I had surgery on 24 January so didn't get around to posting an update for January.  Here is HAED Spirit of Winter by Josephine Wall.  Finished 2 pages.  Starting to see the holly in her hair.

This is the latest for SK Seasons Winter.  I've finished the top half of page 2 now, so one and a half pages completed.

Finished: Love Letter

Here she is framed.  After 600 hours of stitching over 2 1/2 years.

October Update

Nearly there, just 3 more pages to go.  Hopefully she'll be finished before Christmas.  I did a lot of stitching in October, but now summer is coming I won't be getting as much stitching time in - the garden and running will take away some of my stitching time.

september update

Just realised I haven't posted my September update yet.  I started Spirit of Winter, by Josephine Wall, an HAED design.  I'm so excited.  I love how it is stitching up.  I finished the first page 7840 stitches in 53.5 hours.  This is the top of her hood appearing.
I'm now back to Love Letter.  Not sure if I'll finish LL this rotation, we'll see how she goes.

August update

Another good stitching month. Too wet and cold outside so perfect excuse to stay indoors.  We even had our first snow in Auckland since 1939.  Mind you it only lasted a few minutes and I missed it.  Here is my progress to date on Love Letter. 

I'm going to leave this now to start on HAED's  Spirit of Winter, a Josephine Wall design.  Refer to an earlier post for what this will look like.  This will be done on 22ct Hardanger.  I got the fabric and fibres from 123stitch a couple of weeks ago.  So much cheaper than buying in New Zealand, even with the cost of postage.  I've spent the last week preparing the fabric and getting project cards labelled and threads sorted so i'm ready to start this weekend. 

July 2011 progress report

The weather was so bad here in July that I had lots of stitching time.  The target was to complete one page, but I managed 2 1/2.  Below is the latest picture.

I've changed by mind about starting Little Kitten next, and decided to start Spirit of Winter in September.  Off to order fabric and fibres now.  With the exchange rate it makes so much more sense to order from the US.  One flossie of DMC costs $1.60 here, with the exchange rate I can get it for the equivalent of 64 cents.  Even with the cost of postage this should save me around $40!