Maynia Round-up and Pie

It's the final day of May and the final day of Maynia.  Started in 2015 this SAL suggests you start 15 new projects in May.  Or 18 for 2018.  Or 31 for each day.  Or maybe go Monoga-Maynia and just stitch one project.

I decided to do the full 31 with 31 Just Nan smalls - a Just Nan-a-thon.  Here is the result:

The mathematically minded will have instantly spotted there are actually 32 designs there.  Day 28 was the Tiny Bunny Biscornu and there are two designs in that chart (one for each side of the biscornu) so I decided to start both.  Plus it gave me a better number for the collage.

The plan now is to return to stitching one at a time, a minimum of 30 stitches per day.  Then next year for Maynia I will stitch on each one of the remaining designs rather than have another 31 new starts!

The rest of the month I did my usual rotation with the Discworld Mappe being my main focus piece.  I completed the giant turtle head:

I also made great progress on my 10-a-Day project which is another Just Nan - Autumn in the Square:

stitched on 32 count Light Mocha linen

My Temperature SAL grew another side; it has felt warmer here but the thermometer is still reading lower than it feels so plenty of green and yellow but no more orange:

stitched on 22 count white hardanger

You can find the chart here - Stitches in Blue by Hetti

So here is how the Pie chart looks:

A 3 day course and some extra work shifts meant I had less time on Discworld than I wanted and more days where Mrs Peggotty's Alice and the Flamingo was pretty much the only measurable stitching I got done.

Stitch from Stash looks great again.

May
nothing	£0.00
Total	£0.00

A big fat zero.  I did buy some boxes to fully finish the Bande des Dragons from last month so that order (I included some scrapbook stuff) took care of my spare money for the month.

Finally, the ongoing saga of the comment notification emails:

Blogger eventually deigned to tell us that they are aware of the problem and are working to fix it.  In the meantime the work-around is to click "notify me" in the comment section of your posts and then the emails will come through.  They will be from "no-reply" commenters but if you know the person's email address you can just over type it when you reply.  Hope they get this fixed soon.

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May Smalls SAL

The Smalls SAL is hosted by Stitching Lotus

This year I am showing my Just Nan 12 Days of Christmas blocks for the Smalls SAL and also my 30-a-day projects.  All smalls also by Just Nan.  It's a Nan-a-thon year!

Here is Block 5 on the 12 Days of Christmas:

stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain linen

Just a little bit of gold metallic sparkle in there.

I also completed one of my 30-a-Day projects; Just Nan's Charm Garden.  I need to source some charms for the centre of each of the blocks now:

stitched on 32 count Antique White linen

I have now made 25 new Just Nan starts for Stitch Maynia:

Only 6 more to go!  The plan will then be to work through them one at a time over the next year or so.  I'm thinking that next May I will work through each of the remaining projects one a day rather than another 31 completely new starts.  I still have 8 from last year which will probably take me most of this year to finish.

But they live in a folder and don't take up any more room than the charts did so it's all good.  The hard work of choosing, cutting and pressing the fabric is done.

Finally, the bad news!  For reasons known only to the Blogger Techies, we are no longer getting email notifications that comments have been made on our blogs.  It is assumed that this is connected with the new GDPR rules - i.e. Blogger will not share your email address with anyone without your express permission.

The work-around is to check comments on your Dashboard as they are listed there in date order.  If you post regularly this is more efficient than checking the blog itself.

I moderate comments which means I will not publish any comments until I have a chance to reply to them so there may be a delay in your comment appearing.

The easiest way to reply to a comment now is to copy and paste from the Dashboard into an email.  Assuming you already have the person's email in your address book.

This is a link to the Blogger Forum where people are commenting about the issue.  Hopefully Blogger will respond soon - Product Forums.

Stitch Maynia Just Nan-a-thon

Multi-start challenges are nothing new to the stitching world; there was the Crazy January Challenge, then the Ultimate Crazy January Challenge, the Year of Starts and March Madness.  I took part in the DUCJC in 2015 in honour of SoCal Debbie and also March Madness for Theme-a-licious and Theme-tas-Stitch but this is my first Maynia.  Founded in 2015, only a few months after the DUCJC, some people just could not get enough of the multi-starts!

The challenge has evolved over the years.  Some people are doing the original 15 starts, some 18 starts (for 2018) and some are doing multi-WIPs.  There are even some people turning it on it's head and doing Monogamous May.  Whatever you choose, it's all good fun.

I have decided to follow on from March Madness in 2017 and do one small Just Nan start per day.  Just one length of thread, photograph it, post on FB and move on to my main piece for the day.

Here are the first 12 starts:

Just in case you can't identify them, here's the list:

01/05/18	Butterfly Lace
02/05/18	Butterfly Needlebook
03/05/18	Butterfly Needlebook 2
04/05/18	Spring Fantasy
05/05/18	Butterfly Welcome
06/05/18	Christmas Friends
07/05/18	Christmas Memories Ornament
08/05/18	Crystal Heart
09/05/18	Garden Maze
10/05/18	Holly Berry Snowflakes Icy
11/05/18	Holly Berry Snowflakes Chilly
12/05/18	Holly Noel

At the end of May each project will live in a folder with the ones left over from last March.  I will then work my way through them in order, hopefully finishing one every 3-4 weeks.

Here are the other pieces I have been working on this week.  First up is Just Nan's 12 Days of Christmas

stitched on 32 count Vintage Grain linen

Here is the whole piece so far:

Next up was Just Nan's Diamond Bouquet:

stitched on 28 count Lilac evenweave

I didn't get much done as I was working in the afternoon but I managed most of the bottom row.  Next month I will finish that row and add the beads.  I want it completed before The Longest Day SAL.  News of which will follow in due course.

Finally, a piece which isn't a Just Nan!  This is my bathtime project, the one I stitch while the Small Boy is in the bath.  This is Alice and the Flamingo by Mrs Peggotty's on Etsy:

stitched over 1 on 25 count evenweave

I am about 30 stitches off completing the second page on the second column which will make 9 pages in total plus a good part of a tenth page (the sleeve and flamingo neck going upwards.)  To be on target to finish this year, I need to complete 2 pages per month.