WOYWW 776 - On time for a change, early in fact...

 Hellooooo thar....

A quick one from me today because at the time of typing this, I need to be elsewhere doing other things.  Isn't it always the way?  I really do need a clone.

There's movement on the desk this week, there really is.  I'm fairly confident that the folks that shouldn't be seeing this, won't, so I can (mostly) share what I've been up to.

I'm organising a stitching retreat which is due to take place in Wales, in a little over two weeks.  We've referred to it as "Coven: The Gathering" as we're a bunch of stitchers who like spooky stuff.  I think I've mentioned before that one of our number is flying in from the States.  Anyway, there's a card game called "Magic: The Gathering" and so I've *coff* borrowed from that branding to create our own little logo, and from that I've printed onto some shrink plastic and made custom needleminders and scissor fobs.  You'll forgive me if I don't show them in full yet - just in case one of them wanders across here from YouTube or Instagram!

I did have a bit of a moment earlier, when I managed to scatter an entire pack of crimp beads across the back of my desk but fortunately I was able to locate and save most of them…

Anyhoo - gotta dash - see you all on the hop as it were.

Happy Hopping!

Morti

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WOYWW 775 - Another late one

You know how it is.  On Tuesday you remember you need to do a post and schedule it for Wednesday.  Before you know it it's Wednesday - late - and you still haven't done it and feel like you really should get off the couch and do something.  No?  Just me then?  Alrighty then..... 

Still not a great deal to report on the creative front other than a trial run of some new shrink plastic, the kind you can print on using an inkjet printer.  It's for a little project that's top secret until the first weekend in May. So I won't bore you with a view of my desk because I didn't actually move anything or do anything on it - the printer in question is nowhere near :D hehehe

The stitchalong has crawled this week.  I'm not normally slowed down by backstitch, but this time I have a touch of stitching fatigue.  I really need to do it before I put to one side to do WIPGO.

I'm not sure if I did WIPGO back in 2021, but in case I didn't, it's basically Bingo for your Works In Progress.  On my card I have all but two (well, four now, with the SALs) of my WIPs, and each is set for 5 days' work.  I'll talk about those in more detail next week.  

Throwback to a previous design - the last time I was here I was halfway through the 2021 Peppermint Purple blackwork stitchalong, and as promised, here's a (sorry for the poor quality) picture of the 2021 SAL framed along with its counterpart from 2020.  It was a bit complicated to frame so I had it professionally done  they did a pretty good job.  

SO there you have it.  I'm going to try and visit everyone's desks tomorrow.  I was actually out of the office completely today until almost 3pm, and then in back-to-back client calls.  Sigh.  No rest for the wicked!

Happy Hopping, folks!

Morti

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WOYWW 774 - The Late Night Edition

It’s been a day…. But I’m here for what’s probably the last link of 774 ☺️

No point in sharing my desk because aside from moving a piece of paper, there’s been no action.

I think I managed to get round everyone last week, and found myself utterly enabled by Angela @ Felix The Crafty Cat, in that I found myself buying the owl canvas kit. 🤭 It arrives tomorrow! I figured I deserved a reward for avoiding chocolate for 40 days…. Hehehe

At some point I’ll give y’all an update on the stitched pieces you last saw 3 years ago. I believe at least two of them have now been framed. 

Here’s what I’ve been working on this week, though. It’s a stitch along hosted by World of Cross Stitching magazine, and it’s a little out of my normal wheelhouse due to the colours in it (moved one of my friends to quote “But… pastels, Morti?”

Here’s what it will look like when finished. 

So it’s not a mystery SAL (heck, I’m two releases behind anyhow) but I like that. The mystery ones can be a bit hit or Miss as to whether or. It you’re going to like the finished article!

So, until next time - Morti signing out - and happy hopping!