The second step is to sign into NING, that is the private discussion site for my courses. Perhaps you have never signed up and need a new invitation (email me) or need to do a bit of hunting or requesting (from NING) your password. It was one that you set up for yourself. Once in NING, you click on the Groups -> Stitch Along Group and join it. That allows me to send you internal emails and you will get updates on discussions going on inside that group. It is a great place to chat about framing up, designing, etc. You can post pictures inside the discussions too.
Since the point of the Stitch-Along is the posting of progress and talking among us to encourage - that is why I am NOT keeping a mailing list outside of NING because that would just result in things getting set aside again - too passive. This needs to be active to work.
Now I have to admit something. I have started already on my casket. I think it is understandable to everyone that I have to be ahead of everyone as I just can't make a graph come out of nowhere! I am not that far ahead, only two months, but it does feel good to have two friezes done. I just color xeroxed them at 300% today to make graphing them a lot easier - after the xerox came off the machine I did one of those "V-8" moments as I have been struggling with the Trinket Box so much between the tiny size, magnifier glasses, and a new graphing program that doesn't do what I want it to do (at least the customer support guy is good). And oh my gosh am I am exhausted at the moment from getting all the stitch along support materials ready as well as getting orders out (and those three+ hours of roboting every night is catching up to this old body)But I did take a picture every day that I worked to show my progress and I am happy to report that doing one in a month is WAY doable.
In fact - that is what I am doing in this lovely picture over the monuments of Paris. A perfect place to start a casket.
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