picture. Heck, I can barely see it when I'm working on it. Hopefully I'll have some exciting progress to show on this one next week. **knitte...

I got the kiddos to bed last night and spent some time on Little Diva's Swimming with Dolphins while watching Prisoner of Azkaban(I NEVER get tired of that movie--I think Order of the Phoenix will be the same once I get it on DVD). Here's the result: I also managed to get out over the weekend and buy this: Isn't it pretty? Click away on the picture to see what all that floss will turn into. I need a new start like I need a hole in the head but I've been wanting to try a monochromatic chart and I love this one.

I'm going to try and post weekly on my cross stitch pieces; showing my progress on which ever piece or pieces I've worked on that particular week. I'm hoping it will give me incentive to stitch more often(and hopefully my knitting won't suffer). If you want to see what the final product will look like, just click on the pictures or look in the sidebar :) Here's my progress on Misty Weniera from the HAED Yearly SAL this past weekend: And here's my progress on Swimming with Dolphins from QS Wednesday: It's no secret that I love Heaven and Earth Designs charts. These are the charts that brought me back to stitching after a 7-8 year break. I love the detail and the subject matter. I even enjoy browsing the site when I have free time--even if I'm not in the market for a chart. Michele and Bob(the owners) are fabulous to work with--they go above and beyond for their customers. I'm excited to see that they are starting to get some recognition in th...