Almost forgot to blog!

It's already Sunday evening and I almost forgot to update my blog. Usually I take pictures and write the update on Sunday in the afternoon. But today I have been stitching until part 4 of SAL Let It Snow was done. Now I applied for part five.

My knitting is also on scedule. Part four of Winter Winds is finished yesterday and I got part five, the last part, this morning. So in a few minutes I can sit down and knit and that's what I am going to do. Here you can see the middle pattern. The picture doesn't do it justice, I couldn't block it right now. After blocking taking pictures will be easier.

There is also some stitching done on the Plantation Sampler. A tree is growing slowly.

A brand new year ahead of us ....

Happy new year to all of you! I wish you lots of happy days, prosperity and, above all, health and fun in whatever you are up to! 
There is a brand new year ahead of us, do you all have plans? I did, but I didn't make a list yet. In fact,  I don't know if I am making one, I already know I am just stitching and knitting whatever I like doing, so why make a list?

Yet there are some things I want to do. I want to
* finish my bedquilt this year (very unrealistic thought)
* finish the Plantation Sampler
* knit a shawl for my SIL
* finish Wintermystery Shawl
* finish SAL Let It Snow

These goals are enough, there will be lots of things distracting me LOL 

I started well this year, by stitching part two of Let it Snow ....

.... and knitting three parts of the Wintermystery KAL, named Winter Winds.

Let it snow

It's not Christmas yet and I really don't like snow, but this is the first part of the new SAL I am doing. I am stitching on a handdyed Silkweaver Jobelan, Summer sky. The thread I use is Necessities overdyed floss, number 1352.
The SAL is going to be in 16 parts,every three weeks a part. I am a little behind, should have done two parts by now, but I have been extremely busy doing other things ;)

There was a trip to Delft and Utrecht, some partying and the preparations of a wellknown tradition in The Netherlands, Sinterklaas. That means buying gifts, making surprises and writing rhymes. All that means less stitching time.

Yet I have progress on Cirque des Carreaux.

And of course, Call of the Raven's monthly update. Anothere 1000 or so crossstitches added.

Also there is progress on my knitting as well. Clue 4 of Whispering Grass is ready. I hope to show the whole shawl next week. No picture yet, because it doesn't look like a shawl at all.  

There is however a picture of Red Wine. Another row of flowers is finished, 'only' four rows to go!

New SAL

Since Many Years Ago is a finish I could start another SAL. And so I made a beginning at Let It Snow. Although I didn't finish part 1 yet, I wanted to take some pictures and show them to you. I hope the pictures show the stitching, because I am stitching on a lightblue fabric with lightblue yarn.

Part three of Whispering Grass is done. Two clues to go, so in about two weeks this should be a finish.

And due to my stitching friends of a Dutch group I have some progress on Cirque des Carreaux.