Hey everyone! I hope you have had some sun wherever you are – it was late arriving for the “summer” holidays here in Aotearoa, so late that I was joking we missed it in the lead up to Christmas. Unfortunately January has also brought in some pain, as B farewelled a school friend (very hard to do at 22) and a family friend drowned and another has passed due to cancer. Please, please – take care of yourselves and your loved ones. The city has also lost four people in the horrific flooding that’s taken us over.
Right. Stitchy stuff.
I have completed one goal in my annual list!
- FO Seas the Day (Hands on Design)
Seas the Day was completed on January third, while we were travelling State Highway 35 around the East Coast of the North Island. I have found a frame too and just need to re-colour it.
Other pieces that have been worked on this month include
- A Stitch in Time (825 or 41.86%)
- The Letter P Fairy (429 or 9.09%)
- Rogue Dragon (757, now 70.06%)
- Seasonal Trilogy Autumn (400, now 10.49%)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (2623, now 49.67%)
- Tournee du Chat Noir (4559, now 15.79%)
- Jim Shore’s 12 Days (474, now 29.43%)
Strawberry Fields has become my go-to stitch, as it’s mostly GAST and Weeks, which I love, and there’s a bit of repetition. Perfect for binge watching – we’ve done Wrexham and all the Broadchurch this month, and there’s been a lot of cricket. I’ve also put most things into Pattern Keeper to make it easier on myself, but that 12 Day’s number refers to only days 3 & 4. That’s all I’ve re-charted right now. Days 1 & 2 were completed prior to March 2021. In total I hit 11038 stitches, well over target.
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I am especially attracted to the one with the consistent border and the beginnings of a house. How dreadful to lost a friend by drowning. It is not one of the ways of losing those close to us that we expect.
That’s Strawberry Fields Forever.
And as Aotearoa is such a small place, another completely unrelated friend was at that beach watching it unfold, and the hard work by first responders.
THanks for the name of the stitching. Was it a riptide? That is how folks perish on our coast.
No. He apparently hit his head on the rocks and couldn’t be revived. The service is next week, on Saturday.
OH how dreadful.
such sadness – but also great to hear that you’ve progressing with your stitching
Thank you