Greetings everyone from snowy New England!
We received about two feet of snow yesterday (approx. 60 cm for those of you not in the U.S.), and it’s a beautiful snowy wonderland outside my window today. As the storm blew through, I spent many hours stitching away and getting progress made on a couple of pieces. Thankfully the power didn’t go out, so it was just a nice, cozy day inside under a quilt on the couch!
Tonight, once the shoveling is done and my son has had a good dose of sledding over at the park, I’ll be planning my February stitching. February is always a bit of an eventful month for me since there’s a large letter writing event I love to participate in every year. Fitting the stitching in can be a little tricky! I’m excited for this year, though – because Olympic Stitching is back. And we have several events for you to choose from to move your projects forward. 🙂
Olympic Stitching
The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will be held February 4th-20th. No need to convert to any specific time zone – wherever you are, fit the event to your time! The organized events are as follows. However, if you have an idea for an additional event – let me know! 🙂
- Marathon – pick one piece, and dedicate yourself to progress on that single piece for the duration of the Olympics.
- Olympic Flag – You may stitch on any piece or combination of pieces, but only stitch in the colors of the Olympic rings – blue, yellow, black, green, and red, as well as white (the background of the flag).
- Sprint – Choose either a time block (for example, 3 hours) or a number of stitches that you can do fairly quickly in an afternoon, and see how many projects you can work on during the Olympics. If you prefer to limit to a certain number of pieces and just do a rapid rotation, this also would count as a sprint.
- Decathlon – Pick ten pieces by ten different designers and complete at least 200 stitches OR 3 hours on each during the Olympics.
Hopefully this will give you a fun challenge to push forward with some progress!
Website Change Reminder
Please make sure to link up to https://www.measi.net (no /measiblog after it).
And that’s it for now. Have a lovely February, and I’ll see you at the end of the month!.
Happy stitching,
Melissa
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Important SAL Announcements…
Upcoming Events: Olympics Stitching, February 4th – February 20th. Details above in my post. 🙂
Also – March will be our first focus month of the year – pick one piece and plan to put at least one stitch in it per day for the month.
Question of the Month: Describe your stitching style – are you a one-at-a-time stitcher? Do you stitch on rotation? Are you a chaos wrangler? Are you comfortable in your current stitching style, or are you still searching for that stitching zen?
Next posting date: February 27, 2022
Topic(s) for next time: What stitch-a-longs (SALs) are you participating in this year?
Need all the basic info about the SAL? Go here for all details for 2022!
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Please remember that this stitch-a-long is intended to be fun – so if you’re too busy to post, too busy/ill/etc. to stitch – no worries! Post when you can and share what you have going, even if you’ve only been able to toss a single stitch into it. If you miss a few months, not a problem – just jump back in when you’re back with us! It’s not a race or a competition – we’re all just here to cheer each other on with our progress.