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


Since 2011 I have chosen a number of projects to focus on that year, starting with my "11 in '11" and increasing to "24 in '24" for this year.  For 2024 I have done something completely different to previous years!  Having focused on larger projects over the past couple of years I realised I had a lot of smaller designs I really wanted to stitch which somehow didn't fit into the rotation.  So I went through my stash and picked out all the ones I really wanted to stitch sooner rather than later, organised them into size order and put the 12 smallest on the list followed by 12 medium projects.  The only two that have been started already are the Joan Elliott Faces and CGS Year in the Woods.

This is the full list of 24:

1. Sweetheart Tree - September Strawflowers
2. Shepherd's Bush - Halloween Trifles
3. Rainbow Hunter - Alice Bottles
4. Drawn Thread - Spot of Summer
5. Drawn Thread - Spot of Winter
6. Lizzie*Kate - Sampling Christmas
7. Shannon Christine - 12 Days of Christmas
8. La Broderie - Quiet Hour Sampler
9. Shepherd's Bush - Amaranth
10. Full Circle Designs - Moonshadow Mini
11. Hands on Designs - Nevermore
12. Living on the Rainbow - Haunted House
13. Joan Elliott - Faces SAL
14. Stitchy Princess - Alice in Wonderland
15. Life in Stitch - Aslan
16. Tra La La - Couer de Sorciere
17. Cottage Garden Samplings - 12 Days of Christmas
18. Nora Corbett - Claire
19. Nora Corbett - Capricorn
20. Maria Bravko - Life in the Shire
21. Cottage Garden Samplings - Year in the Woods
22. Primitive Hare - Hocus Pocus Cabinet
23. Cricket Collection - Spring
24. Cottage Garden Samplings - Halloween Sampler 
    

I am also taking part in WIPGO again.  This is a FB Bingo group.  You choose 25 goals for the year and each month the Admin pick two numbers to focus on.  When you have met your goal, you tick off that block.  You can give yourself rewards for completing a row or a column.

Here's my WIPGO board:

You can see I haven't added the names of any projects yet.  The plan is to look at my list when the numbers are called and decide which will be a Small and which will be a Medium.

For January the numbers 9 and 22 have been called.  By coincidence, they both represent the same two projects so that was nice and easy.  Year in the Woods will be my daytime project and Amaranth will be my smaller evening project.  Note - the board numbers and the project numbers don't sync after 13 because that is a free square on the WIPGO Board.

I am hoping that most of these can be completed in less than a month but if not, then I can pick them up if I finish a project early.  We shall see how the year pans out.

stitched over 1 on 25 count Cirrus evenweave from Chromatic Alchemy

stitched on 32 count Antique White linen

I also stitched the first six leaves for my Temperature SAL.  This is the Tree of Life from Steady Thread:

stitched on 28 count Meadow Mist Cashel Linen from Silkweavers

Not sure about the lime leaf and whether I need to pick a darker lime green

The WIPocalypse posts are the last Sunday of each month

My other SALs are

Fully Finished Gallery - post anything fully finished on the 10th of each month
Gifted Gorgeousness - post anything gifted on the 15th
Smalls SAL - last Friday of each month

The TUSAL - post on the New Moon each month


Finally, I will be continuing with the ever popular Blog Hops this year. We will have Valentine's, Easter,  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.