WIPocalypse February

 Cat Cushion

 Little Fairies at Play

Sunflower Swirl

Time for our second WIPocalypse posting.  I worked on all of my projects.  This week I am working on Cat Cushion and have 2 more days in my rotation.  Not in the stitching mood this week as it is moving slowly.  I hope to pick up the pace and make some good progress in the next 2 days.

This month I am to tell you how many projects I feel comfortable working on at one time or if I am a one at a time project person.  When I first started stitching I only worked on one project at a time.  And the projects I picked were always large projects and I would get bored and put them down for long periods of time.  Then I stumbled onto the internet and a discussion on rotating projects.  I gave it a try using the stitch for 10 hours and then move onto the next project in my rotation.  And that worked for a while but it was hard to track my hours.  So I changed my rotation to a weekly rotation switching projects every Sunday.  Some weeks I get alot of stitching time and others I don't.

I currently have 3 projects in my rotation  - a small, medium size and large.  I have had 4 projects in the past and felt comfortable with that many.  But my large project is really large and I want to finish it up in my lifetime so I cut back to 3 projects so that the large one will come up more often.  Maybe someday when I retire and have more time to stitch I will add more projects to my rotation.

Sunflower Swirl is close to being finished.  Next Rotation I should be able to finish it up.  I need to dig thru my stash and kit up something to take its place in this slot of my rotation.  I want to keep a small or quick to finish project in this slot.  Most of my projects are large and take a long time to finish so it is nice to actually get a finish in.

We had 10 more inches of snow on Wednesday this past week.  Luckily work didn't open up til noon to give us a chance to dig out.  It took me an hour to shovel my driveway as now the snow piles on the sides are so high it is hard for me to lift the shovel high enough to get the snow on top.  My son went to school 2 days last week.  He is a senior and I am not sure he will ever graduate.  I think school has been extended now to close to the middle of June.

I am ready for another day of watching the Olympics!  I will take a short break from the Olympics tonight to watch the Walking Dead.  I will be stitching of course!

 I worked on Little Fairies at Play this past week.  Making good progress on page 5. 1238 stitches this week for a total of 31,724.  I really enjoy working on this one.  Good thing as it looks like I have a few more years ahead of me before it will be finished.

We still have alot of snow on the ground.  Yesterday it got up to 35 degrees and we had a mix of rain snow with mostly rain in the afternoon.  It lowered the piles of snow some but it did not disappear.  Then overnight we got more snow.  All of this weather is good for stitching as I can't do anything else outside.

I did go to Hobby Lobby yesterday as I had Christmas gift cards to use.  I got some paint to freshen up my outdoor frogs.  I hope to start working on them next weekend.  I also picked up a skein each of all of the DMC varigated floss, some felt, paint brushes and some jewelry tid bits.

Its time again to post our Orts for the TUSAL.  I have been stitching away this month and feel I am making good progress on all of my projects.  It helps that it has been soo cold out that I am forced to stay inside and stitch.  Lol

 Next up in my rotation was my Cat Cushion.  I usually just stitch on a project for a week but my week was interrupted by a trip to Rochester NY.  So I picked this one back up after my return.  I got alot done and should finish this one up in the next few rotations.

While I was in Rochester I took along Sunflower Swirl to work on.  I made good progress on this one.  I made it home from Rochester in time for more snow and cold weather here.  My son only went to school 2 days last week.  We are expecting more snow this week and sub zero temperatures.

They did come and install my central airconditioning before I left for Rochester.  So I am all set for summer.  I have never had air conditioning and decided to add it when I got the new furnace.  I see alot of people have joined the stitching from stash challenge this year.  I didn't join but will be doing that as much as possible since I have put alot of money in home repairs.  College is also looming in the fall for my son.  Good thing I have a large stash.  I knew there was a reason I was always adding to it.

January Wipocalypse

It is time for the first post for Wipocalypse.  I have 3 projects in my rotation currently. I rotate on a weekly basis making the switch on Sundays.  This will be my 3rd year participating.  I enjoy looking at everyones projects.

I am supposed to tell a little about me.  I am 50, single with one child left at home who is almost ready to go to college.  I love being outdoors.  I have more projects than I will ever be able to stitch but that doesn't stop me from buying more.  I tend to like large projects but I am trying to do different sizes so that I can get some finishes once in a while.  I also like colorful projects.

 Little Fairies at Play - a HAED.  I am working on page 5.

 Sunflower Swirl.  I just started this one and hope to finish it in 2014.

Cat Cushion.  This one is up this week.

And my last finish of 2013 - Surely Goodness and Mercy.   I finished this since the last Wipocalypse posting.

 I worked on Little Fairies at Play this past week and finished page 4!  With the blizzard we had I was forced to stay inside and stitch.  lol  I finished page 4 on Monday as work was closed.  I also made a nice start on page 5.

 Here is a shot of the whole thing so far.  Page 6 still needs to go next to page 5 before I roll it up to begin another row.  I hope to finish page 5 and 6 in 2014.  More would be nice of course.

 Here are some pictures of the snow we got on Sunday 1/4/14.  12 inches on top of the  7 we already had.  Work was closed for a day and a half.  Schools were shut down for the week as temps Monday - Wednesday were below zero with wind chills of 40 below.  That was the coldest on record for this area.

 My driveway drifted.  I had been shoveling every 2 hours during the storm on Sunday.  It took me an hour to dig out to the plowed road on Tuesday.

More snow.  Friday the temps went up to 40 and we had rain.  Same on Saturday.  So all of this lovely white snow is almost gone and what is left is a slushy mess.

While I was snowed in I also kitted up another new start.  Just need to pick up a few colors I was missing.