What I did For IHSW May 2022

 I did catch my husband's cold. Sigh. But here is what I managed to stitch:

Pour ta Fete

More Than A Rose is finished! Now how shall I fully finish it?

Purple Mountain Majesty Heart:

More tent stitch done on this and lots more to do!

Springhill:

Lots and lots of green left to do.

IHSW for May 2022

 Well, it is the beginning of the International Hermit and Stitch Weekend and I shall post what I hope to stitch. We will see. It is gardening season and my poor hubby has a nasty cold. So far I have NOT gotten it, but we shall see...

Pour ta Fete will get attention for sure as I stitch on it pretty much daily:

More than A Rose Group Correspondence Course just needs one more petal. If I don't get sick, it should get finished:

I haven't touched Purple Mountains Majesty Heart by Gay Ann Rogers in almost a week. I was trying to put 15 stitches in a day so I need to play catch-up:

Oh! The IHSW is just a weekend where we try to get a little extra stitching time and post it on the Facebook Group-IHSW-International Hermit and Stitch Weekend

Getting Brave

 I started on my first petal for my More Than a Rose center flower. Not perfect, but I am enjoying it.

I think I will detatch it and add it to the piece and then start the next one today.

Why Chocolate?

 Jo asked why so much chocolate in my photos. I'm doing  #the100dayproject on Instagram.  I decided, as a joke, to do #100daysofchocolate2022 . I try not to eat the chocolate every day...

Here is my calendar for April:

And here is my calendar for March, since I didn't seem to post it:

I am trying to finish More than a Rose:

I think I am doing this wrong and need to take time to play with it.

What I have Been Stitching?

 First, thanks for all the encouragement on Blue Larkspur. I still need to get with my friend as this piece has caused me numerous frogging encounters. If it is not in properly, the other motifs don't fit. Sigh.

 

I have been able to get 15 stitches a day(Mostly)  on Purple Mountain Majesty by Gay Ann Rogers.

I need to add the white snow caps next. No chocolate while stitching that!

More Than a Rose is progressing nicely. I am no expert on needlelace, but I am enjoying the process:

 

And I needed a piece to stitch on Sunday's at my mother-in-law's house. It is dark in there and I need to be able to see my stitching and keep up my end of the conversation. So out came the class I took at the Royal School of Needlework when I visited in 2019. It is a little crewel piece by Chrissie Juno-Mann

No clue what I will do with it, but it has been so fun to stitch!

A Dragonfly and A Snail!

 I have been plugging away on my More Than a Rose Group Correspondence Course from EGA. I finally completed the background and was able to move to the fun stuff.

Here is the background completed with bullion knots and dragonfly:

The snail is supposed to have a thread woven in the shell. I am debating on whether to use brown or another color. Thoughts?

I originally did the dragonfly with pink, but didn't like it. The blue works in my mind!

IHSW March 2022 :What I Will Try to Stitch

 The important word is TRY!

Pour ta Fete by Lind

Purple Mountains Majesty Heart by Gay Ann Rogers

Lizard Canvas:

More Than a Rose by Melinda Sherbring:

I really want to start a new piece as I feel like it might cheer me up a bit. But a bit of progress on one or all of these would also be a blessing!

Gifted Gorgeousness March 2022

 Well, I am glad I have a reminder on my phone for this lovely little challenge. I was wondering, what have I stitched that could count as a "gift"? Hmmm. Not Purple Mountain Majesty by Gay Ann Rogers-

(The trees are supposed to be half crosses, BTW. They just look a little weird to me.)

Not More Than A Rose by Melinda Sherbring:

You can't tell, but there is a ton of shiny threads on this piece!

Put Pour ta Fete will work!  I think the original sampler was stitched as a gift for an aunt! That counts, doesn't it?

Go check Jo's Blog out to see more Gifted Gorgeousness!

One WIPGO Project

 Well, More Than a Rose was called again this month so I am trying to work on it a bit each day. I was supposed to start stitching the background in a silver wire:

I felt it was too thick, so I removed it and am using some DMC that I have:

I like it a lot better.

January 2022 WIPGO Goals Met

 I worked on Springhill by Rosewood Manor for 8 hours.

Here is my starting point:

And here is where I ended:

It was those big trees that took forever!

I also was able to get the plaited braid done on More Than a Rose:

I will spend the rest of the weekend working on my HAED. Maybe I will get enough done to post a progress photo tomorrow.

More Than a Rose-Plaited Braid!

 Normally, I don't bother with a doodle cloth, but I knew I needed to practice this stitch before I put it on my piece.

I didn't have much trouble using the Perle Cotton, but using the gold wire required some fiddling. Hopefully it will work when I get to my piece. I used Mary Corbet's tutorial, which you will find HERE

A Little Stitching and It is IHSW!

 I have been working on this piece for 30 minutes most days and have finally completed the tent stitch. Yipee!

More Than a Rose by Melinda Sherbring.

This is the 3rd weekend of the month so we have an International Hermit and Stitch Weekend. The idea is to spend some extra time stitching if you can.

My game plan is to work on my HAED this weekend. Yep, I still have it and haven't abandoned it.

It is Reptiles by Escher and here is where I was at the beginning of the month:

Hopefully I will take some time this weekend to stitch and be able to show you some progress.

Trying to Get Through the Boring Bits

 Do you ever feel that way about a project? That some of it is really boring?More Than A Rose is that way right now. Well, the tent stitch on this piece is really boring to me. Not sure why as it isn't much different than doing little x's on linen...

Maybe it's that the next part is much more challenging and interesting....And do you think I need to add a little french knot on my bunny's nose? 

IHSW for November 2021 Wrap-up

 Well, my weekend started poorly with the discovery that I stitched Pour Ta Fete in the wrong orientation:

I ripped out the few letters and left it for another day. Oh well. At least I didn't stitch all the way across the piece.

Blue Larkspur got some attention, put not a ton:

I put some stitches into Springhill:

Lots of starts and stops, so I feel like I made some serious progress although I have a lot of hill left to do.

I also stitched a little on More Than A Rose. Here is where I started:

And here it is at the end of the weekend:

 

A Bit Off But....

 I am not thrilled with my outline on More Than A Rose:

My rabbit has a very odd eye and I am not so sure about the stem on the acorn. But I am going to keep going. I think it will be fine in the long run. It is, after all, a learning piece.

Here is What I "Should" Be Stitching

 This is the Group Correspondence Course that I am taking with my local guild. I like it, but I am having trouble wanting to stitch on it. Since I am leading this, I think I need to pick it back up:

I think it will be more fun when I start adding colors.