November WIPocalypse

I did do a little work over the last month or so on Klimt's Tree of Life, and the Mystic Dragon.

I hope you had a good month, and have been able to work more on your WIPs than I have!

Wipocalypse 5

I managed to get a bit more stitching on my Wipocalypse pieces done this month.

I did about 200 stitches down the right side of Klimt. 

And I'm getting close to finishing Lapras and Dragonite in the Epic Pokémon pattern.

Last weekend of freedom

My boyfriend came back here on Thursday and we start work on Monday. We're just lazing about enjoying our free time (although we have done a bit of hard work to sort stuff out before we start!) as we are going to be having very long days. To get to the place where we work, although not far away, is going to take nearly two hours, as we are reliant on public transport, and the route we have to take does not have very regular buses and trains. We're hoping to find a flat somewhere closer in the next few weeks!

Because of all of the above I'm not taking part in IHSW this month, I don't think I'm going to pick anything up at all.

I did a bit of stitching before my boyfriend came back.

I don't know when you'll hear from me next, it'll depend on how tiring working full time is going to be.

Lost: Stitching Mojo

I just don't know where I've put it, it's nowhere to be found.

Anyway, before my mojo disappeared I did a bit on Klimt. The top half is quite close to being done now and I am excited. 

Klimt & Dragon

A small update on Klimt, I think I've done perhaps 100 stitches since I last posted.

I think that the shutter speed it to slow on my camera, because everything comes out all washed out, so I've had to do some fiddling with the colours in GIMP. Hopefully I'll remember how to change the settings on this camera soon, it has been ages since I've used it properly.

I've not been stitching very much the last few days (a touch of depression creeping in), but I still haven't really put Mystical Dragon down. Now his face is finished and his wings are about half way done. I think the border is going to be the most tedious part.

Today I went in to town and went into a craft shop I had not been in before because I kept forgetting about it. They had some lovely scissors. I've also being eyeing up the beautiful scissors of some of you bloggers, so since they were not too dear I was naughty and got a pair.

I think I would have gotten a pair of each if I had had the money! Now at least I have a pair for each project box, so I don't have to look for my scissors each time I switch projects.

Jobhunting & Klimt

My jobhunting has been going well, I've had three interviews for one job already. It's a position as trainee software developer, two of the interviews were with the agency who handles all the training and with whom my contract would be for the first year, the third was with the company I would be working for. They all went really well, I just need to wait for the guy who can decide to hire me to come back from holiday, which isn't 'til the 8th. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, but it's nearly impossible as the interviews went so well.

I've got another interview on Monday for a different job, although also a traineeship in ICT.

And now, the cross stitching. I've started working on Klimt in 10x10 blocks, and it seems to be going a lot faster, and it's also a lot more fun to work this way.

I guess I'm about a quarter of the way through this now.

J.J.'s Collectibles is having a weekend anniversary sale, so I think I might do something naughty... as a treat, for doing so well... yeah...

Living in the Netherlands.

That's sung to the tune of 'Living in America' and it's completely my boyfriend's fault that I keep getting that tune stuck in my head.

Well, so, I got here on Wednesday. It wasn't a very eventful trip, the trains were on time, the plane was on time. All I took with me was a suitcase and a backpack, pretty much stuffed full. As I didn't take very much with me, I also didn't take much of my stitching stuff with me. In fact, this is all I took:

And finally, I finished Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan.

I shan't lie, I didn't much enjoy stitching these two, but I am really pleased with the outcome. They just need a wash and iron, and then they can go off to be made into a quilt.

And updates on the other kits pictured above:

Tree of Life

Epic Pokémon pattern

Birds Sampler

In the two whole days that I've been here I already started doing some job seeking. The amount of jobs that I've found and applied for in those two days has easily been the amount that I usually applied for in two weeks in the UK. I am very hopeful at the moment that it shouldn't take me too long to find a job (though give it a month or so and I may be singing a different tune).

As soon as I do find a job, I'm going to be getting what I need to make a start on It's Berry Time which I'm really looking forward to stitching. I also found a couple of textiles courses in the area and I think I'll join them too.

A quick update.

Klimt is going well, although I had to unpick quite a large section the other day, because I'd skipped a row. >_<

Hitmonlee & Hitmonchan are not going quite so well, the stitching itself is going ok, but I really have to force myself to work on it, unfortunately. This means I am going to give up my Drowzee & Hypno patch, because I don't want to be the one who doesn't pull through.

Klimt and another on the to do list.

I haven't been doing much stitching lately because I've been reading. I recently finished David Gemmel's Dark Moon and Scarlett Thomas's PopCo, both of which are excellent books, and I just couldn't put them down long enough to stitch.

I have done a little more on Tree of Life.

It's still a joy to stitch and I am going to get back to it this evening, hopefully.

I found another kit at a local charity shop that I just have to have. I think it is very lovely in its simplicity. Now I have too many things on my to do list, I think!

It is Birds Sampler by Brenda Walton.

That's it. Happy stitching!

Klimt and PPG

I've been working hard on Klimt because I really enjoy doing the pattern, I don't even mind doing all the filling of the background colour!

 

Klimt's Tree of Life

I got a little farther than this this morning, managing to reach the left edge.

I think a few of you have heard of the Patchwork Pokémon Gym, but for those of you who don't, a brief explanation. A group of stitchers from the Sprite Stitch forum decided to do a charity quilt to benefit those affected by the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami. They decided to make it a Pokémon quilt with patches for each set of Pokémon evolutions and the gym leaders. Check out the Patchwork Gym forum for more information.

I've signed up to do Hitmonlee & Hitmonchan and Drowzee & Hypno.
This is as far as I've got on Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan.

Colours are quite off, unfortunately.

I'm in Leeds at the moment, doing some resits for my university exams, and I'll be all done tomorrow, so I can do lots more stitching again soon!