Showing posts with label Berlin Woolwork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berlin Woolwork. Show all posts

WIPocalypse ...The Second Time Around...For Me

Posted by Jan

Greetings fellow Stitchers and Bloggers!  Welcome to my first post of 2015 and the kick-off to Measi's WIPocalypse stitch-along.  If you're new to all this and haven't a clue, just click on the button in my side menu and it will take you straight to the sign-up and info page.  Well now let's get this post rolling with the first topic of the year.

Topic: Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!
 
Howdy my name is Jan.  I've been stitching off and on throughout most of my life after being taught at the tender young age of 9. While stitching has come and gone in my life, the years since 1997 have brought out a renewed passion for cross stitching.  As of September 2013 I am an unemployed electronics stockroom clerk.  I'm 57 years old and currently living under my parent's charity.  I keep an eye on them and provide them with hospice care while I still keep trying to find work. I'm single (aka spinster) and have no kids or pets.  ....Well I'm thinking about getting a kitten this summer; it's for my 93 yr. old mom to play with and to keep me company... I have a tentative relationship with a 54 yr. old biker named Tony who likes going by his road name of "Viking".  We've been seeing each other about 2 years now.
 
My projects, it seems, have been forever listed on the side menu of my blog page.  Here are all the ones I'll be rotating through in 2015 to try and get them closer to a finish.
 
My Tree of Life - (Mon Arbre de Vie) By Annick Abrial

 
The Book of Ink Circles By Tracy Horner

 
The Sampler - Once Upon A Time - (Le Marquoir - Il était une fois) By Annick Abrial

 
Forest Babies - Mother Skunk and Babies By Candi Martin

 
The Berlin Woolwork Sampler By The Needle's Prayse

 

And last but not least is.....

Camelot Sampler By Teresa Wentzler


I got quite a bit done on this last year and my main goal for 2015 is to get this sucker finished.  I have a very good reason for my motivation...  I've already stitched 2015 in the date window of the sampler starting back in January of 2014. Just to give me a 2 year window to gett'er done!!
 
Even though these two projects aren't listed on the side menu of my blog, I plan to work on them as well in the coming months.
 
Biker's Vest Patch
Norwegian Alphabet Sampler
 
 
And there you have it, my projects and goals for the 2015 year!!
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I'm ALIVE & back from Blog Oblivion

Posted by Jan
Greetings fellow stitchers and bloggers, I have returned to the land o' blogging officially on February 28th with a new face lift to the old blog pages.   It's hard to believe that it's been almost 2 years since I spouted my drivel here for the world to read. 

Quite a lot has happened since then.  The very next month after my last blog blurb I moved from Richland to Kennewick to my own apartment to be just 10 minutes away from work.  It was very lonely at first, being out on my own for the first time and I went through renter's remorse for the first year.  By the second year I had gotten use to living alone.  I also managed to find a boyfriend for roughly 5 months; I dated a co-worker - yeah I know - I broke the cardinal rule - never date a co-worker. Unless, of course, one of you plans on moving on to a different job after the break-up.  Didn't happen - so now I'm stuck with the memory of him dumping me every day I see him at work.  But life goes on, as they say, and a guy friend of mine outside of work has set me up to meet his younger brother.  I've seen him twice so far both times at the local bar/restaurant accompanied by his older brother.  He seems to be interested in me so we shall see what happens.

I've kinda let my stitching fall by the way side.  I have done some work on Berlin Woolwork Sampler.  I've almost got part 2 done, just the 3 motifs on the bottom to finish as you can see from the craptastic picture below.



In May 2011 I did start another stitch-along mystery project, Birds of a Feather by designer Brenda Gervais.  I had read about it through Needle in a Haystack's newsletter.  I tried to keep up by joining the on-line Yahoo group but as always I fell behind and all 3 parts came out before I even got the border completed.  I don't have a current progress picture of it at the moment so maybe tomorrow or Saturday I'll have one.  If you want to see what I've done so far here's the link to my album on the Yahoo group page.[ NIAH_SAL_SummerMysterySampler ]

Well it's time to close this blog blurb as it's now past 10pm and I'm getting sleepy.  I'm glad I finally got off my procrastinating ass and am back blogging again.
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Stitch-y update and good news on the job front....

Posted by Jan
I was planning to post this last Saturday on the 24th but it didn't get crossed off my to-do list until tonight. Anyway...

First the good news.... On April 16 I was officially given full time permanent status at my place of employment as an electronics stockroom clerk. Complete with a raise -- $9.00 an hour. Not only did I get a raise, but I am now eligible for health insurance that the company offers to their FT employees. For the first time in my life I actually have a health care plan. *WAHOO*

On the stitch-y front I haven't had much time to work on Berlin Woolwork Sampler, just Saturdays. So this is an interim snap showing motif 19 and part of 15 [of part 2]. In fact I've been rather tired from chronic fatigue and haven't been stitching at all for the last 2 weekends. (I won't update my webpage until I get all of part 2 finished.)



However.... To celebrate my status as FT permanent, I went a little wild with the credit card and bought myself Garmin GPS unit for my car, plus an HP 10-inch notebook, an external DVD writer, and mouse as accessories. Now I'll never get lost when I go on road trips by myself and I'll have e-mail/internet access at free wi/fi hot spots while I'm traveling.

That's all for this blog blurb.....
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Happy Holidays - 2 Small Updates And Other Stuff

Posted by Jan
To all my Pagan friends Happy Yule, and to everyone else Merry Christmas.

I tried my best to finish part 2 of the Berlin Woolwork Sampler. However, I got called back to work after being laid-off for 3 months so I tried to work on it over the weekends but it just didn't happen all that much. So after tackling motifs 11, 12, & 14 I decided to stop working on it and move on to my French Mystery Sampler "Tree of Life". Which I started back in October of this year. As I am now 2 months behind, I really wanna catch up and for once stay current as the free charts are posted on Annick's site. I have this whole week off from work and now that I've got my shopping done for the holidays, I'm gonna give it my best effort to tackle parts 1 & 2. (Click in the thumbnail for a bigger pic)

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From left to right accross the bottom Motifs: 12, 13, 11, &14

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Here's the first 6 hours of part 1 "Tree of Life"

I'm still looking for full-time permanent work and a local boyfriend. Hopefully I'll have better luck with both in 2010. I've managed to contract Fibromyalgia this last year and it's taken a toll on my health. Constant joint pain and not being able to sleep soundly through the night has put 33 pounds back on me. This is somewhat depressing knowing that it took me the previous year to lose 88 pounds. I try to explain to people it's not what I eat, it's the fact that I can't workout like I use to. That and the lack of energy (chronic fatigue) makes my body try to shut down to conserve energy, hence the weight gain. Since I have no health insurance or permanent work to pay medical bills, I'm trying a natural supplement and vitamin treatment for the condition. I'm hoping it will work because I have no other alterative.

Anyway, I'm gonna try and stay positive over the holidays and through the New Year. I'm not really one for making resolutions; it's too easy to break them. So I will only say that I'm gonna do my best to keep up with my reduced treadmill workout and stretching exercises, reading my romance books, and stick to a rotational system for my stitchery so I can see some progress on my WiPs.

Happy Holidays everyone and see you next year.
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