Flying Orcas? I Mean Needles!

This is my UFO round robin, and a photo of my piece as it has arrived at its latest destination.  I am so thrilled with it so far!  Thanks, ladies! :)

I'm working on Linda's UFO at the moment.  A few hours have added up so far.  I'm doing a big chunk of one color so I can pick it up at any time when I'm on the run.  So far I have caught myself on the backward stitches a few times.  I ALWAYS start my crosses and half crosses on the top right or bottom left.  Had some down time hanging out with brothers today.  No pants Thursday. lol

Let me Outline this for You

Flying Circus!

I'm just going to say that this week has been phenomenal and I even got some time in on stitching, as it turns out while watching Monty Python's Flying Circus.. 

I would say the progress on this is slow and steady.  I've been pretty on-the-go lately.  Getting more used to the 32 count fabric.  It's cool to get so many stitches in with only one length of thread (compared to other counts) lol. 

Ren Faire!

Huzzah!

I went to my first Renaissance Faire today.  So entertaining! 

On the 2+ hour car ride up, I worked on CDT a little.  There were distractions, hehe, but the outline of Page 1 is basically stitched and some odd motifs are emerging!

Plane Triangles

My little bit of progress on my CDT. I stitched during my two short flights and basically slept through the 5 hour one lol plus a few days, a couple minutes here and there working on it. My stitching is 1x1 32ct Antique White Lugana.

Did I mention no class tomorrow? I think it is worth saying, as it likely will not happen again this quarter. lol My only Friday class seems to have exams and quizzes every Friday.

Some Oldies

Packing has been intense in the past few days. Getting rid of things is very difficult for me. I believe most stitchers can say the same. I found many interesting things in the process, and even something that made me cry a little inside, and smile at the same time. Maybe more on that one later. So in conclusion, reminiscing happened. Speaking of which, here are some past finishes that hopefully you will enjoy looking at!

I could go overboard and explain everything, but I think I'll save that until someone asks about a specific thing. The one I'd like to point out is the little flower in the oval frame. I think that was my first embroidery ever! Well a few pieces of similar cloth were my practice stitches and Grandma showing me how. The frame was actually from a cross stitch kit of a goose! You see, I was interested to try this little cross stitch kit, but when I started it I think I probably counted wrong and got messed up. I was seven, so I did not know how to fix it. lol I messed up the thread with that attempt and never stitched the Goose (still have the pattern though) but eventually used the frame for the little flower. I think my skills have improved over time. If you look closely enough on some things like the bookmark, there are definitely some crosses in both directions!

First HAED Page!

This is the spot reserved for the first full page I finish.  And I hope a photo will appear tonight.  I am getting close with Phoenix 1!

Meh, sore throat and very nasty headache happened.  Guess this did start last night, but I was in denial.  This is the exact same "cold" I've had 20 times.  Each lasting at least a month, up to about eight.

Had to stop working on Phoenix for the night, but I did get a chunk completed.

Edited to add a photo of my completed Page 1! Phew, that last section took much longer than I expected it to. At any rate, this piece is going to be put away temporarily. I have some work to do on the UFO Round Robin, and possibly more Cirques.