Having been born on the Continent I am generally happier thinking in decimal units than the interesting but confusing collection of weights and measures the English use, but I thought I’d stretch a point today as I am celebrating a gross of SAL stitchers. Yes, there are now a dozen dozen of you, and the SAL Gallery bears witness to what a very talented and creative bunch you are. 12 times 12 stitchers each stitching 12 months, that’s … *counts on fingers* … 1728 projects; I may need to build an extension to the Gallery!

Apart from finishing March and taking all the photographs needed for the SAL blog, I have also been recharting Walled Garden – I’ve solved my knotty problem, fortunately, and am now finishing the bars and filling stitches. And then there’s the Guildhouse projects. Over the weekend I finished the fourth project for the first course, leaving me with just the second project to stitch. This one, intended to be finished as a coaster, uses Dinky Dyes perle #8 and includes fan, rice and chain stitch.