2011 Goals report & 2012 goals

For 2011 I said

Finish a TW  I finished Basket of Apples

Finish a Silver Lining No and I didn't even work on one!

Stitch an ornament a month and finish it as well  I got all the ornament done that I needed to but not monthly

Get my PHD number to below 30 I got to 31

For 2012 I'd like to

Finish a TW
Finish Mary Wigham

Stitch an ornament a month and finish it

Stitch or bead at least 12 Dragons in honour of 2012 being the year of the Dragon

Keep up with the TUSAL

Get my PHD number to below 25

In 2011 I stitched for a total of 1027 hours 28 minutes!!

I had 31 starts and 36 finishes and 1 UFO RR completed.   Of those 36 finishes 27 of them were new starts and the other 9 were PHD's.

December Progress & January Goals

For December I said

Get the last couple of ornaments stitched  Done

Get the ones that are stitched and not made up, made up Done

UFO RR Done

Finish as many projects as poss this month  I finished 8

For January I'd like to

UFO RR

Pick a new TW Monday project

Pick a new weekend project

Not start more than 5 GFJ projects

I stitched for 89 hours 7 mins in Dec, had 4 new starts and 8 finishes and I stitched every day

November progress & December goals

For November I said

Get at least one ornament esp since I have an exchange one due  I got the one for the exchange done and one of the NH monthly challenge ones stitched but not yet finished

UFO RR I did work on it but still have some to do

Finish at least one project  I finished 4 in total

For December

Get the last couple of ornaments stitched

Get the ones that are stitched and not made up, made up

UFO RR

Finish as many projects as poss this month 

I stitched for 75 hours and 16 minutes last month, had 2 days when I didn't stitch (although I did bead), had 2 new starts and 4 finishes along with a few beading finishes.

Current PHD total = 36

October progress & November goals

For October I said

Get at least one ornament done  Done, I did DBF's

UFO RR Done 

A finish would be nice Done

For November I'd like to 

Get at least one ornament esp since I have an exchange one due

UFO RR

Finish at least one project

I stitched for 92 hours 47 minutes last month, had 5 new starts and 5 finishes 4 of which were new starts

Current PHD Total = 36

September Progress and October Goals

For September I said

Finish at least one project besides the map  I finished Kaleidoscope and Christmas Carousel card which I have yet to post

Get an ornament done  Not unless you count the Carousel

For October I'd like to

Get at least one ornament done

UFO RR

A finish would be nice 

I stitched for 95 hours 31 minutes last month, had 4 finishes, 1 new start and a couple of beading projects (one of which I need to post!)

Current PHD total = 36

August progress and September Goals

For August I said 

Finish at least one project  I finished the Blackwork Trellis 

UFO RR Done

Get an ornament done No, failed this one

Finish my tassel  Done

For September I'd like to

Finish at least one project besides the map

Get an ornament done

In August I stitched for 71 hours 10 mins, had 1 new start and 1 finish and 3 days of no stitching but I did knit or bead on those days 

July progress & August Goals

For July I said

Finish My Earth  Done

UFO RR  Done

Get an ornament done  Done

For August I'd like to 

Finish at least one project

UFO RR

Get an ornament done

Finish my tassel

I stitched for 78 hours 37 minutes last month, had 2 new starts and 2 finishes one of which was a new start.

Current PHD total = 40

June Progress & July goals

For June I said

UFO RR  Done and mailed

Finish The Bookshelf and enter it in the Cheshire Show  Done, entered and I scored 17/20

For July I'd like to

Finish My Earth

UFO RR

Get an ornament done

In June I stitched for 79 hours 26 minutes and I spent time with a needle every day apart but one.

I had 3 new starts and 4 finishes 2 of which were new starts

Current PHD total - 40

May Progress & June Goals

For May I said

UFO RR  Done

Finish Celtic Banner  Done

Stitch an ornament No :(

Decide on my Birthday start  Yes and started it

For June I'd like to 

UFO RR

Finish The Bookshelf and enter it in the Cheshire Show

Very small goals for me this month so should be doable.

I stitched for 75 hours 43 minutes in May, had 3 new starts and 1 finish.

Current PHD total = 40

April progress & May goals

For April I said

UFO RR  Done but mailed later than planned

Stitch at least one ornament  Done

Finish Sunflower Charms  Done  

Keep on working on Celtic Banner and hopefully finish it  I'm almost there :)

Keep on working on my UFO  No, kinda dropped the ball with it :(

For May I'd like to

UFO RR

Finish Celtic Banner

Stitch an ornament

Decide on my Birthday start 

In April I stitched for exactly 87 hours, I was very surprised by that!!  I had 1 new start and 4 finishes :) plus I stitched every day apart from yesterday.

