January WIPocalypse Introduction

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings

Each month we have to share the projects we want to complete before the End Of The World.  Measi always gives us a topic to discuss too.

January - Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!

Each year since 2011 I have chosen a number of projects to focus on that year, starting with my "11 in '11" and increasing to "17 in '17" for this year.  For 2017 the list includes a number of SAL pieces which will be stitched each month for various SALs, some WIPs I really want to see finished and two BAP long-term projects I treated myself to last year for my Big Birthday.  Here is the full 17:

1. Chatelaine Designs - Gardens of London
2. Lyndisfarne - Discworld Map
3. Imaginating - Hallowe'en
4. Oberlin - Witch
5. Joan Elliott - 12 Days of Christmas
6. Brooke's Books - Stitcher's Alphabet
7. Lavender & Lace - Enchanted Alphabet 
8. Nora Corbett - Letter M Fairy
9. Teresa Wentzler - Byzantine Ornaments x 3
10. Jannlynn - Gathering Honey
11. Kustom Krafts - Snap Dragon
12. Dragon Dreams - Dragon of the Winter Moon
13. Joan Elliott - Mermaid
14. Drawn Thread - Spots of Seasons x 3
15. The Workbasket - Fox Forest
16. Just Nan - Spring in the Square
17. Dam Good Crafts - Dracula Book Cover

I have been totally focused on project number 5 from that list for the Stitch Maynia 12 Days SAL which started on 25th December.  Here is the 8th Day's progress:

Each day I start a new block and stitch one length of thread there and then stitch one length of thread on each of the previous days' blocks.  You can see that Day 1 and Day 2 are building quite nicely now.

After I have stitched each of the daily blocks I focus on the Angel at the top:

She is a finish!  Kind of, I haven't attached the beads or stitched the metallic around the border.  My next immediate goal is to focus on the Partridge in the Pear Tree for January's post on the Christmas Ornie SAL Blog.  The Angel is for December's theme, only one day late!

I started another SAL today; this one is for the Ten-a-Day group, also on FB.  The idea is that you chose a design of roughly 3,600 stitches (60 x 60) and stitch a mere ten stitches each day to finish it within the year.

Clare had chosen Just Nan's Spring in the Square which I had in my stash so I decided to follow her lead.  Here are my first ten stitches:

stitched on 32 count Light Mocha linen.

I had to search for the group on FB this morning to post my progress and unfortunately the logics behind the internet decided that meant I wanted to see Tena adverts all day!  Thank you very much to the person who named this SAL with such humour.  When you are watching FlossTube you really don't want to keep seeing the Tena Man advert every new video!

Measi has made one change to WIPocalypse this year.  Instead of following the moon cycles, we will now post on the last Sunday of every month.  She is still doing the Discussion Topics which I am very pleased about.  I love a chance to chat and to find out more about my fellow bloggers too.

Finally, I will be continuing with the ever popular Blog Hops this year.  We will have Valentine's, Easter, the return of the Summer Postcard, Hallowe'en and the Advent Calendar.  All at the appropriate time of the year.  I will be posting about the Secret Stitching Sweethearts for Valentine's Day very soon so watch this space.

Eacg