It's Hermit time again! Yahoo!

Here I was sulking earlier over a really Class-A CRUMMY week, 

when to my glee I happened to check out the blogosphere

and Bonnie so kindly reminded me... it's time for IHSW again!

Oh boy, do I need a nice weekend to crawl into my shell and just 

STITCH STITCH STITCH! 

For info on how YOU TOO can join in, check out Joysze's blog! 

I'm going to get started PRONTO!
Here's my very modest beginnings of The Prairie Schooler Alphabet series
I'm hoping to finish this first block during my hermitage!

"A is for Anchor"

The Prairie Schooler

DMC on Fabric Flair 36 ct Ivory

one ply over two

HAPPY STITCHING!

My first International Hermit Stitch Weekend approacheth

This Friday is a special day.   For starters, it's my 49th birthday - the start of my last year of my FORTIES! Yikes - where did they go?? Seems like only yesterday I remember hiding in the living room of our house in Monmouth Beach waiting to surprise my mother on her fiftieth birthday, and before I know it I'll be hitting the big five-oh myself in 2015!

Secondly, this Friday begins the first 2014 International Hermit Stitch Weekend, and I cannot think of a better way to enjoy my birthday than locking myself inside with my pile o' WIPs happily stitching away and listening to Audible or "watching" some Netflix while my needles ply the linen.  :-)
If you're interested in joining me and my fellow hermits, click the link above and input your information on Joyce's blog post.  The more the merrier!

Here's a pic I took a few days ago of my WIP of Lizzie Kate's "Hearts and Holly."  I'm almost done with the third and final section.  Here are parts one and two - I edited part two a bit in order to capitalize the word "Christmas."  (I knew it would drive me batty with the lowercase "c" as it was charted.)  

Happy stitching, and think about joining me and the other hermits this weekend!