Time to get back to "work"

 I still haven't heard back from Wichelt about whether the model is approved or if changes need to be made and it's making me a bit nervous--the longer it goes the more I imagine extensive revisions being made! It might just be a matter of Nora being busy and the person I work with at Wichelt only being in the office one day a week; planning to send an inquiry today as the person is at work on Tuesdays, so hopefully they'll get back to me soon.

I spent the last week doing some cleaning around the house and working on a couple of CEC mittens. The first is Little Fan, which was a freebie which coordinates with the Dickens Mittens leaflets:

The second is a freebie called Cross My Heart Mitten (currently on the CEC site along with a second free mitten):

The next mitten I've kitted up is the 1 Good Egg Mitten, so it's ready to go when the urge strikes again. My goal was to stitch at least one mitten each month and so far I've done 11 in 7 months so I'm a bit ahead for now; I'll probably do the next one in May.

Yesterday I decided to dig out my last set of Qsnaps not already in use and start the Rosewood Manor model while I continue to wait to hear from Wichelt. I'll work on it for the next couple of weeks then plan to take a break when the two SALs have new parts released on May 1, so probably no new posts for a few weeks.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

Up to date

 I am happy to say that I am once again caught up with the two SALs that I'm signed up for. It only took a couple of days to finish part 4 of the Serenita di Campagna design, and I've already completed the outlines for the next three parts as well (though I didn't take an updated picture of that portion):

Last night I finished part 2 of Au Fil des Nichoirs:

When I first saw this part I could have sworn the March birdhouse was a cactus with a cowboy hat roof, and the mask meant that it must represent the Lone Ranger, though I couldn't figure out what that had to do with March. I felt like an idiot when it was mentioned that it was a leprechaun hat, and the consensus is that the mask is for Mardi Gras--duh! Makes a lot more sense.

Still waiting to hear from Wichelt so I haven't started the Rosewood Manor piece as I don't want to take the Mirabilia off the Qsnaps yet; hoping to get an approval email tomorrow. For now I really need to get some housework done anyway, so I'm going to focus on that for a couple of days--blech!

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

A small finish

 Last week I finished the model I was working on and am now waiting to hear if it is approved to send back. It's always a bit of a tense time because Nora sometimes decides to make changes and I really don't like having to rip out stitches and redo, so fingers crossed it gets the green light!

I have received the next parts for the Jardin Prive and Campagna di Serenita SALs and will be stitching those this week before I start a new Rosewood Manor model. I spent the weekend on Cross Eyed Cricket's Lone Pine Mitten (leaflet 227) and finished it yesterday:

I had kitted this one up back in January when we were in the middle of winter and I didn't really enjoy working on it now that the weather has been so nice here for the past few days, so I've already picked out a much more spring-like mitten to do when the mood next strikes.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!