House Cleaning
Yesterday Dawn and I started our new SAL piece “Summer’s Magic” by Dragon Dreams. We hadn’t intended to have two SAL pieces going at the same time, but since we are still waiting for the Kreiniks to finish “Harvest Witch” it was either start something new or take a break from the whole SAL business. Of course, since neither one of us is usually opposed to starting something new, we chose that option!
Anyway…
Over the weekend I decided to clean house concerning my WIPs and moved a couple out of my rotation. Although I don’t really like having UFOs, one thing that a rotation has taught me is that if you have a project that you keep ignoring when it comes up in the rotation, perhaps you should examine why you keep ignoring said project.
In my case, the projects that I keep ignoring and have decided to move out of my rotation are “In Cupid’s Garden” and “Four Seasons Cats.”
I am not really sure why I haven’t wanted to work on “In Cupid’s Garden” since I began it during Guilt Free January, but I haven’t. I thought that if I ordered the beads for it I might get motivated to work on it, but that really didn’t help either. Therefore I have decided to remove from my rotation.
It isn’t a very large piece and I honestly think that if I get the urge to stitch it I can complete it in a relatively short amount of time. So instead of designating it as an official UFO, I am just going to let it be until I feel the need to complete it.
As for “Four Seasons Cats,” I originally bought it for a seasonal round robin that I was in, but when the chart arrived I felt greedy and decided that instead of using it for the round robin, I wanted to stitch all of the cats myself. Unfortunately as I worked on the borders for each cat the desire to stitch the entire piece diminished until I was completely uninterested in working on it.
However, given the state that the piece is in (one completed square, finished borders) perhaps I should organize a round robin and use it as I had initially planned. Anyone interested? (Actually, I am serious here. If I can get three people who are interested in joining me, maybe we could do a UFO robin or something. Leave me a comment!)
13 May 2008 at 09:11
Hey Renée,
That sounds like a good idea. I’m up for it. I have quite a number of unfinished round robins. Since it’s been a while since I’ve been in a round robin, it sure does hold a huge appeal. Let me know if you’d like me in your group.
13 May 2008 at 11:28
You did get more stitched than me!
I would be interested in a RR.
13 May 2008 at 12:34
I was going to say that if you got enough people I’d be interested…then got to the comments section and saw two already game. I’d be honored to join ya’ll if you’d let me.
13 May 2008 at 12:51
If you don’t mind I am curious about a couple of things. What is a round robin? And what does SAL mean or does it mean “Stitch Along”? I am sorry, I am still learning what the abbv. mean in the online cross stitching world.
Though I do admit Summer’s Magic looks very pretty & I can’t wait to see what it looks like when completed.
14 May 2008 at 13:23
Hello Renée! This is a long time since we last talk (since the Robin’s Nest board). If you need to complete your UFO RR, I’ld like to be part of it
Have a nice day!
15 May 2008 at 11:07
I’d love to do a round robin. I don’t think I have a UFO appropriate for it but would find something else appropriate for the number of people chosen. I don’t have a blog but can send the link to my stitching album so you can see how obsessed I am.
Pam
15 May 2008 at 11:45
Thanks to everyone for their interest in a round robin! All spots for it have been filled at this time.