Nine days away from home

Here in the UK we are coming to the end of the May half-term holiday. The Other Half and me spent all of the holiday away from home, a few days here, a few days there, that sort of thing and very enjoyable it was too. I did manage to get some stitching done. Firstly I finished the Dutch Delft biscornu. The 'charms' are hand painted enamel earrings bought at a craft fair many moons ago.

I also managed to complete the backstitch on one side of my Teepee Teddies UFO and all the cross stitch on the other side.


I also managed to complete all the stitching on the Boo needle book. This now needs finishing off properly along with a whole list of other stuff so my next weekend at home will be a 'finishing weekend' of a different sort.


I will leave you with two holiday photos. On Thursday evening we walked to the source of the River Thames. I have been there a number of times before and have actually seen water bubbling up from the ground, but not this time. The pile of stones in the foreground is where the water usually comes up.


This photo shows what we had to cross to get there and yes, it is a high speed train and yes, the official footpath does cross a double track mainline railway (between Swindon and Gloucester).

When does a WIP become a UFO?

Now I know this question is not is important as, What is the meaning of life? (answer 42) but it has been playing on my mind for some time.

Why?

On my WIP list I have Michael Powell's Tuscan Gardens II. It is not on the rotation, I have not put a stitch in since virtually the day I started it over six months ago - so is it actually a UFO?

This next one is definitely a UFO. Started when one of my nephews was still a bump, one is now 12 and the other 9!

This is the Teepee Bears Door Hanger designed by Joan Elliott for Bucilla.

I have another one, hidden in a drawer at The Railway, which is a Country Companions one. The idea here being to leave some stitching at The Railway so that I didn't have to take something every weekend. Mmm... that's been there over six years.

So in a moment of madness I have started another blog called 'I've started so I'll finish, eventually' at http://ufotofinish.blogspot.com/. This is a SAL for all those who want to finish/talk about one or more of their UFOs. Purely for fun, but if it encourages people to finish their UFOs that would be great. If you are interested in joining then email me, via my profile, or leave a comment on this blog and I will sent you an invitation.