Page Three Complete

I spent most of today cleaning up the aftermath of the Christmas party. Four loads of dishes and a whole bunch of trips to the dumpster later, I sat down to do some stitching. I finished page three, so now the top row of the Emerald Stocking is complete. I still have some laundry to do, but then I will be starting on page four!

Page Three

Today I started page three of the Emerald Stocking. I completed most of the knotwork in yellow and just began filling in the green. In other news, I am getting ready for the whole family to come over tomorrow for a Christmas party. Unfortunately we are having a blizzard so we'll see how that pans out...

Page Two Finished!

After some ferocious effort over the last few days, I have finished page two of the Emerald Stocking. The knotwork is beautiful but it is a huge pain to stitch... tons of confetti. Almost done with that part though!
Christmas was nice and relaxing, spent yesterday at my mom's and today at home watching movies snuggled up with the cat.

Off to work on page three! Merry Christmas!

Emerald Stocking, Day 27

More work on the Emerald Stocking today. I started on the different shades of yellow in the knotwork. It's a bit hard to see but it's there. Otherwise, it was a fairly uneventful day. Back to stitching!

More Emerald Stocking

Today was my second day home. I spent a lot of time cleaning and ironing, made a trip to the grocery store, and did some more stitching. I am still working on the Emerald Stocking, this is what I got done today. I am itching to get back to work on Wolf Countess, but I am torn because I also want to get these stockings knocked out well before next Christmas. Well, that's all for today. I have a bit more ironing to do, then back to stitching!

More Emerald Stocking

I am going to be taking some time off of work for awhile to refocus and get my life straight. I have a lot of things to work out and a lot of stuff to deal with. So today was my first day at home. I did some final Christmas shopping this morning, which was a horror show. I assumed since it was a weekday morning that it would be smooth sailing but no such luck. We are expecting a pretty sizable snow storm here on Sunday and Monday so everybody and their mother was out today. The DW Highway was almost impossible to get around on. But I got some good shopping done.
Since getting home I have been working on cleaning, laundry, stitching, and spending quality time with Marley. :) Here is what I accomplished on the Emerald Stocking today: I should be making a lot more progress now that I'll have more free time!
Well, that's all for tonight. Thanks for looking!

A new arrival!

Ok so I lied in my last post, I didn't write the next day. But I have gotten some stitching done since then; I actually finished page one of the Emerald Stocking. This is my progress, excuse the hoop marks.

We also added a new member to our family today! We visited the Humane Society for Greater Nashua and adopted our new furbaby, Marley. He is kind of hard to see in the picture because he is all black except for a tiny patch of white on his chest. He has been sitting on my lap for the last two hours while I was stitching; now he is climbing around on the kitchen counters getting into mischief. Nevermind, he is down from the counter now and trying to eat my snowman decoration.

Stocking, Days 12-18

It's been a crazy week so I haven't really had a chance to post, but I did finish the first page of the Emerald Stocking tonight. It's difficult to see the shades of green in the picture but they're actually quite nice. This represents about 45 hours of stitching time so far. More tomorrow!

Stocking, Day 11

This is my work from today on the Emerald Stocking. Not much to say tonight, I am tired and heading off to bed, but wanted to update the project!
Good night!

Stocking, Day 10

A day off, finally! I didn't spend as much time stitching as I had hoped since I haven't been feeling well... every time I stand up I get vertigo which makes it hard to focus on much. But hopefully that will pass soon. I got some more stitching done on the knotwork details and also added some green finally!I am also getting ready to make a trip to the craft store to kit up the other two stockings; hopefully I can do that tomorrow. Well, that's all for today! Thanks for looking!

Stocking, Days 8 and 9

I wasn't able to do much stitching over the weekend, or get to post, so this is an update for the weekend and today. No stitching time on Saturday, I ended up going to my mother's house to pick up my Christmas decorations and didn't get home til 11:00. Yesterday and today I made a bit more progress on the Emerald Stocking, as you can see below. In other stitching news, the Sapphire Stocking pattern arrived today, so now I have all three! I am hoping at this rate to have the three done in a few months, definitely by next Christmas. We'll see how it goes!

Stocking, Day 7

I didn't get home from work until about 7:30 tonight, so I haven't had much stitching time. But I did work a bit on the Emerald Stocking. More details in the knotwork in a pale yellow color, kind of hard to see. Hoping to get more accomplished over the weekend! Back to stitching!

Stocking, Day 6

First things first, Happy Thanksgiving!
We went to both sets of parents' houses today, so lots of stitching time in the car, etc. I brought along the Emerald Stocking to work on, and this was my progress.

I finished the black on this page and started on a light yellow color. It's hard to see in the picture but hopefully it will be more visible soon.

Thanks for looking! Off to stitch some more...

Stocking, Day 5

Another few hours of stitching on the Emerald Stocking! Not as much progress as I would like but I got out of work late, again.
Thanks for looking!

Stocking, Day Four

I am exhausted so this isn't going to be a long post, but I wanted to update my progress on the Emerald Stocking from today. I am so excited to see the design coming together!
Off to bed now...

Stocking, Day Three

Another looooong day at work... 6 am to 7 pm. Needless to say, I didn't have much time to stitch. But here is what I've gotten done on the Emerald Stocking pattern as of tonight: Still all black, but I can see the details starting to appear!
Well, that's all for now, back to work on the stitching!

Day Two, Project Stocking

Today I had the day off. Well, sort of... I had to go into work for a few hours this morning but then I had the rest of the day. So I have been stitching and watching movies. I have been focusing on the Emerald Stocking today. No color yet, lot of black background. But you can see the pattern beginning to emerge. That's my progress so far, off to stitch some more!

A Modest Beginning

Last night I made a pilgrimage to Michael's for some floss and fabric, and kitted up the Emerald Stocking pattern. I prepped the fabric and then stitched about 45 minutes before heading to bed. So, not a ton of work done, but it's a start!I also completed some stitching on "Wolf Countess." Only a few rows, but still progress. That's all for today, I'm going to go sit down and watch "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" while I stitch. Might stay up late tonight, I actually have the day off tomorrow! We'll see...

It's Been Awhile...

Ok, so I am going to try this blogging thing again. Forgive the lapse in time from when I last posted. I've moved, started a new job, etc. so life has been busy. Fortunately I have still had time for stitching!

I am currently working on two HAED designs:

"Vibrant Vista"

and "Wolf Countess."

I am putting in as much time on them as possible, but my new job has meant 13 hour days 6 days a week! So I haven't had as much needle time as I would like.

Crazily enough, however, I am about to add another project to the mix. My stepsister has one child already and is expecting twins in December. I am working on a set of quilts for the twins (pictures later) but when I saw the new Cari Buziak stocking designs on HAED, I knew I had to stitch all three for the little ones! I received the ruby and emerald patterns in the mail today and I am psyched. Love that new chart feeling! I will be ordering the sapphire pattern soon.

I am going to kit these up this weekend, so be on the lookout for the beginnings of Project Stocking 2010!

That's all for now, off to stitch!

-Carolyn