August Wrap Up

August has been kind of a tough month for me. There's been a lot of pressure at work and a lot of rain that makes my joints ache and stitching difficult. But I'm glad we're into September now, and I'm looking forward to working on some of my Fall projects.

Last week I pulled out one of my HAEDs, an newer start called Mini Dandelion. I just fell in love with this chart when it was released last year, so when it was released as a mini, I snapped it up. Here's the full pic:

And here's my progress for the week (nevermind the messy threads):

This was a total impulse start in December last year when I knew the last thing I needed was a new start, but it felt good at the time, so I went with it. I'm doing this in tent stitch on 28ct Monaco, which is not my favorite fabric. It seems really stiff, which is better for avoiding tent stitch lines (that weird warp your fabric can sometimes get) but harder to get needle and thread through. But he's just so cute! For now I'm just enjoying stitching all those blues.

I've been so tired this month I barely managed my two columns on Moon Indigo, but finished off the second one on the last day of August:

I have officially hit the sky on the other side of the moon, so that makes me feel like I'm really making progress even if it doesn't look like it. I won't be done with the moon for a few more columns, but then I'll just have one partial page of sky to get through and the row will be done! I'm thinking I may keep her as my focus for this month so I can finish off this page. :)

Have you been missing my Temperature charts? I've got August all done, so here's how they look:

The yellow shows the days of heavy rain, which came as a relief after all the heat of the first half of the month. The ornament chart has begun the round of alphabets, which is quite fun to stitch after all those squares. We've already begun the downward slide into fall temperatures, and I'm hoping to see some greens by the end of September. We'll see. The average temperature for August was 87.4, which was almost the same as June's average.

That's all I've got for this week. Next week I'll be working on yet another new start (yes, I'm a glutton for punishment). I'm also thinking hard about what I want my New Years start to be -- a sampler? a HAED? something old or brand new? I've got a list of candidates, but I'm having trouble narrowing them down. Anyone else thinking about next year?