Stitch from Stash 2017A - Jan

Here is my Stitch from Stash record for January 2017!

 

 

January 2017

Budget: $10.00

Purchases: minus the Christmas money I used at the retreat $22.34

Credits for Finishes: 

     Football (2.00 size + 1.00 beading) $3.00 + 

     Metamorphosis $17.00 + 

     I Love MN and OH $4.00 = $24.00

Carryover to Feb Budget: 

     $10.00 + $24.00 - $22.34 = $11.64

 

Happy Stitching Everyone!

Finish #4

As the last few football games were on last weekend I decided to work on a kit that had been in my stash.

It's a small Mill Hill Kit of a Football. The Project was super easy once I got the hang of beading again. I will make it into a magnet once I get some glue to put the magnet provided on the back.

I will check back in tomorrow with my Stitch from Stash update.

Happy Stitching Everyone!

Finish #2 missing.

I just realized I never posted my second finish on here. It is the pair to "I love MN" - "I Love OH".

Happy Stitching!!!

Finish #3

This past weekend was the Stitching retreat sponsored by my LNS. It was held at a local state park Lodge from Wednesday through Sunday. The Theme this year was a weekend in Paris. Sue Hillis of Sue Hillis Designs was the designer in residence for the retreat. She spoke of her start, designing process, and some of the issues she sees today impacting pattern design.  There were over 90 women in attendance.

I did get a lot accomplished during my time there. First, I worked some on Brigid's Shamrock from HAED.

I have almost completed a page. it is hard to see but the White section between the Right most Black vertical line and the knot is filled in with White. So That took some time.

I also worked on "Metamorphosis" by Ink Circles. This is where I stopped at the retreat.

I am using Picture this Plus 32 count Linen in the color Wren. I am using the called for Gentle Arts Sampler Threads And Simply Shaker Threads except I swapped out the Uniform Blue with Midnight and the Picnic Basket with Onyx. I continued to work on it when I got home on Sunday and finished it on Monday.

I also worked on Ink Circles - Cirque Des Cercles but only finished about 300 stitches. I also forgot to take a Picture of my Progress.

My Final Start this weekend was Pretty Little Toronto by Satsuma Street on Tarnished Silver from Under the Sea Fabrics.

All in All a very Productive weekend. Now it is back to the daily grind of Work :(

Happy Stitching Everyone!

I finished 2 dishrags since the start of the year. They were completed on my road trip to see my inlaws as they were for my MIL. They were made with Knitpicks - Dishie Yarn and the called for needles for guage but the pattern is something I made up as I was knitting.

The Colors are ones that she requested as she redecorated her kitchen. She is also the one who taught me how to knit and can't knit right now herself due to arthritis.

Happy Stitching everyone!

First Finish - 2017

First finish of 2017 - I Love MN

All of the Floss (Dinky Dyes and WDW), Pattern, and Evenweave came from my stash. The pattern is a Lindy Jane Design's Inc pattern from 1998 and I think I got it at least 10 years ago. I have one for Ohio too that I am stitching up as well. It is interesting that the pattern is stamped with Erica Michaels as well. Not sure the story behind that but I noted it in my journal for records.

I have also started "Happy Stitching" by Sue Hillis Designs - she is the designer attending my retreat next week :) Here is my progress pic thus far.

All in All a good stitching start to the year. I also haven't spent anything in 5 days so that is good as well.

Happy Stitching everyone

2017 - WIPocalypse Check-in

This is the initial 2017 WIPocalypse Check-in. Each month we are to check-in with our progress on certain stitchy projects. I will be updating the Side bar to the left with my projects as I work through them. The prompt for this month is to introduce ourselves, our projects, and any goals we have for ourselves.

My Name is Katie. I am a mechanical engineer by training with a Ph.D. in my field. I continue to work as an engineer by day and craft when I get the chance at night. I am married but have not been blessed with children at this time so that does give me more time to craft :). My dear husband is very good at putting up with my crafting addiction and loves to see what I can create.

As for my Stitchy goals for this year, I would like to be better at check-ins for WIPocalypse 2017. The projects that I want to work on are half new starts and half WIPs.

New starts:
Cirque des Cercles
Cirque Des Carreaux
Toronto of the Pretty little Cities series
Noah's Submarine
USA - Thea Gouverneur

WIPs:
Pinocchio - When you wish upon a star
Santa and Westie Stocking
The ABC's of Family
Snowman Ornaments
Brigid's Shamrock - HAED - 3 pages for the year or more complete

I also have goals of only stitching from my stash except for the 10.00 budget I have given myself.

Let's hope this works out to accomplishing a lot!

Happy Stitching!

Plans for 2017

I spent the New Year in MN with my dear husbands family and while I was relaxing I spent some time thinking about my plans for 2017. I put my overall crafting goals on a Tab in the top toolbar labeled 2017 goals. They can also be found below:

2017 Crafting Goals
Stash:

• Spend no more than $10.00 US per month on Stash of any kind
• Catalog all yarn on Ravelry

Overall:

• Make a catalog of completed Projects
• Keep track of time spent on Crafting
• Start Christmas gifts early

Yarn:

• Complete 2 hats
• Complete 3 pairs of socks
• Complete 2 shawls
• Make 2 more feet of progress on my Brother's Blanket
• knit 20 dishrags
• Baby Quilts as Needed

Cross Stitch:

• Complete 3 total pages on Brigid's Shamrock
• Complete 4 cities
• Start Noah's Submarine
• Ornaments for the Family
• Stockings for the husband And I

Quilt

• 2 quilting weekends with my Aunts
• 5 quilt tops
• Finish aprons

I also wanted to think through the plans for Stitch-a-long's, Quilt-a-alongs, etc.
My plan is to keep up with the Small's SAL and do my best to keep up with the WIPocalypse SAL as well. I was not the best at these in 2016 but I plan to do better in 2017.