Slow Sunday Stitching - May 18, 2025

I'm sort of slow off the blocks today.  I even skipped church.   Yesterday was exhausting.   I ended up driving over 6 hours on Saturday, much of it on rural roads - narrow, some gravel not paving.  But Carl ran his second non-school 5K.

It was in a little town west of us and was in support of a local nature/walking/running/biking trail that is entirely volunteer run and locally funded, so worth the effort!   The race name is "The Toad Strangler", which I find hilarious.  The 'medals' were homemade and very cute.   Surprisingly, the race was formally chip timed and Carl cut almost six minutes off his time in the last race.  It helped that Saturday morning was perfect running weather.  As long as he wants to run, I'll pay his fees and get him there.

I took my charity knitting, since I didn't know if I would have a table to sit at for needlework (I didn't, so good call on the knitting).   This is another Leftover Sock Yarn (LOSY) Hat and should use up the last of the neon pink yarn!  "Another Goth LOSY Hat" - no clever name on this one.

I did get some needlework done this week.  Keeping up with the daily Temperature Log stitch.  And I finished the first ten hours on the Just Nan piece "Butterflies, Blossoms and Bees".  See the changeover post for picture and commentary.  No progress on the other Just Nan piece - the finishing on the pin cube, but I did decide that it's going to have a simple fixed pincushion top.  The charm on one side is quite heavy and rather a snagging hazard, so the pincube will have to be a display only piece.  Now I just have to find the right fabric for the cover of the pincushion area.

So on to slot #2 of the current rotation.  The vintage crewel eagle is back out to play.   I got the first of the three pine needle clusters on the bottom branch done except for the bullion knot pinecone in the center.  These sets of needles are much smaller than the upper ones, yet no simpler in construction.  But they are coming along!

As far as the last current active project goes, I've already fallen a bit behind on the #WIPintoshape challenge.   Yesterday, Andrew ran a half marathon, which meant I needed to put in over 200 stitches on the Mead Dragon.   With driving my own runner all over the eastern part of the state of Kansas, I did NOT accomplish this goal.   So, I need to play catch up today.   

Still, it's been a good week.  Linking up with the SSS crew (current round up list).  Going to hop over and see what everyone has been up to.