There has a been a significant lack of stitching around my house lately and I am not happy about it. I have somehow got to get back into a routine of stitching regularly because I sure notice increased crankiness when I don't get to work on my projects. I did stitch a little the past couple of days but I need to do better.
One way I'm hoping to encourage myself to stitch (because it really is okay to take time to enjoy my hobbies) is to take part in Measi's 2012 WIPocalypse. I think almost everyone in stitching blogland has heard about this already so I won't go into the details, other than to point you to Measi's page describing what it is.
I've started thinking about my list of projects that I want to work on next year and so far I've come up with the following:
1) Rose Quaker by Stickideen von der Wiehenburg (currently in progress)
2) Reindeer Stocking by SamSarah (will be a new start; I've been promising Dan a stocking for years)
3) Grace by Orna Willis (a long, long time UFO; an old Dimensions Gold Collection Textured Needlepoint piece with a different colour scheme than the photo I've linked to)
I think three is a good start for now but there is no doubt I will be adding more projects to the pile. I think if I choose a good half dozen to start with at the beginning of the year, I'll have reasonable hope of making decent progress on all of them and hopefully have a few finishes along the way.
I will hopefully have a picture to share with you in my next post; probably an updated photo of Rose Quaker. The very few daylight hours we're getting this time of year make it pretty much impossible to take any decent photos during the week!
2 comments:
Good luck with the WIPocalypse, I've been thinking about joining as motivation to kill off some aging WIPs in my basket too.
Christine you and I are the same, I get really agitated when I don't seem to find stitching time... I think its my way to decompress from the rigours of every day!
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