Sampler SAL - Page 1 - Week 1

Welcome to the first part of the Sampler SAL! This time we are starting the first page. Initially the stitches may be simple, but it's to make sure everyone is on the same playing field moving forwards. Simple also means finished quickly, which isn't a bad thing either. Please wait with embellishing/getting creative till I indicate which spaces are available to do your own thing — there will be space on every page to personalise it with extras if you so chose — or just to practice a stitch a bit more.

Ornament of the Month 2021 - January

Welcome to the first Ornament of the Month for 2021! As you may have seen in the FB group, I was too exhausted yesterday to also finish stitching the ornament as well as write the blog post. I have done the stitching today — at a slower pace that I was trying to do yesterday. I'm still very tired, but I also want to get this done, so you aren't waiting any longer. Things have not been fully finished yet, and I still need to write the tutorial for the finishing of the main shape, but I'm afraid that will have to wait till I have a bit more energy — it will be done before the end of the month. There is a LOT of information in this post — it should answer many questions you may have.

Temperature SAL 2021 - January

Welcome to the first of 13 posts for the Temperature SAL!  This first post will be the place to start the SAL properly after you have read the information post that has fabric sizes, floss etc in it. Now you get the pattern and other information required to get going!

Temperature SAL - 2020 Wrap Up Post

Welcome to the thirteenth Temperature SAL post! This is the final post for the 2020 Temperature SAL! It's quite a bit later than planned but then not everything went to plan today, including that moment when I grabbed DMC 913 instead of DMC 911 and didn't notice till after I'd finished all the stitches of the month with it. Joy. So a bit of ripping and restitching later, and it's all done but not ironed as I just don't have the time to iron it today, and I still need to add one more day.

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - The Back and Final Post

Welcome to the final post of the NYE Mystery SAL! I want to thank you all for stitching along with me — sometimes literally as I wasn't always up to date with the SAL myself, but as you can see below I did manage to finish on time! I have had so much fun seeing all of your versions — and new people joining in now and then too! Furthermore, I hope to see many more of you jump in as you find the time in your busy schedules — the NYE Mystery SAL starting in the middle of the week certainly didn't help with having much time!

Happy New Year!

Since not everyone does the NYE Mystery SAL I am also making a separate post to wish everyone a happy New Year! I wish for all of you the best health possible, with many good days. I also hope that you can find happiness in small things and not get thwarted by the old mean frog that makes you rip your stitches out. And most of all I hope the world becomes calmer without so much hate and selfishness — peace and love are much better for everyone!

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 14

Welcome to the 14th and final part of the NYE Mystery SAL! I hope you have had as much fun as I have! I also hope you are happy with the result of your efforts! Of course, I can't wait to see your final pictures — I'm so excited! As always I've still got one more pattern for you, the back pattern should you wish to make something two-sided with your stitched results. That will be posted in four hours time.

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 13

Welcome to part thirteen of the NYE Mystery SAL! It's the penultimate part of the NYE SAL! Everyone will be in the New Year now, so it's good there isn't much of the SAL left! I wonder if the pattern is going where you thought?

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 12

Welcome to part twelve of the NYE Mystery SAL!  I'm sure that by now you are wondering what the next few parts will bring, after all there are just two more parts to come after this one, so there isn't much left to do! I'll keep you busy don't worry!

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 11

Welcome to part eleven of the NYE Mystery SAL! As its four am here at the time of this posting I will hopefully be sleeping, so won't be able to respond to any issues till I wake up later on.  It's not yet New Year for everyone — another two  hours to go for those of you on the east coast time zone, and more for the rest of the Americas. Here on the blog things are continuing as per the plan!

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 10

Happy New Year!!

Welcome to part ten of the NYE Mystery SAL! At the time this part of the NYE SAL shows on my blog New Year's Eve has become New Year! I hope you all have a wonderful 2021 and that life returns to normal for us all before too very long. Hang on in there till it does — you have got this! After this part there are just four parts left so if you get the stitching time you could have the front finished by the end of the day, especially if you live in countries that come after me time wise.

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 9

Welcome to part nine of the NYE Mystery SAL! I think that after today's part you can see that colour C is a bit of the star of this show — not the only star of course, but it is showing up a lot lately, isn't it? I do hope you like where this is going!

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 8

Welcome to part eight of the NYE Mystery SAL! It's been lovely seeing all of your progress pictures in the FB Mystery group! It's a lot of fun seeing things progress with the colours you are all using! Having given you the most stitches of this SAL in part six, I am now giving you the least stitches in this SAL! From now on it's mostly 68 stitches per part, with a few 64 stitch parts for variation.

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 7

Welcome to part seven of the NYE Mystery SAL! And just like that we will have hit the halfway point after finishing this part! How wonderful it that?! There is still plenty of space left to get some stitches in, so you don't have any worries there.

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 6

Welcome to the sixth part of the NYE Mystery SAL! How is it going with the stitching? This time you are getting more stitches than usual — the most you will get in the entire SAL in fact! Do remember to show your progress in the FB group (linked at the bottom of the page)! There is no such thing as spamming the group with photos when you are showing us updates after you have finished stitching each part — if anything it helps keep others going, and some years we have had a friendly competition as to who would post first! All good fun!

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 5

Welcome to the fifth part of the NYE Mystery SAL! If you are reading this at the time it's posted I will be snug in my bed dreaming up new patterns… or something nice I hope anyway! I hope you take care with counting this time, it's needed to avoid issues later.

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 4

Welcome to the fourth part of the NYE Mystery SAL! I'm sure you have noticed by now that we are building a castle — what else could the stitches so far mean? Surely not something else entirely?! Admittedly you would not be wrong to wonder if I was leading you on what the English call “A wild goose chase” after all this IS a mystery SAL!

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 3

Welcome to the third part of the NYE Mystery SAL! I hope you enjoyed adding the shape in part two! The question now is: “Will it stay that way?” Naturally I won't be telling you that... yet... or will I? Nah, I won't ! Bwhahaha! (Yeah, OK, it's not a very good evil laugh but at the time I was writing this I hadn't yet had enough coffee to do better)

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 2

Welcome to part two of the NYE Mystery SAL! I hope part one didn't give too many troubles, but I do like to give you a firm centre and edge to a pattern in the first part to get you off to a good start! Remember I don't ask you to do anything I won't do myself with these mysteries, so while occasionally challenging at first it's all to your stitching benefit later!

2020/2021 NYE Mystery SAL - Part 1

Welcome to the first part of the NYE Mystery SAL! I hope you are ready for the mayhem that's to follow! I'm sure you are just as ready as I am to say goodbye to 2020 and what better way to do it than while stitching?! If you are new to the high speed mystery SALs that I host then I suggest having a look at the **Mystery SAL Tips** before starting just to help you start right. If you are only just finding this SAL, you can find the information post here.