Pride Goeth Before A Fall

When we left our easily influenced stitcher on Monday she faced a dilemma.  Continue to stitch on her SAL or get going on an exchange piece due the end of the month.

I had every intention of continuing to stitch my SAL.  I am, after all, a one-at-a-timer.  Just the thought of stitching 2 cross stitch projects at the same time makes me shudder.  I even told myself that the deadline I needed to meet for the exchange piece would spur me on to completion.  

Although I did not think I would stitch any further after my post on Monday I had a bit of a surge of energy after dinner so I decided to pick up the SAL & have at it.  However, I took one look at that white snowman & got cold feet.  I considered the possibility that I would run into problems with Frosty, get hung up on the SAL, & then be faced with racing through the exchange piece or, heaven forbid, being late with it.  I decided to put Frosty aside & stitch the exchange piece.

I must admit that stitching the exchange piece was the proverbial walk in the park.  I concentrated all my efforts into it & within 2 days' time it was done!  (Imagine strains of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus accompanying this announcement.)  After the heady success of completing the exchange piece I loaded my needle with the dreaded white floss & immediately began giving Frosty a head.  Imagine my delight when I saw that it didn't look too bad!

See!  What did I tell you!  Not too bad!  Not too bad at all!

This is as far as I got on Tuesday night.  Wow!  I was on a roll!  I pictured myself in a cape & spandex body suit with the words SUPER STITCHER emblazoned across my chest!  Finished the exchange piece, Frosty was going well ... all was right with the world.

Dateline:  Wednesday - It was a cold, overcast, rainy day ... one of those days when you just want to crawl under the covers & sleep.  I did manage, however, to begin Frosty's body that evening with the confidence that all would be well.  It wasn't.  I was tired ... never a good time to stitch.  I ended up unstitching Frosty's body & starting over again 3 times.  The third time I was more than halfway done with the body when I discovered a huge mistake at the beginning of it.  I decided at that point that it was time to give up & go to bed.  I haven't met with Frosty since.  

I am not giving up on Frosty.  That just wouldn't do!  I am, however, considering putting him aside & starting my Christmas All Year Round ornament.  Yeah ... that sounds good.  Take a bit of a vacation from Frosty & at least get a start on something that's supposed to be finished this month.  Frosty, after all, has no deadline.