WIPocalypse January

 This month's question is what is your oldest WIP.  My  oldest WIP is Gathering Pine Cones which I started in September 2001.  I saw this completed at a friend's house and fell in love with it.  I immediately went to my LNS bought the pattern and kitted it up.  The specialty stitches were more than I could handle.  I pushed on with it but hate the way it looks.  I did stitch on it this month and put in another 115 stitches.  I want to get it finished this year and will change out the rest of the specialty stitches.  Here is where I am at now

I participated in Brringo with the Magazine Monthly Challenge group.  I stitched on all of my WIPs but one and had 6 new starts.  Here are the projects I worked on:

Autumn Sampler.  This one got 336 more stitches

Crane Paradise was on my board 3 times for a total of 447 stitches.  Hard to see the progress as I worked on white and grey.  I want this one finished this year.

Dandelion Fairy Kingdom.  I almost finished page 20 which is a partial page.  I usually stitch on this one in the afternoons.  Hope to finish up this page this week so I can move to the next row.

Folk Reindeer was a new start.  This is from Cross Stitch Country Crafts May/June 1988.  290 stitches.  I already finished the Folk Santa that goes with this one.

Funky Cats was also a new start from Cross Stitch & Needlework Nov 2014.  I have wanted to start this one for a long time. 325 stitches put in

I also made a little more progress on my Hedge Hog Kit

Worked on Hello Autumn twice.  This is on 18ct Country Mocha.  I am stitching it with 2 strands and wish I would have used 1 strand.

Homestead Harvest was on my Brringo Board  143 stitches

What a Hoot Owl Teapot I finished the cross stitching and have started the backstitching.  This one will be finished this year.

For Brringo one of the prompts was to stitch on a monochromatic piece.  I did not have any WIPs that fit that so I started Joy Seasonal Heart from Cross Country Stitching June 2011.  Being stitched on 18ct white with 1 strand of DMC 4050 full cross.  

Another prompt for Brringo was stitch on something that would not be a framed finish.  New start Moonlit Owl by Mill Hill.

 

Butterfly Fairy Night I worked up in the moon.  I also want to finish this one this year.

Princess & the Dragon I worked on twice for Brringo.

QS Magic Island by HAED was a new start from Brringo.  I also worked on it several more times and got 1,055 stitches.  Full Coverages are a long term committment so I do not like having 2 on the go at the same time.  This one is 25 pages.  I decided to start it now since I have about a year left on Dandelion Fairy Kingdom.  I hope to get at least one page finished on this one this year.  Stitched on 14ct white aida.  2 strands full cross.  It will be big once done.

Sari Doll got 330 more stitches.  This is a small one and should be done this year.

Jolly Snowman by Joan Elliott was worked on twice for Brringo

Give Thanks to God Sampler was worked on 3 times for Brringo.  I think this one could be finished this year also.

Unplug and Go Outside by Emma Congdon was my last new start for Brringo.

Then I had signed up in December to do the HC Anderson Fairy Tales SAL by Cloudsfactory.  I finished part one and hope to keep up with the other parts as they are released the first of each month.  This is 1,011 stitches.

January was a good stitching month.  Between the cold weather and staying inside and being retired I got a total of 12,202 stitches.

In February I will be doing the February Acrostic with the Magazine Monthly Challenge Group.