Exchange season!

It seems to me that spring is time for exchanges in my life. No matter how hard I tried I went and signed up to Here's to Ewe exchange at SBEBB as there's one complimentary design by $COMPANY I have wanted to stitch for so long.
Luckily it is very suitable design to use all the little bits of hand-dyed flosses I have laying around, so there's no need to adjust my savings campaign - now I just need to decide how to finish it...

And while talking of exchanges... I am planning to organize a little exchange over at FlossMoms during this spring. I know what item the exchange will cover, but I am in need of opinions about the theme still, so if you happen to be a member (or become one) pop by and vote.

On sleeping

[Insert imitation of a zombie here]
My inner clock is not meant for Finnish summer.

When I was in Bangkok my day was approximately 24 hours, as it's supposed to be, but after my return my clock has gotten twisted - again - and now my day is 26-28 hours.
Reason for it? Sunset in Bangkok was approximately sevenish, in here bit before eleven. Which leads to us interesting result... I need at least four hours of darkness before I fall asleep. Proof? I sleep very well during winter, and my day is shorter...

So, I ended up sleeping 3½ hours last night (or actually this morning). Though the good side in it is that it's quite likely that I'll doze off before 3 am tomorrow, but I don't put my hopes high. I know how skilled I am at staying awake when I shouldn't.

Well, at least I can do something productive if I can't sleep. That is reorganizing.
Got this idea of moving kitchen table to living room and sofa to kitchen. So, kitchen table serves as crafting table and my sofa will serve as cat bed (as it has done before).
Actually this idea of mine is proving to be great even sofa is still on it's way between living room and kitchen. I may get all my stash located neatly and nicely next to my crafting table and that means that I'm able to free some space from living room bookshelf.
Though TV is still problematic, but I think it may end up in bedroom, where I store everything unnecessary... like my bed (or mattress to be exact).

Joys of living alone: you are only one who has one's word to say in issues like this.

G'night.

Here I am, blogging in the middle of the night. Great.

'Silhouettes'.

I should write to either moderator of exchange forum and ask about that SAL organizing thingy.

Yes, I opened my big mouth and promised to organize 'Silhouettes' SAL.
It doesn't take that much my time nor I have to work very much for it, but I've to commit to that project for at least 6 months, maybe even 8 - depends on how long is stitching time between patterns.
It has to be at least 6 weeks, that gap, and as there's other SAL going on at the same time in same board AND I'm already signed myself to it so it really needs to be fixed a bit. 15th of January would be good day for an official start as it'd be in between topiary SAL's second and third part.

SALs and WIPs.

I added sections for my WIPs and SALs to the sidebar, maybe they make it bit easier to follow what I'm talking of.

G'day.

As we all see, I kind of flooded my blog with test results yesterday and today. So, now it's time for some 'decen't blogging again.

Metallics.

I've found new love: DMC's white metallic floss.

I bought one skein of it from my LNS and last night I stitched few snowflakes with it to SEBE 'Winter' bookmark. It looks great.

Little tip: When you've divided your lenght of floss to six parts, take one divided strand of that floss, divide it (as it's made of two filaments) again. First of all it's easier to stitch as it's more flexible, and it looks great. IMO it may look even better than if you were stitching with one complete strand.
In fact I think it'd be good bleding filament replacement stitched with regular mouline. I have to try that some day.

SAL.

Well, in a way it has been suggested that I'd organize one SAL (Stitch-a-long) at EMS Cross Stitch Board. I suggested one design (serie in fact) in one thread which has to do with SALs and it seems that there might be people who're interested of doing this particular pattern.

Design is a freebie and still available, and I checked yesterday that it isn't even very big. One part of design in 45x60 stitches so 2700 stitches per part (minus corners which are unstitched in pattern (though I think I'll stitch them too)), and on 14 count finished design is about 8,2x10,9 cms (~3.2x4.3 inches).

There isn't even that many colours needed, so it's almost perfect. Even beginners could participate.

Looks good? I think so. Anyway, I've to think this a bit (as I'm not sure when I've time, after DBF moves I don't have free time that much as there's piles of bureucracy related stuff to take care of.) and if I think I could organize it I think I should contact to that boards staff and ask what is their opinion of organizing and what would be 'wisest' way to handle it.