It's been a bit of a bad week and I'm behind with posts so bear with me while I catch up over the next few days

Current PHD's = 38

March progress & April Goals

For March I said 

UFO RR  Done

Stitch an ornament  No

Finish Sunflower Charms  I got really close and have half of one row of lettering to do

For April I'd like to

UFO RR

Stitch at least one ornament

Finish Sunflower Charms

Keep on working on Celtic Banner and hopefully finish it

Keep on working on my UFO

I stitched for 90 hours 21 minutes in March and had 1 new start and no finishes (at least no stitching ones, I did have some beading ones)

Current PHD total = 41!

February progress & March Goals

For Feb I said

UFO RR  I've done a little bit

Stitch 2 ornaments  Only did one

For March I'd like to

UFO RR

Stitch an ornament

Finish Sunflower Charms

I stitched for 79 hours 23 mins last month, had 3 new starts and 2 finishes and picked a needle up every day which was pretty good going when you remember I suffered from vertigo for a week and found most things difficult including stitching!

My weekend's on Celtic Banner have gone well and I'm love with it once more but I'm already starting to think about what I'll concentrate on next even though a finish is a fair way off

January progress & February goals

For January I said

UFO RR  Done and posted along with a new one of mine

Not have to many GFJ starts  I had 4 in total but finished one of them

Stitch an ornament  Nope because of that project

For February I'd like to

UFO RR

Stitch 2 ornaments

I stitched for a total of 108 hours 14 mins last month, had 4 new starts and 1 finish and I stitched every day.

If you've been reading for a while you'll know I stitch on a rotation and although I'm still going to do that I'm going to try something different in view of wanting to finish lots of PHD's this year.  With Monday being TW day and Friday my day to SAL with Pat I've decided to spend Tuesday (after I've done my hour on a UFO), Wednesday and Thursday working on whatever is next up or calls to me most. And I'm going to spend my weekend's working on something I want to get finished this year until it's done but if I find that for whatever reason I'm not enjoying that project for a couple of weekends running then I'm allowed to switch to something else.

New and old PHD's

My Jan start this year is CdC. I only got a couple of hours in before I went to DBF's but I did work on something else while there.

As you know I've joined the Flipp'n Crazy Challenge this year so in the sprit of getting it underway and killing off some of my PHD's I decided to start taking part in TW Monday's again.

I pulled out Basket of Apples to work on every week till it's done.

I'm also going to get back into the habit of working on a UFO on a Tuesday and first one is Caleb's Birth Sampler, I'd like to have this done before he turns 3 in March

I also pulled out something to work on at DBF's where the lighting isn't very good for stitching so it had to be on aida so out came my Celtic Griffin. I started this at least 7 years ago as a project to work on in the car on long trips but it got put aside when I discovered sock knitting.

So it went from this New Year's day, sorry about the bad pic I had to take it under artifical light

To this when I got home last night

2010 Goals report & 2011 Goals

For 2010 I said I would like to

Finish a TW - which one has yet to be decided Well I did finish one but not one of the ones that was already a PHD
Finish a Silver Lining - again to be decided Never touched one
Get my PHD's to below 35 I was on track for this one until I found 3 PHD's I didn't know I had :( and end the year with 37
Stitch an ornament a month Done
Stitch a SOLAK sqaure a month No but I did get a fair few done
Finish 2 PHD's before I start a new one but with exceptions (Birthday start, ornaments and SOLAK squares are excluded but any other new start in the year is fair game. All Guilt Free Jan start are also fair game once they are underway) I pretty much stuck to this one

2010 was another good year stitching wise for me with a total of 1045 hours 17 mins of needle time. I had 44 new starts and 47 finishes in total and learnt that I really need to finish ornaments as I stitch them.

For 2011 I'd like to

Finish a TW

Finish a Silver Lining

Stitch an ornament a month and finish it as well.

Get my PHD number to below 30 (I've joined the Flippin Crazy January Challenge but will be happy to finish 8 out of the 15)

December Progress & January Goals

For December I said

UFO RR Done but mailed a little late with being sick

Finish ABC Christmas Done

Get my Jan 1st start ready to go Done

Finish all the ornaments off Done

Knit a pair of socks for my dad for Christmas Done

Finish something else No

For January I'd like to

UFO RR

Not have to many GFJ starts

Stitch an ornament

In December I stitched for a total of 58hrs 6 mins, had 3 new starts and 4 finishes. I also had several days were I didn't pick up a needle at all but I was either knitting or beading those days