August 31st Update

I'm such a bad stitcher, I get distracted so easily! I still havent finished the second page, but i'm working on it today & as long as I dont run out of any colours, I should have it finished by the end of the week.

Here is a picture of what distracted me:

Its Zindy Nielson's You & I, another HAED design, this one is stitched 2 over 1 on 28ct fabric in tent stitch, it really does feel like I'm moving from one extreme to another, as much as I love working on Night Queen, its a big project & I have to have alot of space around me, its not an easy to pick up for a few stitches here & there kind of project.

So with the children on school holidays, lots of distractions & inquisitive fingers, a smaller project was helpful.

I'm hoping that now the weather is cooling down a bit & the children will be back at school, my stitching time will increase again.

Another update very soon I hope with a page finish

August 8th Update

Hi stitchers!

Apologising again for the lack of posting, sorry guys. I've become a little overwhelmed with the size of the project, not the physical size, but the stitch count & the number of hours I need to put in to get it finished.

I've been trying to figure out how to keep myself motivated to keep working on her, I find i'm often like this during the first few pages of a large project, once i'm halfway done the needles are wizzing, but i'm really dragging my heels at the moment.

I like working with numbers & setting goals (I was a tax accountant pre-children) so will find a way of playing with the figures. Maybe work out the total stitch count of the project, number done so far, number per page when I start a new one, maybe set myself a set number of stitches per day?? That way I will have smaller goals to focus on, instead of feeling a little lost when I think of how far I still have to go?

Here is a picture as she looks today, about half of the second page done:

Can you see the fist bit of ravens wing??

The rest of this page contains approx 4500 stitches, i'm going to aim for 1000 stitches per day, so next update with second page completed should be on Thursday. I'll try to play with the figures before then, so I have some proper totals & goals to aim for

July 2nd First Page Finished!

Apologies for the lack of updates, I was lured away from the house by my new allotment, i've still been stitching, but not as much as usual.

I have finally finished page one & I love how it looks, here is a picture full size, I had to take it outside to find room to take a picture today, I popped a pen in the picture for scale, but not sure you can see it

and here is a close up

I've estimated I used approx 45 skeins of thread in this first page eek! Onto page two now, I will try to remember to post more update pictures, hopefully once per week at least.

Update June 4th

My plans to be a good girl & work at finishing off Celtic Spring lasted approx one hour lol, I managed about 1000 stitches last night & hope to do the same tonight. I'm hoping to have this page finished by Monday.

No piccie today i'm afraid as the camera is somewhere down in Kent with hubby.

I have had to order more threads again, I started with 85, added another 30 & have today ordered another 50 YIKES!! So threads so far total 165, fingers crossed I wont need to order any more for a couple of weeks

Update June 3rd

Half term at home with three children is leaving me with little stitching time & by evening I need wine & TLC lol, but managing to stitch where I can, i'm approximately half way through the first page now, I will be taking a break for a few days to crack on with Celtic Spring, which really needs to be finished,then I will be able to carry on with Night Queen without feeling guilty.

First pic is a full fabric shot:

Second pic is a close up:

28th May Update

Morning all!





Had a bit of a long night with my youngest last night, so didnt get much done i'm afraid, but I took a pic this morning, i've popped a pencilon the fabric to give an idea of the scale of the project

I'm hoping to get a fair bit more done tonight, then i'm going to need to hit hobbycraft in the morning for even more threads I think!

Progress Pic 27th May

I managed to get some time to work on Night Queen last night, frustratingly I am missing a few colours, which i've ordered online but the postie has decided he'd like to hold onto to them for a while, so there are lots of gaps. Fingers crossed they arrive later today so I can do some filling in tonight.

Its odd working on a hoop this huge & the extra fabric takes a bit of getting used to, but i'm loving working on it, the stitches are lovely & plump & squishy because of all 6 strands being used.

Its difficult to get an idea of the size, i'll have to add something to the next picture for scale