Monthly Recap - January, 2025

January is typically a good stitching month and this January was no exception.  I worked on six projects, Four were new starts and two were WIPs carried over from last year.

First, I finished Santa Paws from the Mill Hill Winter Holiday Collection that had been started in December, 2024.

Next, I started and finished Gingerbread Lass from the Mill Hill Beaded Holiday Collection.

My third project was the Trees Sweater from Cross Stitcher Magazine #377 and designed by Emma Congdon.  It was started in November, 2024.

My fourth project and second start was the Snowman Sweater, also from Cross Stitcher Magazine #377 and designed by Emma Congdon.

 

My fifth project and third start was Little Miss Cross Stitch, the January Stitch It design from Amanda Dion of Creatively Crafting.

 

And my final project was the start and finish of the Starfish, the January StitchMe Bonus from Amanda Dion of Creatively Crafting.

I also FFO'd the four ornaments shown above and two that had been finished in 2024.

January Statistics

Days Stitched This Month = 26  Days Stitched This Year  = 26 (possible = 31) Total Hours Stitched This Month = 73 hours and 4 minutes
Total Hours Stitched This Year = 73 hours and 4 minutes
Number of Projects Worked on This Month = 6 Number of Unique Projects Worked on This Year = 6 Number of Projects Started This Month = 4 Number of Projects Started This Year = 4 Number of WIPs Worked on This Month =  2 Number of WIPs Worked on This Year =  2 Number of Projects Finished This Month = 6 Number of Projects Finished This Year = 6 Number of Projects FFO'd This Month = 6 Number of Projects FFO'd This Year = 6

February Plans

February's stitching will consist of new starts, most if not all of them, smalls.

WIPGO starts are Christmas Cactus and Santa Cruise, both Mill Hill kits.

Also to be stitched are the January and February Mer-Things from Creatively Crafting

A restitch of the January Stitch It Bundle on Aida and the February Stitch It Bundle

The February Stitch Me Bonus which is a dolphin

If there's time, I'd also like to stitch a Minnie Mouse baby bib and Let's Purr by Ursula Michael.

Happy Dance - Starfish

 

Started: 1/26/2025

Finished: 1/31/2025

Total Time: 21 hours and 26 minutes

This is the January Stitch Me Bonus from Amanda Dion at Creatively Crafting.  This year the squares are all sea creatures.

It's stitched mostly as charted on 14-count printed Dew Aida by DMC. I left off the bubbles surrounding the starfish and some of the back stitch because it didn't show up enough to add to the project.  It is stitched with all of the called for colors, but  the chart did call for E316 and I used regular 316 instead.

It took so long because I restarted it three times.  The first time was on 25-count Lugana, but I was having so much trouble seeing the holes that I restarted it on the Aida after about an hour of struggling.  The second time I was almost halfway done when I realized that it was badly mis-centered.

Once, all 12 squares have been completed, they will be made into a quilt.  The destination depends on who I get to do the quilting.

Next up: Christmas Cactus (Mill Hill)