January Stitch from Stash and Pie

 Regular followers will know I produce a delicious home-made pie to illustrate my focus projects for the month.  I don't record minutes or stitches so this gives an approximate idea of how much time each WIP got.

I had already spent 22 days in December stitching The Fox so that makes a total of 35 days.  But some of them were very short due to working extra in the run-up to Christmas.  I am hoping The Swans won't take as long to finish off.  The plan is to put them aside now and see if I can fit them in if I complete a focus project early in a month.

stitched over 1 on 25 count Cirrus evenweave from Chromatic Alchemy

Cottage Garden Samplings is my Dark 13 project so that will get one day per month.  The other two were for my A-Z Challenge over International Hermit & Stitch Weekend so one day each.

stitched on 40 count Witch's Brew linen from Zweigart

This should be the pattern for this year - 3 individual days and the rest of the month on one or two focus projects.

My evening pie will follow a similar format - one focus project chosen by WIPGO and one blackwork to fill the rest of the evenings if I finish the focus before the end of the month.

Amaranth only took 18 days so I got lots of time for my Circle Cross Zodiac, completing Capricorn and making a good start on Aquarius.

stitched on 28 count sky blue evenweave from Silkweavers

Finally, Stitch from Stash, this is my tenth year!  I skipped 2016 as it was a Big Birthday Year and I wanted to be able to splurge a little.

It's a big fat zero to start the year.  I haven't really bought anything at all this month, not for any of my hobbies.