#ufoc2023

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Today I managed to sit down with this Lanarte kit and finished the pear blossoms.

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This is Lanarte's Pear Blossoms by Marjolein Bastin, I started this kit in 2021. Only when I visited my Mom and the pear trees in the garden had so many pretty blossoms in spring 2023 (even the wild pear whose fruits are inedible) I was able to continue the blossoms and the border. Finished for #ufoc2023 in August, just in time to get some tasty pears!

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WIP Wednesday!

Please excuse my messy room, had a friend (who is 152.5cm tall) hold up this shawl to show how uh. big. it is. I know it's supposed to be an oversized shawl and my older sister is going to weep and be thrilled by it when she gets it. But holy shit I'm not even 2/3 done. This is one that was designed by @knittystitch

The GeomKNITry is my primary UFO that I'm scrambling to finish this January, since my sister's birthday is on the 30th and I would really like to get it to her, cause she's turning 34 and craves being part of the Red Hat Society when she's a geezer and primarily dress in purple when that time comes. (Not that she doesn't already...)

I am using Dragonfly Fibers Pixie in the colorways Bougainvillea (which is now discontinued) and Purple Haze. This is actually the second biggest* and definitely the most ambitious project to date. I am in love with the subtle, lacy edging, the neat little color change rows, and how eye-catching it is every time someone new sees me working on it. This is one of those beautiful showstoppers and definitely worth knitting, and I actually have a second one that is... A WILT instead of a WIP lol

On my desk you can peep a dark colored shawl, it's a Pebble Arch Shawl, and a lighter one that is the Terribly Simple.

*The largest was definitely the queen sized blanket I made for another sister.

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The other motif of this kit got finished in 2022. Let's see if I can finish this and/or the pear cross stitch for June.

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NaClYoHo Day 18, 19 + 20

Saturday started slow and with traveling to mom's home again. That cost spoons. But the cats were nice and I checked several bags of clothing for sweaters for mom.

On Sunday we drove to the cemetery to remove the leaves from two grave sites. After that, I washed a load of clothes for my aunt.

Today, I washed a load of mums towels and hung them on the clothesline and then I swept the stairs. After lunch I traveled home. And I did my own laundry in the evening and while waiting for it to be done, I cross stitched. Tiny Mouseloft kit is finished!

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Cross stitch annoyances:

- not enough focus to check the last third of the Window with Flowers for missing stitches

- not enough focus to do the remaining half stitches and backstitches of the Pansies (too worried about my Mom in hospital again), not sure if there's enough of the acrylic wool to correct a mistake

- forgot pattern for Cat with Sewing Machine at my mom's home

- intimidated by couching, cording, beads and sequins for the Twilight Angel (need to learn and practice)

- cannot touch the apple sampler or the Apple Basket, still too much grief

- missing notes for half of the advent calendar sachets, planning again is currently too much spoons

- missing two bobbins for Shoot for the Stars (one colour is discontinued and unavailable in the EU)

- missing the booklet with geese, half done goose is in there

- missing notes/floss/fabric/ other stuff for other projects

I just want to finish a project. Or two. Or more. >:(

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Due to my Mom's illness and hospital stay, this orchid is a late finish for July for #ufoc2023. But I finished this in time to be a birthday present!

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Now I remember why I had put this aside: The amount of backstitch!