An update!

I promised an update on my project, and I know it's been a while, but here goes.

I have decided to try a rotation. Normally I would just stitch on a project until I get sick of it and then just switch to a new one. But now i have more project than ever before (I used to work on just one project and then it just escalated) and I want to make progress on most of them.

To try and motivate myself I have therefore started this rotation. I have given room to four on my projects, my favourite ones. I have however tried to have just two BAPs and two that can actually be done within a foreseeable future. That will mean that some of my projects will be put aside for a while, but that feels ok.

On to the pictures of my progress!

Since my last update I have actually finished Olaf.

He was stitched on spare linen I had in my stash, I think it’s 25ct. He is stitched 2 over 2 with DMC floss.

Last week I started my rotation. First out was a new project, Sugar, that I will actually keep a bit secret since I think it is going to be a gift. I will just post pictures on my progress, but no pictures of the finished design. I ordered it from Tilton crafts about three weeks ago, and to my surprise it is no longer available with them. Here is my progress from the week of stitching on her (not much to see really, just 3865 and a DMC I can't remember but that is very light blue).

She is stitched 2 over 1 full crosses on a 20ct aida with DMC floss. I’d say she’s a small BAP – 300x302 stitches.

This week it is time for one of my absolute favorite projects, Bibliodame. This is how far I had gotten before I started on Monday:

Bibliodame is stitched 2 over 1 tent stitches (the one that gives the diagonals in the back, can’t remember exactly what it is called) on 28ct evenweave (I think it is Lugana) using DMC. I have made one alteration, and that is that I swapped the kreinik for DMC Blanc, simply because I absolutely hated working with the kreinik on the Red Fairy. On the Red Fairy I did the stitches in the 10x10 grids and using the parking method, but mainly just to try something new I have, as you may notice, decided to do one color at a time for each page when I work on Bibliodame. So far I like it!

I will hopefully update you again on Monday with my progress on Bibliodame!

Mostly for my own sake I will end this post with my preliminary rotation schedule.

Week 1 – Sugar

Week 2 – Bibliodame

Week 3 – Hogwart’s logo

Week 4 – Owls (a pattern that I did myself from a picture of a table runner I liked)

Projects waiting to make the rotation:

The Red Fairy

Santa’s Nap

Woodland Enchantress

”We’re all mad here”

Portal 2-quote

Albus Dumbledore-quote