Crazy January Challenge 2012

noctifyre · Post by **noctifyre** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:27 pm

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:33 am

Re: Crazy January Challenge 2012

noctifyre · Post by **noctifyre** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:20 am

Re: Crazy January Challenge 2012

agi · Post by **agi** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:37 pm

We saw some of these last year, it was really interesting to follow.

Good luck!

tiffstitch · Post by **tiffstitch** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:22 am

Good luck! I'm not joining in this year, but I'll cheer you on!

fullnovembermoon · Post by **fullnovembermoon** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:51 am

I'm doing this one too and putting up the progress on my blog, even tho not sure I'll get the time to start today but I have all day free tomorrow to start two..lol. I figure this challenge is forgivable for sure. I can't wait to see others starts too.

socialsue · Post by **socialsue** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:07 am

I am doing this too but from my experience last year, I am changing how I am doing the Crazy January Challenge. Also I have so many family birthdays to stitch for that I need to focus on the gifts, stitch a bit on my challenge, then back to the gifts until I am done. I have 3 January birthdays to stitch for..... 1 in Feb, 2 in March, a break in April, 5 in May, 2 in June,....a break, then 2 in Oct, 1 in Nov and 4 in Dec on top of Christmas gifts for all members of our family...... If I feel overwhelmed, then I go shopping at the store for gifts, especially for those that has requested electronic games.

socialsue

noctifyre · Post by **noctifyre** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:08 am

The camera I use for photos is not working for some reason, so no pictures.

However, I have my projects for both the first and second started (on their respective days).

Jan 1: Love isn't always black & white from the book, "Count the Ways to Say I Love You in Cross Stitch"
Jan 2: Teresa Wentzler's Egyptian Sampler

Didn't get much done on either.

Love isn't because I was getting tired of the black/white excess, and Egypt because it's my first time ever using linen and it's driving me crazy!

Nachstenliebe · Post by **Nachstenliebe** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:29 pm

Nothing really put time in perspective than this thread.. It feels like last year's crazy January challenge just started...
Faith

destructiveernie · Post by **destructiveernie** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:02 pm

I have thirteen squares left to do on my afghan once I finish the one I'm doing, so if I add the HAED SAL and the chart for a friend that Skitzz did for me and start them all by the 15th would that count?

noctifyre · Post by **noctifyre** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:18 am

Have just started gridding fabric for both the 3rd and 4th days... been busy with other things. D:

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Day 3: Cherish Your Dreams (CSG 83)
Day 4: Year in Stitches (CSC 134)

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My camera is officially broke, by the by... will try to take pictures using my mp3 player, but doubt they'll turn out that great.

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:53 am

My very best wishes to anyone who is brave enough to undertake this

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Looking forward to seeing the projects take shape.

noctifyre · Post by **noctifyre** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:49 am

Day 5: Butterflies & Buddleia Needle Case (kit; got it as a stashmas gift!)
Day 6: Christmas Gathering (chart)

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Still no pictures. Tried with mp3 but... horrible quality. D:

Camera got fixed but since I was borrowing it from my mother, she decided to keep it... So unless I can talk her into letting me borrow it again, who knows when I'll ever get pictures.

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Update on Egyptian sampler: ended up restarting this one, switching over to 18ct aida. Just couldn't stand the linen.

noctifyre · Post by **noctifyre** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:48 am

Day 7: North American Beauties (kit from dimensions, image)

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:01 pm

Project #7 is going to be beautiful. What a lovely chart.

Carole

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:02 pm

What a gorgeous design!

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:03 pm

Re: Crazy January Challenge 2012

noctifyre · Post by **noctifyre** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:37 pm

Rose wrote:Wow that is beautiful but it is going to be alot of white, grey, grey and more grey. Good Luck!!!!!!

That is very true. I believe there are only about 20 colours used in the design total. Surprisingly no white (excluding the fabric) though there's about 6 different shades of grey, and aside from some yellow/gold/cream, everything else are shades of blue.,.. it also seems to be majority half-cross versus actual cross stitch which should make it go a bit faster than norm... right?

I think this other design is by the same artist, but just a smaller/bit revised version:

Wildlife in White.

And he also did yet another, larger design: Northern Dignity.

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:47 pm

very pretty design!

noctifyre · Post by **noctifyre** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:53 pm

karen4bells wrote: very pretty design!

Michael Adams has some gorgeous animal collage-esque ones!