May WIPocalypse

This will be a shortish one, I'm so close to finishing Fractal I can taste it.

Also being working  a little on the Celtic Cross

And this is May's Mini-Mandala

The question of the month is
 Where do you love to shop for stash? I have ONE LNS called Thread and Paper that carries basic supplies and run by wonderful people, but for anything fancy I have to go online,  and for that I have found Traditional Stitches out of Calgary while not the selection of 123 they have the advantage of no exchange and much much much cheaper and quicker shipping.  Also the customer service has been stellar

As for what I watched

Critical Role: and Talks Machina 

Supernatural S13 E15-23  Including the Scooby Doo crossover and the heart wrenching finale, after all what’s SPN without the cliff hanger finale

Avengers - File this under the I just wanted to watch it category

Thor: The Dark World - still catching up on missed MCU movies, this one is better than the first but I still prefer the third.  At least Jane is slightly less useless in this one. 

Ant-Man - Of course I like this one, it’s a caper movie.







Doctor Strange - Another of the I just wanted to watch it again category, this is such a fun movie to look at.


Captain America: Civil War - This is what started the whole I have to catch up thing, I knew I had to see this before Avengers so I would have a knowledge of what was going on. And look at all the other fun things that forced me to watch

Spider Man. Homecoming - I didn’t go see this one in theatres because I’ve never been a huge Spider Man fan and the last few movies didn’t change my mind, however this one was a lot of fun, I will go to the next

Avengers: Infinity War - About as epic as I expected, can’t wait for
part 2

WIPocalypse of April

It seems this is now a once a month blog, and if it wasn't for Wipocalypse I probably wouldn't even remember to do it that often.  I do believe however that 30 for 30 crafting will be starting on Tuesday over on Tumblr so I'll be having daily updates over there, It's here if anyone is interested, it is usually just a random and fan thing the rest of the year, but for May it is stitching.

Question of the Month – Talk to us about your longest-running WIP or UFO.
Longest running thing that has been going over a year now would be my beloved Fractal, and it is getting close to finished, just 3 and a half pages to go, and not only that, I already have the frame for it ordered, it will make it to this years fair, I promise.

My other projects at the moment are the Celtic Cross

and The Mini-Mandala-a-Month

As for what I watched

Critical Role: and Talks Machina 

Supernatural S13 E12-13 Catching up slowly

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider:  This was a good adventurous romp, thoroughly enjoyable

Ready Player One - Yay, I can read the book now.

Pacific Rim: Uprising - I love these movies, I grew up on old school Battletech.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - I have to brush up one the MCU for
obvious reasons and watch some of the ones I missed over the years.

Guardians of the Galaxy - Didn’t miss this one, I just love it and wanted to watch it againg

Thor - Didn’t miss this one either, however I barely remembered it and thought I should brush up before Dark World, which I do have to watch. And yeah I guess I didn’t remember it much because it’s kinda boring to me, Thor’s great, but could they have had a more insipid romance, I mean, what was the point.

It's Supposed to Be Spring

.... And yet the snow is still everywhere, melting slowly but still evening temps are below zero, I'm tired of it. I want spring, and I want spring to last until fall. Summer I can do without. But I did get a pretty sunrise out of it all






I tell myself that I should do more than a once a month blog, but here it is, WIPocalypse time again, and the question of the month is

What newer designers and product creators (fabric or floss dyeing, etc) out there have you discovered and recommend?

And I freely admit I don't pay enough attention to know who is new or not. I will firstly mention Pinky the Pink though I've been stitching her patterns for several years now, but I think in the grand scheme of things she would be considered new, she's probably  best known for her patterns of Hannah Alexander's Disney princesses, but check her shop, she has lots of designs and does amazing custom work as well

My new favorites that I have been having fun with areSatsumaStreet, I've stitched one pattern of hers already and have another ready to go.








  And Brodeuse Bressane, who does the  Mini Mandala-a-Month and other amazing blackwork stuff  This is up to March as well as the start of a random border. The squares will go away before it is done, they are just for placement.

Other things I'm working on include......

yup, the fractal is back and getting close to a page finish

 And I have started the Celtic Cross from Vickory designs

As for what I watched

Critical Role: and Talks Machina 

Fullmetal Alchemist - The new live action movie, one of the better anime adaptations I’ve seen, and now the original series is on Netflix so I can watch it all-ish

Women’s World’s Curling Championships - More Sports, it’s that time of
year for me

World Figure Skating Championships - You can never have enough Figure Skating though I must say the coverage from CBC has been fairly abysmal

Black Panther - The MCU does it again, they put out such.consistently good movies, and the Black Panther has never been one of my favorite heroes, he’s supposed to be a king but he’s always running around in a suit instead of ruling his country (I have the same issue with Aquaman and Sub-Mariner.  But this was not an issue in the movie as it was about him becoming king

Wrinkle in Time - Not a bad version of the book, not great either but really pretty to look at.

