Yeah, so that whole queuing up posts thing didn't really work, did it? Well, at least you got one!
I've done a few SALs in my stitching career...that's Stitch A-Long if you don't know...some of them I kept up with, some I didn't...some I was the only one that finished! I've avoided them recently so that I wouldn't hold anyone else up...and because I've had a bad case of Can't Be Bothered lately. But I finally found one I think I can handle. It's the TUSAL started by Dragon My Needle. TUSAL stands for "Totally Useless Stitch A-Long". You collect your orts (thread scraps) in the same clear container, post a picture each month on the day of the new moon, and empty it into a larger container that holds the year's worth. So...here's my first TUSAL picture:
I picked this shot glass (purportedly purloined from Air Force One by my hubby's grandfather when he was the navigator back in the day) because I knew my monthly output would be very small. In fact, there's only so much this month because I had a disastrous yarn adventure (that's be the light blue) that I'll have to post about soon. The brown is from an amigurumi squirrel I'm making (lots of pieces; lots of yarn ends). The only other thing in there...the burgundy silk...is from a bird that I finally finished. 
And the only reason you can even see the orts is because it was a kit, and I dumped the leftovers when I finished. I was so scared I'd run out of thread, all the actual orts are less than 2 inches long!Next month I'll show the bigger container where I'm dumping each month's shot glassful.
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| The detritus of crafting looks better under the Presidential seal.... |
3 comments:
I love the new blog header!
It sounds like there is a story behind the glass.
A perfect TU SAL! I love the little bird, Heather!
Hey that's the kind of SAL I can actually keep up with! LOL May your ort jar always be full........
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