"Which of your current WIPs do you consider your most difficult piece to stitch?"
It all depends on what "difficult" means. Several of my long-term WIPs have difficulty associated with them. Three examples from my current stitching rotation:
"Royal Gardens" by Fox & Rabbit, their 2023 SAL: the border. I always find borders difficult and usually pray that they actually meet up. This one didn't! And while I have (just this month) found where I went wrong, it would mean having to come up with a fudge because NO WAY am I going to frog all that I have done so far!
"Save the Stitches" by Elizabeth Almond: this one is HUGE, and the stitching is very detailed in very small places. I find my eyes going wonky trying to put the tiny stitches in the right place...
"Fall Banner" 2024 SAL by Stitchonomy: the blue AIDA fabric is SO dark that I can barely see the holes, even with my iPad on flashlight behind the fabric.
~~~~~WIPS~~~~~
1. Elizabeth Almond's "Save the Stitches", begun in 2014. I worked on block 108 but didn't manage to finish it.
2. "Royal Gardens", a mystery SAL by Fox & Rabbit, begun in 2023. On a pale green 32ct Lugana (it said "sapphire" but it doesn't look blue to me) and Threadworx variegated thread (1048 "Woodland Green"). I began to work on the left border this month and found where it was the ONE stitch off that made the left border not meet up properly! Made a fudge-correction on the right side but now have to work out how to fudge the nearly complete left side. AARGH!
3. "Faith, Hope, Love", a mystery SAL for 2024 by Fox & Rabbit. On antique white 28 ct Lugana using a Threadworx variegated (Autumn Leaves 1039) and three DMC colors (436, 975, and 310) that closely match some colors on that Threadworx floss... I'm on schedule here - August's installment is due out August 1.
~~~~~ A FINISH!~~~~~
"Kingdoms of Life" by Stitchonomy, begun in 2023. Using the kit provided (an oatmeal Aida and DMC colors) plus a select few skeins of grey and greens for the changes to make my biology major mind happy with how the individual organisms look in real life.
~~~~~
On the non-SAL (and inactive SAL) front:
• The Glendon Place "Hope & Strength" piece still requires extensive beading.
• The Lakeside SAL "Login" still languishes untouched.
My traveling needlepoint was taken out in March and put right back in the project bag. We had a July road trip planned so I finally sat down with the chart and sorted and label large hanks of numbered threads by color so I can actually stitch! I haven't gotten around to it yet... AAARGH!. The first photo- how one bundle of threads were before sorting:
all neatly on numbered floss drops:
Sadly, because we had a missing pet (who was eventually found), I had to cancel out of a planned road trip and stay home, looking for him. No idea when the next road trip will be...
~~~~~
And that is my July report...
