I will not have Sign-Up-er Regret

So, How ya been?

I've been procrastinating, myself.  (No surprises there)  I actually have a few finishes since the last post.  Alas, I do not have pictures at the moment.  Place your bets now on how many months it takes me to get them.

I have made a big leap in blogging and signed up for the 2012 TUSAL being hosted by the always entertaining Daffycat.  So next year there will ideally be at least one whole post every month!  How spiffy will that be?  :)

My First and My Latest

So I thought my first post with actual content would be a nice place to show My Very First Cross Stitch Project Ever and my latest finish.  There's only about a quarter of a century between them...and now I feel old.

My Very First Cross Stitch Project Ever was for my junior high home ec class (I believe I got an A on this).  I have no idea where the pattern came from, or who the designer is.  My mother, bless her, still has this on her wall.

My latest finish is from the May/June 2011 edition of Just Cross Stitch magazine.  It is the May installment of the Fresh Threads Medley series.  I did not use the Weeks Dye Works wool felt that was called for in the pattern.  I used DMC variegated floss to fill in the fish and DMC Color Variations to fill in the flower centers.  I like how the fish turned out stripey.  :)

What the hey, here's my latest start, too.  This is part one of the Tree of Stitches SAL at TheStitchSpecialists Yahoo group.  This part is straight up cross stitch, so I finished it pretty quick.  It is Weeks Dye Works 'Rust', stitched 2 over 2 on 28 ct white Monaco.  (Although this is the loosest weave Monaco I've ever seen)

Now, let's see if I can keep up the posting in a timely manner thing.

Post of Slightly More Purpose

So two years and some change later, I'm updating ye old blog.

Biggest change? New name! There's a long, rambly, not-very-interesting story behind the name, so I won't bore you with it. Just smile and nod. :)

Other change? New look! There's no story behind it, other than this was one of the pre-fab layouts Blogger provides (although I tweaked some of the fonts).

I have this grand idea that I will make this my stitching blog. I'm not sure I should anounce that.... Oh well, we'll see. Maybe telling people that will actually encourage me to post something every so often.

Post of no purpose

Hello! I'm a placeholder! :)

Honestly, I set up this blog as an experiment (since it came with the google account). For now I am still journaling over at livejournal (user name: ashnimehal).

This post is just so there is something here.