This is the scheduled three-weekly post for the SAL that I’m doing with several other crafty blogs and I’ve finished Fellowship of the hooties. It’s taken me a little longer than I hoped but I loved stitching it and I love the design. I’m very tempted to buy more of the Hooties designs from Pinoy Stitch on Etsy as there are some brilliant ones.
I only had two owls left to do after the last update. This one is Boromir.
And this one is Gimli, who was another favourite to stitch. 
This is the finished item. I’ve no idea how I’m going to finish this one off. I’ll pop it in the box for now and see if inspiration strikes. 
I’ve already started pulling together a selection of projects for next year but I may stitch a bit on an old project for now and see how I go with that.
I think a few other people in the SAL have happy dances this time so lots of lovely new projects coming soon 🙂
For the stitch-a-long I’m linking up to these lovely blogs:
Avis, Claire, Gun, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Linda, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Jenny, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie
Do allow for people being in different time zones, so not posting all at the same time, but it’s well worth doing a bit of blog hopping to see all the lovely projects that are being worked on.
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December 2, 2019 at 4:34 PM
Very cute 😀 Do you plan a series of pieces to do each year, or what?
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December 8, 2019 at 1:38 PM
Thank you 🙂
I was a bit frustrated that I only got one project stitched in 2018 so for this year, I picked out five projects, worked out roughly how many SAL updates each one would need, and then mapped it all out in a nice spreadsheet. (I love spreadsheets!)
It worked well so I’m doing something similar for next year in the hopes I can be as productive 🙂
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November 28, 2019 at 1:47 AM
Such adorable owls! Congratulations on your happy dance!!! Looking forward to seeing what’s coming next!
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December 8, 2019 at 1:40 PM
Thank you 🙂
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November 26, 2019 at 9:21 AM
Grattis! This is one of the cutest fellowship I have ever seen!!!!
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November 27, 2019 at 11:59 AM
Thank you 🙂
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November 25, 2019 at 3:11 AM
Hooray for the hooties. They are so cute. I will look forward to seeing what you work on next. I wonder what is in your wip box??
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November 25, 2019 at 5:20 PM
Thank you 🙂
My WIP box isn’t looking too bad at the moment. Mainly I want to finish Precious Dreams and a SAL with lots of different stitches. If you want a clue to what’s coming up next year, click on Cross Stitch at the top of this page.
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November 24, 2019 at 11:00 PM
What a great finish. Love the little owls.
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November 25, 2019 at 5:20 PM
Thank you 🙂
I do have a bit of a thing for owls. I just bought some really pretty owl earrings!
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November 24, 2019 at 7:21 PM
Congratulations on your finish! Those owls are super cute and I am interested in how you will choose to finish them.
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November 25, 2019 at 5:33 PM
Thank you 🙂
I’m quite interested to find that out myself LOL
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November 24, 2019 at 6:43 PM
Congratulations! This is such a fun piece and you stitched it beautifully!
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November 25, 2019 at 5:21 PM
Thank you 🙂
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November 24, 2019 at 6:29 PM
Very cute ! Congratulations on the happy dance. Not sure what you could finish it in, if it’s quite small maybe a book sleeve or something ?
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November 25, 2019 at 5:22 PM
Thank you 🙂
It’s more cushion size but although I love to see cross stitch finished that way, I’m always wary of the cats. My cushion covers are constantly in the wash as they get covered in fur. I suspect it’ll end up on the wall eventually, but how is a different matter LOL
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November 24, 2019 at 5:20 PM
Congrats on the finish ~ it looks awesome, so fun and whimsical. I know you’ll come up with the perfect finish for this 🙂 Sharon
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November 25, 2019 at 5:23 PM
Thank you. It is a fun design, isn’t it. Plus it combines two things that I love – Lord of the Rings and owls. What’s not to love? 🙂
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November 24, 2019 at 5:05 PM
Congratulations on your finish! Your owls are so cute. The whole piece turned out awesome! I am looking forward to see what you will stitch on next. Great job!
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November 25, 2019 at 5:26 PM
Thank you 🙂
I’m really chuffed with how it turned out. If you click on Cross Stitch at the top of the page, you’ll get a clue as to what’s coming next 😉
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November 24, 2019 at 4:09 PM
Yay well done Carole! Congrats on your happy dance, your hooties look beautiful and I just did a quick etsy search and oh my goodness, I’m sure I will be doing some cute hooties myself next year! Looking forward to seeing what you pick up next. Jenny xx
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November 25, 2019 at 5:27 PM
Thank you 🙂
Etsy is a mine field of temptation LOL
Which of the Hooties are calling to you? I’ve got my eye on the super hero Hooties.
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November 24, 2019 at 3:27 PM
That is great, I need to go get this one!
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November 25, 2019 at 5:28 PM
Thank you, and yes you do. Beware though as she has some brilliant patterns on there and it’s easy to get carried away 🙂
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November 24, 2019 at 2:45 PM
Hurry for another great finish! I’m Happy Dancing this time too 🙂 I’d say, definitely finish a WIP if you have one, rather than starting something new next time. Easy for me to say when I have no WIPs hehe.
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November 25, 2019 at 5:30 PM
Thanks! It’s great that so many of us are dancing this time. There’s enough of us to have our own disco LOL
I’m going to try to finish Precious Dreams, but I’ll probably do it in stages rather than try to do it all at once. It’s so stitch intensive and requires a lot more concentration than most of the patterns that I stitch.
You’re very virtuous having no WIPs. I’m envious LOL
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November 25, 2019 at 6:24 PM
I love finishes so much that I’ve always finished what I’ve started, except for several patchwork tops that still need to be made into quilts.
Precious Dreams is a labour of love. I’d have to share that with another faster growing project as well.
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November 27, 2019 at 12:01 PM
I always intend to finish projects but keep getting distracted by shiny new ones. I’m a hopeless case, I’m afraid.
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November 24, 2019 at 12:58 PM
Such a fun project Carole! Congratulations on your happy dance!!
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November 25, 2019 at 5:30 PM
Thank you 🙂
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November 24, 2019 at 8:01 AM
that’s really lovely Carole ^^
I’ve had a happy dance too !
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November 25, 2019 at 5:31 PM
Thank you 🙂
I can’t wait to see what you’re doing next. You and Avis always pick such brilliant designs to work on. Are you doing one together again? (or is that hush hush 😉 )
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