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January is great fun, and I'm looking forward to seeing February finished -- hope you'll manage to keep the at bay! (Now there's a subject for a painting: The Frog at Bay )

Yahoo! February is now finished (pic to come tomorrow morning as my lunchtime just finished) and no in sight (maybe due to the fact that I decided not to jump wide 'yet to be stitched' spaces in this one.)

I am kicking myself now for not taking a closer look at these patterns before deciding on doing them over 1. They are full of quarter stitches (which I am persevering with * i can do it, i can do it* ) and each snowman seems to have more and more....

I think that Mr Frog saw me standing guard and was scared off with my big needle.

three-quarter stitches over one ... now there's a thought to boggle the mind *has to go and sit down in a quiet corner as mind boggles like anything*. Seriously, how do you do them -- split the fabric like you do on aida? And could we have a close-up piccie?

Fractional stitches on 25 count fabric- over 1 **sits down quickly before a faint comes on **

You are very, very brave and getting on well so far too - well done

Brave indeed. Cant wait to see piccys, well done ur doing great.

*Is in TOTAL awe*

I hope you're ready for piccies galore....

First of all here is the finished Hearts Snowman (February):


For Mabel: an ultra closeup of the quarter stitches used for the hearts on the side:

Yes I do split the fabric like with Aida and if I am struggling with the 'quarter' side of the stitch I sometimes leave it out (you don't notice it's missing )

I am feeling really proud of myself, because before I started this project I actually got myself organised enough so that I now have a WIP folder that has all the patterns, thread etc in (see below)

Oh he is adorable. Very well done on the fractional stitches

Thanks for the close up, that's very informative. I must admit that on occasions where I had a fractional stitch over one I tended to do only the half stitch, and as you say usually that's just fine, but you have my deepest admiration for trying to make them proper three-quarter stitches! And for being so organised, too !

I want to do a HAED soonish, and I figure that and organised system will help no end in doing one, and like all things practise makes perfect so I thought that I should start practising.

I'd start practising keeping a tight hold on those snowmen if I were you, especially the heart one ...

*Looks round furtively for Rose*


Have to say I really love the heart one! Too cute!

I don't think that I have to worry about Rose just yet .... I'm sure she'll wait until all of them are done

Ha Ha that means I can sneak in and get these two while she is not expecting a raid. HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!

They are really looking good Kim. I just went and had another peek and the July one is not up yet. Rats.

I love the February hearts. for doing such a wonderful job!

Rose wrote:Ha Ha that means I can sneak in and get these two while she is not expecting a raid. HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!

But then you'll take my fabric and I won't be able to do the others - so you may get 2 but if you were smart and waited like I said you would get 6 (all that's out at the moment)

Rose wrote:They are really looking good Kim. I just went and had another peek and the July one is not up yet. Rats.

I want to know what it is - so I'm checking daily at the moment - although I have enough of them to be going on with *looks longingly at stitching and tells herself to get back to work*

Where are the snowmen from? I looked back in the thread but you don't seem to have said ... unless I missed it.

The february one is really cute! (I am still frightened of the January one, though, sorry.)

Oh, wow! The feb snowman's sooo cute!

....very nice progress.... ...can't wait for the other ones...