Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Final Post

Welcome back for the final post of the fourth Mini Magical Mystery SAL! Don't worry it's not over - the Mini Magical Mystery SAL 5 starts in under an hour! This post is just a final post showing my stitching of part fourteen and what I have done with my version.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 14

Welcome back for day fourteen of the fourth round of mystery stitching! This is also the final day of patterns for this SAL - I'll be back one more time to show what I have made tomorrow (an hour earlier than usual). The next round of the Mini Magical Mystery will start tomorrow at noon as per the information post.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 13

Welcome back for day thirteen of the fourth round of mystery stitching! I finally got the information post for the next Mini Magical Mystery SAL up! You can find it here. This morning I put the bread that oldest helped me make yesterday in the oven. It did some rising overnight and I discovered why the rising form for sourdough bread should only be used for sourdough bread: it absorbs all the liquid from the bread, so it didn't rise as well as it could have done.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 12

Welcome back for day twelve of the fourth round of mystery stitching! I'm running a bit behind schedule today - we'll see if I can manage to get this up on time, as I have four minutes to posting time! My rheumatism is playing up and moving isn't my strong point today and to top it all off I was *certain* I'd done the stitching yesterday - I hadn't. Fortunately it doesn't take long to do so here I am typing away with minutes to spare when I had 15 to start with. Spoiler alert: I didn't make it so the post is late but I refuse to skip adding the pattern and spellchecking! But if anything this is proof I'm stitching right along with you!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 11

Welcome back for day eleven of the fourth round of mystery stitching! Just three more days of patterns and you will know what this one looks like! Fortunately there will be a new one on the Monday after so you don't have to worry about not having your daily stitching. I'll get the next information post up soon, but it's basically the same information as for this and the previous three Mini Magical Mysteries.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 10

Welcome back for day ten of the fourth round of mystery stitching! Today I discovered that way back in part five I'd made counting mistakes and I'll have to rip out half the stitching I've done since. This is where I'm very glad I'd decided to stitch with a thread over 1/4 of the design as otherwise I'd have had to have ripped out much more.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 9

Welcome back for day nine of the fourth round of mystery stitching! There is a lot of jumping around in the day eight part and now, day nine - I hope you like what it looks like after you have finished stitching for the day! The downside of not baking bread myself during the week is getting teenagers moving to get the bread before they'd normally naturally emerge - youngest has already finished his schooling for the year as it's his exam year - complete with cancelled exams which were replaced with the results of tests of this and last year and a project or two (three for one subject) for every subject - his most hated thing. He's now in the six week wait between the last project handed in and the final results - far too long in my opinion and he's hating it - and skipping mornings entirely. But then he's 16 and does that in holidays anyway hehehe.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 8

Welcome back for day eight of the fourth round of mystery stitching! On to the second half of this pattern! At this point it can still go in any direction - will it stay so angular or will it become more rounded? Only I know and I'm not telling you... yet... *evil grin*. What I will tell you is what I did for my special Sunday loaf yesterday. I used four different doughs to make a four braid loaf. Plain white, Abby bread, nine grain bread, and the prehistoric grain mix that's so very yummy.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 7

Welcome back for day seven of the fourth round of mystery stitching! When you have finished stitching this part you will be half way with the mystery! Hard to imagine isn't it that the first week of the two is already past, for the fourth time. Today I made a four strand braided bread, using four different bread doughs It's still in the oven as I type this so I can't show you today what it ends up as. Instead I'll go straight on to the embroidery!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 6

Welcome back for day six of the fourth round of mystery stitching! Having bought bread yesterday while out (or more accurately: I stayed in the car while oldest hopped out and got the bread) I don't need to bake bread today - but I have something planned for tomorrow that will be fun - if it works as planned!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 5

Welcome back for day five of the fourth round of mystery stitching! I had a check-up at the hospital this morning (nothing new, just stuff we are keeping an eye on - even now) and because I have hay fever I was required to wear a mask just in case - not the norm here in the Netherlands where only health workers have to wear masks while working. You get some seriously weird looks as a result while wearing the mask - most of which seem to include the "oh god she's got it" expression. No bread baking today as a result of going out - we got baker shop bread on the way home.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 4

Welcome back for day four of the fourth round of mystery stitching! Sorry this post is a bit late - neighbour was at the door and we got chatting - haven't spoken since before this lockdown stuff happened so had a lot to catch up on, and I hadn't written this post yet. Yesterday's bread had spent about 23 hours in the fridge and more than doubled in size width ways - so it filled the tin completely instead of just partially. It had risen but had adhered to the oiled cling film so when I removed it the rise got lost.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 3

Welcome back for day three of the fourth round of mystery stitching!  Things are progressing nicely and I don't think I saw anyone making a mistake with the placement of yesterday's squares. I have the second bread made from yesterday's dough cooling and we will soon have it for lunch - I'll take a photo before I cut into it.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 2

Welcome back for day two of the fourth round of mystery stitching! The flurry of beautiful finishes has continued and the starts of many have started showing up too! Yesterday I had the day off from baking bread as I'd made two different loaves on Sunday. Today I'm also making the dough for two loaves. The first I'll bake today and the second will have a very long, slow second rising in the fridge.

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Part 1

Welcome back for day one of the fourth round of mystery stitching! I was just looking at fb between writing this post and the previous one and was floored by how beautiful all of your creations are! Some of you have been busy finishing, others are collecting them all first and will see what it becomes once we know how many there will be. Whichever way you decide to go with the finishing - if you decide to finish them at all as sometimes the stitching itself is the goal not the end result - have fun with it!

Mini Magical Mystery SAL 4 - Information Post

Hi and welcome to the fourth information post for a Mini Magical Mystery SAL! With lockdowns still enforced for many people I'm continuing with another mystery to keep you stitching! This pattern is the same size as the other three and has around the same number of stitches as the third mystery. This mystery will start the day after the current mystery ends: 27th April.