Olympics Challenge

It's WIPocalypse time and the question of the month is:

Gadgets!  Show us your favorite stitching gadgets!  and How did you do with Olympic Stitching, and what goals did you achieve?

I have many gadgets like biscouru and hoops, lots of hoops, but my favourites are the cool needleminders and this amazing Pako Needle Organizer, I love doing large projects and probably could no longer tolerate life without my 2 Pakos

As for the Olympic Stitching, I did really well, I choose the Endurance race as that's how I stitch anyway and managed to finish the Violin Ornament from Dimensions and start AND finish Here Comes Treble from Ink Circles, I actually finished Treble during the closing ceremonies so my timing was perfect.

Now I can get back to the fractal which was sadly put aside once again, 

As for what I watched

Well the Olympics of course, especially the figure skating which is a lifelong obsession of mine and one thing I can't actually stitch during.

It's Curling's Fault

The WIPocalypse blog was due last Sunday but between work and the Canadian Women's Curling Championship I ended up very delayed.  But a day off happened and here it is.

The question of the month is
 What SAL’s are you participating in this year? and If you are participating in the Olympic Stitching Challenge, what challenge are you accepting?  What are your goals?

I don't usually do a lot of SAL's, just this one and Carla and Leonore's Halloween SAL when I like the pattern.  However this year I am also doing the Mini Mandala-a-Month from Brodeuse Bressane, this is a one quick pattern a month thing that I will do in a grid and put a border around, sometime during the year. The plan is to make the first Critical Role show in a month the night to do the mandala

Being obsessed with the Olympics, I will of course be doing the Olympic Stitching Challenge. In specific I will be doing the Endurance Challenge, I will hopefully finish this lovely Christmas thing from Dimensions and then see what happens. I still have a week to plan this out.

I also finish finished the other NYESAL biscornu

As for what I watched

Critical Role: 500ish hours of content later and now season 2 begins
and Talks Machina 

Star Trek DS9 - S01 E07-Ep09

Supernatural S13 E05-08

The Greatest Showman - I know it’s a little early to say this, but I’m sure this is my favorite movie of
2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - So I’m a little late, but I got there, and
thoroughly enjoyed it,

Jumangi: Welcome to the Jungle - This was light-hearted and a lot of fun, I might have even enjoyed it more than the original.

Foul Play - A murder mystery/assassination plot movie from the 70’s starring Goldi Hawn and Chevy Chase, also a long time favorite of mine, it has a smart plot.





Scotties Tournament of Hearts - Canadian Women Curling Championships.

National Figure Skating Championships - I so wanted to go see it live, but I couldn’t quite swing it.

2018 WIPocalypse, It Begins

Look two blogs in  just over a week, it's a minor miracle, also it's the start of another WIPocalypse year.

Q:  Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!

Hey, I'm Nancy.

I'm that strange thing known as a one at time stitcher (well, two at a time), but nevertheless, I tend not to start anything new until I finished something, I live in a two story house, so I keep one project downstairs, my main one. At the moment it's the fractal which I should finish this year, and I keep one project upstairs. otherwise known as the back up piece, which is usually a small one, at them moment it's a leftover ornament kit from Dimensions.

I actually have already finished a thing this year, Magical had a quick New Year's Eve mystery SAL which was so much fun, but I had to be extra and do two, I fully finished the one, and should finish the other by tomorrow.

I will also be taking part in the Stitching Olympics  this year, I have an obsession with the games, so it won't be hard to just grab a project and work like mad on it.

I'm also seriously considering doing a year long SAL, The Mini-Mandala-a-Month I've never done a month by month thing, I tend to join SAL's on a last minute whim basis, but I love doing blackwork so this really appeals to me.

So that's my plans for this year, such as they are, the main one being, finish Fractal, and probably start the Angel of the Harvest as that is next on "The List" 

As for what I watched

Critical Role and Talks Machina  

Saga’s of Sundry - Madness: I mean, Dread was great, but this was amazing, so much so I watched it all again.

Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - S01 E05-07

Jem and The Holograms - I love the animated show as a kid, but was well aware that this movie had little to do with it,  it’s not great, but not horrible either.

Pitch Perfect 3 - The first is best, but this was in no way a waste of money, A fun way to spend the evening. 

Fiddler on the Roof - I haven’t watch this since I was a teenager, mmmblmmbl (approx 30) years ago, it really is a wonderful movie.