Hello all!
Another year gone, and another year of lists coming up!
2022 was definitely a year of two halves - the first being successful, the second rapidly slipping away. Here's a graph showing my declining stitching time as the year progressed. I think it's obvious stitching wasn't good in May or from the summer onwards!
Stitching time totalled 309 hours, or an average of 50 minutes per day. This may sound impressive, but over half of those hours were in the first three months and only 12 hours in the last three!
My Monarchs were the first to suffer, being unceremoniously pushed aside, then The Loneliness Of Autumn, my SAL with Leonore was guiltily put away.
A stint in hospital in September, and my stitching-days-in-a-row going from 2278 to zero certainly didn't help, and I've not really bounced back from those.
And then of course, there are all of your comments which are still in my inbox, and all of your blogs which I haven't read for months. I don't want to give up stitching or blogging, so please send positive energy my way for a stitchier and bloggier 2023!
Needless to say, I didn't achieve everything I set out to achieve in 2022. Here are my successes and failures:
A Monarch A Month - stitch 12 monarchs ❌ stitched 4, posted 1
The Loneliness Of Autumn - stitch for 120 hours ❌ stitched for 20 hours
Smalls SAL - stitch 12 small pieces, one per month ❌ completed and posted 9
Winter Olympics - finish Let's Be Frozen ✅
Winter Paralympics - finish 10 variegated dragons ✅
Mischievous March - start four projects ✅ and finish the four projects ❌ finished 1
Christmas In July - continue Merry Christmas By The Letter ✅
Dark October - continue (finish?) Haunted Library ❌ didn't touch
Naughty November - start four projects and finish the four projects ❌ didn't start any of them
Christmas Day onwards - continue (finish?) Merry Christmas By The Letter❌ didn't touch
SALs - each month join in with:
People's Choice SAL - ✅
FFG SAL - ✅
Smalls SAL - ❌ January to October only
FFO as much as possible - ✅ well, not as much as possible, but 17 is OK
Finish lots of WIPs - ✅ finished 16 WIPs from previous years
My main consolation is that, for the first time since 2018, I had more finishes than starts so that in itself is something I am proud of, and means my overall statistics now look like this:
Number of WIPs brought forward from 2021 = 88 (including BAPs I may never work on again)
Plus number of new starts = 22
Less number of finishes = 35
Number of WIPs to carry forward into 2023 = 75
Now comes the really boring bit, the lists of projects which make up those statistics. Those in red have been finished, those in black will be carried forward to 2023.
LARGE WIPs BROUGHT FORWARD
1) Mythical Dragon (True Colors)
2) QS Emerald Dragon (HAED)
3) SK The History Of Chocolate (HAED)
4) QS Come Softly (HAED)
5) Mini Bookworm Fairy (HAED)
6) Mini The Owrd Lord (HAED)
7) Mini One (HAED)
8) Dolphin Ruins (Rabnann - ebay)9) OMG Tigger Is Out (UnconventionalX - etsy)
10) Dragon Eye (not yet blogged)
11) Magnolia (not yet blogged)
12) Tribal Dragon (Thread Geeks)
13) Kings and Queens
14) The Loneliness Of Autumn
'NORMAL' WIPs BROUGHT FORWARD
15) Ballerina
'NORMAL' WIPs BROUGHT FORWARD
15) Ballerina
16) Giraffe
17) Greedy Robin
18) Friends For Life
19) Feline Groovy
20) Loves Me ... Love Me Not
21) Book Worm
45) Wonderful Fright
19) Feline Groovy
20) Loves Me ... Love Me Not
21) Book Worm
22) Carefree Summer
23) A Tatty Friend
24) Dandelion Time
25) Flower Power
26) All Aboard The Walnut Shells
27) Christmas Wishes
28) Cuddly Feline Friends
29) Choc-A-Holic
30) I Love Butter
31) Good Morning Nelson
32) Winter Hugs
33) Lickle Snooze
34) A Windy Day
35) Little Green
36) Start Trek TOS
37) Clue
38) Evil Minions
39) Pandas
40) Haunted Library
41) Grow Your Own
35) Little Green
36) Start Trek TOS
37) Clue
38) Evil Minions
39) Pandas
40) Haunted Library
41) Grow Your Own
42) Pretty Little Toronto
43) Basket Case
44) Mouse Reading Book45) Wonderful Fright
46) Happiness Delivery Couple
47) Pooh 3 - With Head On Ground
48) Pooh 4 - Standing With Pot On Head
49) Pooh 5 - Looking At Smashed Pot
50) Mouse With Books
51) Gatekeepers
47) Pooh 3 - With Head On Ground
48) Pooh 4 - Standing With Pot On Head
49) Pooh 5 - Looking At Smashed Pot
50) Mouse With Books
51) Gatekeepers
52) Let's Bloom
53) Let's Have Fun In The Sun
54) Let's Breeze Into Autumn
54) Let's Breeze Into Autumn
55) Let's Be Frozen
56) Deathly Hallows In A Bottle
57) Golden Snitch In A Bottle
58) Merry Christmas By The Letter
59) Autumnal Baby Dragon
60) Burrow Snow Globe
61) Dragon Shelf
62) Godrich's Hollow Snow Globe
63) Mexico
64) Korea
65) Mouse Lighting Candle
66) Mouse Reading Scroll
66) Mouse Reading Scroll
67) Netherlands
68) Paris
69) Privet Drive Snow Globe
