Jolly Old Fellow

Almost finished page 8. Unfortunately I ran out of the floss I need to finish this page. I did make a trip to my lns to get supplies, but inexplicably came home with 3374 instead of 3373. Must have been having a senior moment.

Jolly Old Fellow

I have made a little progress this week - I have most of the red stitches in the cap completed now,and I have started on the fur trim. I'm still working on page 8.

Jolly Old Fellow

I am finally now working again on Jolly Old Fellow. He has spent all of the first half of this year waiting patiently in my craft room. This is where I finished in December 2009, mid-way through page 8: I am currently stitching the reds of his hat, and hope to have that little section completed within the next day or so. It's taken me a while to feel comfortable once again with the chart and those tiny stitches!

HAED Jolly Old Fellow

I have now finished page 3 of Jolly Old Fellow. I've gridded up the fabric for page 4, as a trial - I've never gridded before, but I did have a few little hair-tearing episodes on page 3, trying to find my place. I'm hoping the grid will help me with that on page 4.

Jolly Old Fellow - progress pic

Here is my progress at the end of Week 6 (240 stitching hours). I'm about 2/3 through page 3.

I won't be stitching again on JOF till mid March, as I'll be away on a camping holiday.

Elfie

G'day (that shows I'm an Aussie btw). This is my first post here. I'm a new convert to HAED, and also to blogging. I'm started doing both this year, and I am really enjoying the new experiences. I started my HAED Jolly Old Fellow on January 19. It's by far the largest project I've attempted, and it has taught me so much about myself that I probably was happier not knowing, though I'm sure the additional self-insight will make me a better person in the long run (here's hoping, anyway). Up till now my largest projects have been L&L and Vermillion, and it's never taken me more than 4 months to finish a project.

Anyway, one day (some year yet to be determined), the fabric currently in my floor-frame will look just like this lovely Santa on the left. I'm stitching on page 3 at present, about half-way through. This week I've had a tiny little glitch (read - two days of pulling out my hair and counting , counting, counting) due to my putting in an extra stitch at the top of page 3. I think I have it sorted out - well, at least a plan that sounds workable to get it back on track. I'm working on JOF for all but one week each month. Next week is a JOF-free week for me. Actually I'll be away from home in the campervan, holidaying by the coast, and JOF will stay safely at home. The pic on the right is what it looked like last week. I'll pop in tonight at the end of my stitching session and put in this week's progress pic.