For some reason today I am just a little scatterbrained and lost.
You know that feeling when you’re just generally unsettled? I have been trying to post this update for most of the day, even managed to get most of the images uploaded to Flickr hours ago… I just didn’t know what to write.
I tried working out my goals for this month and even they are refusing to be clear (I will add them in the next post).
So here I am in my scatterbrained way updating what I have managed to get done in the last part of this month.
Shall we look at my stitching achievements first?
Okay here we go…
Since we last chatted (if rambling to myself and throwing it out into cyber space can be considered chatting) I have actually been quite productive. There’s the blast from the past that I am hoping to finish this year, the very pink and girly Rose of Sharon.

Rather than straining the grey matter to try and remember the details of this little lady lets recap…

Designed by Mirabilia Designs and Stitch 2×2 on the gorgeous 32ct Sudden Storm Jobelan from Silkweavers Fabrics. I have been working on this for more years than I care to admit. Still no head but there was a lot of progress up through that never ending arch and garland of roses.

So from something old to something new. You may remember I allowed myself a Januaray 1st start this year. Well that start was of course Melita (Artwork by Myka Jelina, Chart by HAED). She hasn’t progressed far but this is about 700-800 stitches (no accurate count at this point- because I’m slack and tonight counting is just too hard ).

I love the colours in this artwork, but at this stage of the design I am already getting the feeling that lovely jewel tone green is not one I will be seeing a lot of. It seems that I have yet another wip that will be predominantly 939 in a bulk of areas. Surprising the area of border I am stitching here is about to turn in to all 823 and 939. We will see how this goes. It is a design that is a bit on the large side so itis something I want to be happy with the colours if I am going to see it through to the end. (I am still avoiding Sea Beacon for fear of one area being a long way from what I had hoped it would be… I will conquer my fear on that one eventually and take the plunge on that area soon)

You might think that was all I had to share but you would be mistaken. I managed a second finish this month
Lost of time in waiting rooms and a quick knit pattern means that the caplet I was knitting is now done. The purple yarn I used for this is notoriously hard to get a good colour representation of in pictures. But I have tried yet again and this time think it is closer to the deep purple of the yarn. Oh did I mention too that the camera had a nightmare of a time focusing on that stitch pattern? No idea why but it was seriously not cooperating today.

I finished this in around two weeks which has left me a bit lost without a knitting project again… Well that is until the 24 balls of yarn I picked up on ebay arrived. I managed to source all the yarn I need to get started (and finish) the Dr Who scarf (Season 18). There is a counter set up on the wup page for once I get started on the 1274 rows of garter stitch… 1274!!!

In the mean time though I have picked up an older project which is also one of my yearly goals , seeing as Sharon is being very good at keeping me on task lol. I dug out my start on my swirling gauntlets, hopefully I can manage the cables while on the train and still half asleep in the mornings :p

Yes.. more purple. I swar ONE day I will knit something that is not a variation on purple or black… really I will… you can stop scoffing now. hehe

Oh and just on a side note… I am not inclined to fight with worpress tonight to format my image spacing so apologies for the lack of formatting (and the typos I am bound to haev missed too)