70) Rome
71) Russia
72) Shell Cottage Snow Globe
73) United Kingdom
74) USA
75) Witch's Hat Shelf
76) Dragon 9
77) Dragon 2
78) Dragon 11
79) Dragon 5
80) Dragon 4
81) Dragon 10
82) Dragon 12
83) Dragon 1
84) Dragon 6
85) Dragon 3
86) French Country Squirrel
87) French Country Pumpkin
88) Watercolour Dolphin
NEW STARTS IN 2022:
01) Snowflake The Cactus
02) Letter C for Clare's Tree (gift)
03) Letter H for Clare's Tree (gift)
04) Letter R for Clare's Tree (gift)
05) Letter T for Clare's Tree (gift)
06) Snuffles In Blue
07) Elixir Of Life
08) Elixir Of Luck
09) Spring Keyhole Stamp
10) Green Flying Dragon
11) Night Lantern Stamp
12) Snuffles In Purple (gift)
13) Crazy For Strawberry
14) Seahorses
15) Rainbow Lorikeet
16) Deck The Halls
17) Merry Christmas QR Code
18) Snuffles In Yellow
19) Biscornu (flowering cactus)
20) Gift (not been shown on blog)
21) Gift (not been shown on blog)
22) Snuffles In Rust
As for my Box of Shame, I started the year with 22 pieces in it, added 31 more (4 initials for Clare's tree don't count), fully finished off 17, so have therefore ended the year with 36 pieces. I'm not so happy with that, but at least it gives me lots of choice to FFO next year!
Here's another list of the the projects which were in and have been added to my Box Of Shame. As above, those in red have now been FFOd, those in black will be carried forward.
BOX OF SHAME PIECES BROUGHT FORWARD
Here's another list of the the projects which were in and have been added to my Box Of Shame. As above, those in red have now been FFOd, those in black will be carried forward.
BOX OF SHAME PIECES BROUGHT FORWARD
1) Piglet's Snowflake
2) Parrot On Parade
3) Green Halloween Banner
4) A Little Witch Of The Night
5) Let's Play
6) Chick Berry
7) Humming Along
8) Lady In Red
9) Going For Walkies
10) Simply Wren
11) Winnie the Pooh 1 (need the set of 5 before I can FFO)
12) Winnie the Pooh 2 (need the set of 5 before I can FFO)
13) In The Dog House
14) In The Bath
15) Resting My Eyes
16) Green Patchwork Hootie
17) Noel
18) Moonrise - Gravestone
19) Moonrise - Fence
20) Moonrise - Mansion
21) Season's Greetings
22) Moonrise - Memorial
NEW BOX OF SHAME PIECES IN 2022
01) Snowflake The Cactus
02) Mouse Lighting Candle
05) Let's Be Frozen
06) Snuffles In Blue
07) Dragon 9
08) Dragon 2
09) Dragon 11
10) Dragon 5
11) Dragon 4
12) Dragon 10
13) Dragon 12
14) Dragon 1
15) Dragon 6
16) Dragon 3
17) Green Flying Dragon
18) French Country Squirrel
19) Snuffles In Purple
20) French Country Pumpkin
21) Crazy For Strawberry
22) Watercolour Dolphin
23) Seahorses
24) Rainbow Lorikeet
25) Grow Your Own
26) Elixir Of Life
27) Deck The Halls
28) Merry Christmas QR Code
31) Snuffles In Yellow
32) Biscornu (flowering cactus)
33) Gift (not been shown on blog)
34) Gift (not been shown on blog)
35) Snuffles In Rust
EXCLUDED FROM BOX OF SHAME
03) Letter C for Clare's Christmas Tree
04) Letter H for Clare's Christmas Tree
29) Letter R for Clare's Christmas Tree
30) Letter T for Clare's Christmas Tree
And that's it!
As for my stitching plans for 2023... all will be revealed tomorrow!
All the best and
As for my stitching plans for 2023... all will be revealed tomorrow!
All the best and
Happy stitching :)
Rachel x
5 comments:
That's some impressive stitching Rachel, life often throws us wobbles and our hobby should not bring pressure, sadness or regret ... every stitch put in is something to celebrate and over the year you certainly had a busy needle.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year, love and blessings in 2023
Considering how the stitching dried up by the end of the year, you certainly did well with your goals. Lots of red finishes and green ticks for goals met.
Looking forward to seeing photos of the finished projects you haven’t shown us yet, and all the FFO’ing to come next year!
I wondered what was going on with you girl. I really hope 2023 is full of stitching and finishing for you.
I think all things considered, you did well on your goals. When you were stitching, you were certainly working towards them, and the time you weren't able to stitch doesn't really count, does it? I just hope this year will be so much better for you. For your sake, but also for selfish reasons - I really enjoy having you around!
Like Katie, I wondered what was happening with you but I am glad to see you back now. Hoping that your 2023 will be a wonderful year for you and your family.
Sorry about your stitching streak and slump but sometimes that stuff has to be put to the side for a minute or two. As long as you are doing better that is all we can ask for. <3
It looks like you still managed to get quite a bit done! Looking forward to seeing what this year holds for you.
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