The Sound of Silence

Oh.

Hello.

*looks around with shifty eyes*

Yes.

Well.

Sorry about the continued and protracted absence.

Crafting has been continuing. Promise. Along with other stuff.

In good news, some of my WIP's are gone, gone, GONE!!

Some more new stuff started. Trying to teach myself to knit with DPN's. Interesting.

One of the lovely men mentioned in my last post (yes, that's right. That one from back in November...last year...) has turned out to be quite the keeper.He's making me very happy. So that's good :)

Had a lovely trip to Tasmania (with the aforementioned Lovely Man...woooooooooo!!) - spent some time in Hobart and also hiked The Overland Track for 6-days. Gruelling. But worth it.

Several more triathlons undertaken. Continuing to improve. Bought a REDONKULOUSLY expensive new triathlon bike. That I love a little more than is strictly seemly. His name is Felix and the photo below does seriously not do him justice :)






Went to a lovely friends lovely wedding. Beautiful :)


Visited my parentals in Albany for Xmas. Fun. Kinda...


Met the Lovely Man's family. And his plethora of friends. Apparently his family think I'm wonderful. They may be right ;)


I think that is all of note.


Promise to pop a tutorial up in the next few days for a fabric canvas thingy I made. So easy it doesn't really need a tute, and has possible also been done to death on other blogs, but I'm very impressed with myself.


Will also update WIP progress.


Pinky swear.

Super Stitch-a-long

I am a somewhat experienced stitcher-er (altho you would not belive the dramas I am having trying to type the word!!). I have been cross-stitching for years and years and years after succumbing to my mother's very insistent demands that I learn as a child, having taken out prizes in our local country show (BWAHAHAHAhahahahaha take THAT elderly CWA ladies...). I have also dabbled in hardanger and other embroidery styles with a great deal of success. i'm one of those detail oriented people that counted cross-stitch and the ilk is really easy for.

But now...

Now I have joined Pip's Xmas stitchalong at www.meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com. I think even for the mostly uninitiated this would be an easy-peasy project to do. Pip has very clear and concise, easy to understand instructions (complete with pictures) and is running a wee tutorial every week or so (I think). We are onto the second step already, although the first step was just to gather the materials.

Soooooo.....give it a try peeps!! The results should be quite cute and if you don't have a stocking recipient of your own (or are going to keep it for yerself!) you might have a niece / nephew / neighbourhood child / co-workers offspring to give it to. Or otherwise - maybe a child who is sick in hospital?

Anyhoo, get out there and give it a go!! (Youngish) Stitchers of the world, Unite!!!

That is all :)

(Except for a brief Xmas card tutorial over the next few days. My FIRST EVER tutorial!! Woot!!)