Mini the Black - First page finished!

Hello!

Hope you are all feeling ok, I had another "episode" shall we call it at 4am this morning, not as bad as the last two, so I am hoping the meds are kicking in. Other than that no pain all day, which I am very happy about :)

Well as you may have guessed by the post title I come here to share with you a page finish!

Here is how it looked last time

And here it is now, all complete!

I'm so pleased, I think it looks really great! I just have to figure out now if to continue on with this or pick something else up...for now I am not sure, I guess I will just decide when I stitch again tomorrow :)

Emma xo

Oh dear...

Morning!

Thank you for all your comments and well wishes after my last post.

After a few days rest with my feet up and stitching away I was up and ready this morning all set for work...it happened again...thankfully it wasn't as painful as last Tuesday but still enough to stop me in my tracks. After about half an hour trying to get through I spoke to the doctors for an appointment.

After going to visit the doctor I came out with tablets galore and a sick note for the rest of this week...I know that might sound good to some people but I am feeling rather fed up of it now :( I can't even go for a run or swimming, and I'm struggling to find things to fill my day to distract me and when I'm bored I eat...not good.

Sorry for the rambling, now what you actually come here for, some stitching pictures!

This weekend I worked on Mini The Black, here is how it looked before - my block of 310!

Before

After the weekend here is how it looks now, I think the horses mane is looking really great :)

I'm going to carry on with this, I would really like to get the page finished then decide if to carry on or pick another project up.

Until next time!

xo

Weekly Round Up!

Good evening my lovely readers!

Did you all have fun at the Grow Your Blog party yesterday? If you are looking for my post just scroll down and it will be there :)

I am slowly making my way through the list, I think it is going to take a while!

This week I carried on with Mini The Black, and yep you guessed it, MORE 310!!!!

Here is how you saw it last time

Here it is now, I have finally started to get to the point where other colours are needed! Hooray! But still a bit more 310 to go before I get to that :)

I don't have much else to share really, I went out on my first run of the year yesterday. It felt good to be out again, even if it was only a short run.

The health kick has started again too. Weigh in is Thursday so fingers crossed for that.

Think this coming week I will be pulling out my YOTA project as the second report is due next Saturday, can you believe that?! I've also got my Small Sal check in and TUSAL this week so I will be back in a couple of days!

Until then!

Emma xo

IHSW Sunday round up

Good evening my lovelies!

I hope you have all had a pleasant weekend and made the most of the fact its International Hermit and Stitch Weekend!

Mine has been pretty good! On Friday evening I made a start on my small for the Small SAL hosted by Stitching Lotus, and then on Saturday I finished it!

Your expecting a picture now, right? Well sorry, your just going to have to wait until the 29th for the check in post - I don't want to ruin the surprise now do I?!

Today I pulled out one of my big WIPs, I'd been looking forward to getting stuck back in again after the Crazy January Challenge!

I decided upon Mini the Black, this is what it looked like the last time you saw it (almost a year ago!)...

And today, after stitching yet even more 310, almost 1600 stitches later here it is now!

Thrilling pictures huh? ;)

Well that's all for today I think, just a quick note to say hello to my new followers! As well as thank you for all the comments from followers new and old, they really spur me on sometimes :)

Emma xo

#63 And So The Hermit Begins...

Ahhh...I wish I could have every Friday off work, two days at the weekend just isn't enough - especially when it is IHSW :D

This week I have worked on Mini The Black and my YOTA project, but for now I can only show Mini The Black.

Before

I managed to get another 800 or so stitches in meaning I have now finished the first two columns of the first page wahoo! The next two columns are yet again more 310 so I am not sure if I am going to keep stitching away at that or instead move horizontally along the page and get to the bottom corner where there is a few more colours added to the mix...watch this space...

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Today I think I will work on the HAED SAL first and see how that goes, for the rest of the weekend it will be Mini The Black or Mystic Garden, whichever takes my fancy :)

Some more snow fell over night but nothing too major. It is due to start again at 3 this afternoon and carry on right through the weekend.

Here is a view of the back garden so far...

Have a great IHSW everyone and if you are here thanks to the Grow Your Blog event then welcome and I hope you enjoy my blog :)

Happy Stitchy Weekend Everyone!

Emma xo

p.s. If you have time I think you should take a look at The Cross Stitching Librarian she works on some lovely projects (many of which are on my to do list!) and I feel rather lonely over there as her one and only follower!

#61 I am a really slow stitcher!

As the weekend comes to a close I have realised something, what a slow stitcher I am! Looking at everyone else who is working on the HAED BB SAL everyone is MILES ahead of me already. I feel like the Turtle and everyone else is the Hare, except I expect them all to win the "race".

Before

Never mind, I am enjoying it none the less. I got about another 200-300 stitches in this week - another block at the top then I decided to make a start on the bottom of the page to see if I could find the first tiger. As you can see I am still on the hunt!

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Also this week I got in another 400 stitches in to Mini The Black - guess what colour it was?! Yep! Good old 310!

Before

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Please forgive the terrible lighting - I forgot to take a photo while we still had daylight!

Well the snow has now started to fall, only lightly at the moment but it is there, looking like a dusting of icing sugar everywhere. According to the weather it is going to snow from now until tomorrow night - I can only dream of waking up tomorrow morning to find so much I can't get to work... ;) hehehe.

I cannot complain really, I have a short week at work as I have booked a days holiday on Friday, I have no plans really so I am hoping I can sit and stitch to my hearts content - you have to treat yourself every now and again right?

Hope everyone has a great week!

Emma xo

#58 New Starts Galore!

Good afternoon!

Thank you so much for all my birthday wishes in my past two posts, you are all so kind. The only problem I am having with this new layout is I can't seem to reply to any comments left, I have no idea why, but please be assured I am not ignoring you! I have tried my best to solve the issue but to no avail so for now I think I am going to have to reply via email when it arrives in my inbox. Not ideal but there you go. If anyone could shed a little light on this it would be much appreciated!

Now, on to stitching. To say I didn't join the Crazy January Challenge I have made a pretty good attempt in keeping up! In the first four days I had three new starts. Thankfully I now seem content with these to keep me occupied.

I have decided January will be my "do what you want" month, after which my main focus will be the wedding sampler as that NEEDS to be done.

Speaking of which that was the first project I picked up, only a few stitches in but a start is a start, right?! This is done on iridescent white 14ct Aida.

Next, after my first day back at work this year (boooo!) I made a start on Mini the Black. This is on 25ct Magic Guide and I am trying 2x1 tent for the first time. I'm not sure if I like it or not, but I wanted to give it a go so I could at least say I've tried. 800 stitches in so far - all of them 310!

Finally on Friday the first page on the HAED BB SAL arrived in my inbox so of course I HAD to start it. Got the first 100 stitches in. This is done again on 25ct Magic Guide, but this time 1x1 full cross. This chart really is confetti madness (20 colours in this one block alone!) and I dare say the most challenging piece I have ever done. If I get this done then I really will be proud of myself!

For now I am going to continue on the SAL, I figure if I get a head start on it this month it will give me some breathing space before the next page is due.

Happy Stitching all!
Emma xo