I actually have a calendar in a bound journal in which to track stitching, projects, and release dates for stitch-a-longs – among other things. The additional fancy pages and suggested challenges are beyond what I wish to play. But the basic calendar on which to record everything? Great help. Along with the listing of finished projects at the back of the book.
Today is the 20th. Two releases dropped today: Part #4 of Vampyrum by Noctiflora & the 4th/6 Endangered Species from Lindy Stitches. As is often the case with SALs, the designer just releases an update of the whole pattern. That is fine for the purposes of having the whole pattern together as far as late starters and placement of the new portion. It can be a bit of a pain for someone using PatternKeeper who is actually tracking stitches per day. If it isn’t obvious, I can describe the painful process of marking off previous portions stitched and deducting off those stitches from what now seems like a huge total of stitches.
I really prefer the method that Lola Crow does by including a single chart of just the new portion in her patterns.
Anyway – I put in more time on Ms. Yellow Mushroom this morning, completing her “skirt” and starting on her legs
before moving on to Vampryum
that greys&black&white wing thing ran close to 600 stitches. The critter above and frame piece are from the last portion. I have a rather large weird creature for the middle to stitch and the mirror of the grey wing to go.
I might have gotten a serious more amount of stitching done had it not been for the WNBA All-Stars vs US Women’s Team game. The game was amazing (WNBA won) and it will be fun to follow the US Women’s team in the upcoming Olympics.
