February - Unspoken

I hope I am not posting this at the wrong time!

Here's my 'Unspoken' for this month - if you see the purple arrow at top right, that is the middle of the top row! :D :D :D  Only a couple stitches are there, but I'm still happy to have reached it :D

Tama

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More little bitty progress!  I think I have stitched a soft-focus branch, though.

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December - Unspoken

I still barely got any more done.

I did decide to try something I saw... somewhere, I forgot!  To work in rows instead of columns.  Never did it before so I'm trying it out, although I fully intend to completely fill in the top row of two pages and then move on to the top row of the next two pages, not scatter stitches all the way across XD

Happy New Year!

Tama

Unspoken

I didn't get a lot done on my project this month, I am furiously finishing up Christmas gifts XD

Mostly some white, and mostly invisible.

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Unspoken - October

I finished page one :D

Got a tiny bit started on page two, as well.

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September Unspoken

I was very unfocused in September so no page finish yet :D  Maybe next month.

I did do a very few stitches on page two to keep a line from forming and/or to finish off a length of floss.

I don't decorate for Halloween - it's too rural where I live; the schools have Halloween parties and we don't get trick or treaters 'cause they are all at the schools.  I save my energy for the Christmas decorating!  It's a big thing to drive around and look at people's Christmas decorations and last year I finally had a few cars stop to look at mine.  So silly but so fun!

Tama

August - Unspoken

Here is my progress - two more columns done and only the last two of the page to go.  I already started the confetti in them. (Can you call it confetti when it is only about six colors? lol!)

The first cross stitch I ever did was in High School Home Ec class - they always taught a craft once a year and that year was cross stitch.  We got ONE lesson and that's all the instruction I ever really got that I learned from a real, live person :D   But she was a good teacher, made sure all the stitches were crossed the same way, no knots, and not to carry colors too far.  We all stitched a little owl.

I added the 'A' later, because I really loved doing cross stitch but the one thing they didn't tell us was where to get more stuff to stitch!  So I really wanted to do more.  The 'A' was my baby sister's initial.  Then I didn't stitch for a couple years until I found some kits in a discount store and was like 'OH! I know how to do that!' and I've never completely stopped since :D

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Here's my update pic for 'Unspoken'!

I got about 1,000 stitches done this time around.  Not as much as last month but I'm happy with it :D

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'Unspoken' Update

I got more done than usual; I had a column and a half done, now I have four columns so I have finished the first half page.

This whole time I've been stitching what seems like nothing but now I can actually kind of see the sunlight filtering through the mist, there.  Cool :D  Still looking forward to the next page when actual objects start to appear.

My favorite stitchy spot is, when the weather is just right, outside on my front porch, so I can watch the birds at the feeders.

Looking forward to seeing all the progress shots!!!

Tama

May Progress: Unspoken

Here is my update for May:

I have got most of the confetti done on this page; there is only a tiny bit to go, then it will grow much faster as I have only two colors with big areas and I can just stitch and stitch while I watch youtube videos :D

For the monthly question, which I forgot to answer in the middle of the month XD, my favorite stitching gifts have been family presents - my Mum bought me two Dimensions Gold Collection kits for Christmas once, Mighty Samurai and Elegance of the Orient.  I've only started the Samurai so far but both will be done someday!  And my sister has bought me two HAED patterns, one for Christmas and one for my birthday, Meeting on the Turret Stairs and Disarmed.

Tama

Unspoken

Here's my tiny progress on Unspoken; I did another project for the A-Z blogging challenge and it took up all my time, so I only did a couple hundred stitches.  Mostly in B5200.

The picture also has my answer to this month's question - right now my favorite thing is needle minders!  I was doubtful, bought one this month, loved it and now have four!

Tama

'Unspoken' - March Update

I procrastinated this month because I made an error last month.  I thought I might work around it, but in the end I knew I would have to frog, and I hate picking out stitches on this tiny fabric!  But I finally did it and restitched, then got a little more done.

Last month:

This month:

A few more shades of gray and a little more across the top.  This whole page is just greyscale sunbeams, but the next pages will be fun :D  If I go across, I get tree branches and the start of the Elf's hair, if I go down, I get the small figure of the Queen (the artist has stories on her website to go with the pictures, so I know she is a Queen.  I just can't remember their names!  I need to look them up)

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Tama's March Theme

It took me a while to choose one of my many (many) WIPs as a favorite.  I finally got it down to Bent Creek's Snappers and this one, but this one gets worked on more so I guess it wins :D

QS Lovers by HAED - it was a SAL on the HAED Bulletin Board, and the artist is retired, so neither this small version nor the big version is available now.  The big version was all dress and the faces were just little blotches so I never bought it.

Here's how it will look:

And I've gotten this far:

I work on it every month during the International Hermit and Stitch Weekend.

Thanks for looking :D

Tama

Tama's February Update

Here is 'Unspoken' last month:

And what I got done this month:

I reached the right edge of the page and the bottom.  Also got to work with some darker colors that actually show up, lol!

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January Progress - Unspoken

Here is my progress, such as it is!

Still pretty much invisible, almost 1,000 stitches.  Hopefully, he will come up in my rotation more often in February.

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I didn't get too far on the 1st and none today, but at least he is started!

A whole lot of white and off white and light grey!

Tama