{"id":4,"date":"2006-06-16T09:39:47","date_gmt":"2006-06-16T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=4"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:39:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:39:57","slug":"work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"work in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hopskipjump.typepad.com\/hop_skip_jump\/2006\/06\/action_shots_ar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIP\u00a0Friday<\/a> meme is spreading around craftblogville and I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s a great way to introduce you to a range of what I do. Here are some of my &#8220;in progress&#8221; projects:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"\/blog\/images\/xstitch_doves1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"cross stitch doves (in progress)\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/xstitch_doves1.jpg\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Before we moved to Canada, a very\u00a0sweet loved-up pair of doves used to sit on our garden wall in Durham.\u00a0I took a photo of them and converted it into a cross stitch pattern.\u00a0At 10 inches wide, the completed piece will\u00a0be composed of\u00a025,000 cross stitches&#8230; I split the pattern into three vertical panels to make it easier to work with, and, as you can see, I&#8217;m about 1\/3 through the second panel, so I still have a long way to go. <\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"\/blog\/images\/63afghan1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"afghan squares (in progress)\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/63afghan1.jpg\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am crocheting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/sampler-afghan-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> afghan and so far I have completed 26 of the 63 squares. My third block colour will be a mid-blue and I am going to finish the afghan with navy blue borders between the squares. This is really a winter project, so I&#8217;m probably going to put the box of squares away until the weather starts getting colder again! <\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"\/blog\/images\/fimochicks.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"FIMO projects (in progress)\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/fimochicks.jpg\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I know they look like funny yellow ghosts at the moment, but they\u00a0are going to be part of my polymer clay <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php\">fridge magnet series<\/a>. When the wings (shown in pic), beaks (on right of pic) and feet (still to make) are attached, they&#8217;ll look a lot better (I hope!). Bottom right of the picture are some backfilled clay tiles I&#8217;ve been experimenting with. I think they look cool (especially the bottom one), but not sure what I&#8217;ll do with them yet. <\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"\/blog\/images\/origami1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" height=\"300\" alt=\"origami (in progress)\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/origami1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I just started playing with origami. This was originally going to be a mobile, but now I&#8217;m not really sure what do to with it. When\u00a0I&#8217;ve figured it out, I have some prettier origami papers to try out as well.<\/p>\n<p>There\u00a0are\u00a0more things that I&#8217;m working on too (painting, sewing, beading&#8230; I like variety), but this post is probably long enough already, so I&#8217;ll call it a day for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WIP\u00a0Friday meme is spreading around craftblogville and I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s a great way to introduce you to a range of what I do. 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