Hello everyone!

It’s time for another SAL update . This project is the 2025 Mystery SAL from the Fox and Rabbit website called Cloister Garden with some of my own changes. The first few monthly charts have already been published and I’m stitching at my own pace.

This is where I was up to last time.

This is where I’m up to now, except I’ve frogged a little bit since the photo was taken.

I had a bit of a nightmare with the latest part as I mentioned last time. I loved the original design but it didn’t work the way I wanted it to with my thread choices. You can see the original by clicking the Fox and Rabbit link above. There are two intertwining zig-zagging lines and I stitched part of the first line in variegated thread and then started the other one in the solid colour, expecting it to look like it was going under and over the first line. After I’d done almost a quarter, the variegated and the solid were both the same colour at an intersection. The solid is the same shade as a colour in the variegated thread so it didn’t look like they were going under and over at all. I should’ve realised that long before doing so much stitching but I didn’t so had to unpick. Now that I’m writing this I’ve realised that I also should’ve taken photos so you could see why it wasn’t working……but I didn’t LOL. Anyway, I’m happy with what I eventually decided to do. There’s an error in the photo above that I’ve already unpicked. Thankfully, there were only a few stitches to undo this time. Just to the left of the top centre, the two little diamonds shouldn’t be there. They’re gone now.

Next, I’ll be working on the rest of the border and then I should be able to decide what to do with the gap on each side because the November stage will be published soon.

Please visit the other blogs that are also taking part in this SAL. There are so many different projects to enjoy. The participants live all over the world so you may need to allow for time differences. We’re posting today at local time. Click the links to their blogs below and see what they’re up to.

Avis, Claire, Kathy, Margaret,

Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, Cathie,

Linda, MaryMargaret, Cindy, Helen

Our next updates will be posted on the 16th November 2025.

About the SAL

Please note this SAL is not accepting any more new members until further notice but this is what it’s all about anyway. This SAL (Stitch Along) is slightly different to other SALs in that we don’t all stitch the same design at the same rate. We choose ONE unfinished project, or ONE new one, and show progress of its completion over a series of three weekly updates. There are no deadlines and no set amount to stitch. The result is that the space in our drawers full of WIPs (works in progress) is gradually being freed up to store lots of new crafty goodness. It’s surprising how much motivation I’ve gained from being in this SAL.