2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #74 - Don't Like Dogs by Taylor and Cromwell

I don't know if everyone is familiar with the Bad Kitty series by Nick Bruel?

DD was very into these from about age 5 to 10 or so. They still kind of enjoy them, but aren't as rabid a fan as they used to be. They even wrote a fan letter to Nick Bruel! 

So I had to pick up this chart when I saw it on Taylor and Cromwell's site:

It also fits DD since they've had a kind of fear of dogs since they were really little. I'm also trying to adjust my language because DD is feeling nonbinary currently. Their fear of dogs is a little better, I assume as they grew taller that helped? But also my brother and SIL have the gentlest dog ever. She's almost like a cat because she doesn't go up for kisses or pets often, just when she feels like it. She even moves away sometimes when I go to pet her! She's a doll, but is very old now too, so we may not have her much longer. 

Here she is, getting my mom's attention for something. She's very polite, never jumps up or anything. Well trained as well obviously. 

Back to the chart! I didn't get a full thread length of black in, but almost. It's a small start, but still counts!

Don't Like Dogs by Taylor and Cromwell

stitched 2 over 2 on 28ct Cassia-Rose by Chromatic Alchemy

with DMC as charted

It took me a bit to realize I needed to do 3/4 stitches on some of the chart, but I've got it down now and it seems like a good likeness so far, even with the empty eyes! 

I hope you've all had some good stitching days,

Happy Stitching!

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #73 - Lost Souls Cemetery by Autumn Lane Stitchery

It's definitely time for Halloween stitching, right? And this will be my first Autumn Lane Stitchery chart. They're generally pretty big and I had been somewhat avoiding starting one since it's a lot of stitching. However, it is only a few colours, so.... it shouldn't take that long! :)

I found some nice fabric that seems to fit the fabric they used pretty well. I managed to get a full thread length and a bit into this one, so it's well started. 

Lost Souls Cemetery by Autumn Lane Stitchery

stitched 2 over 2 on 28ct unknown fabric

with DMC as charted

This is a paper pattern, and it's not as large as the Primitive Hare ones, but it is clear, and again, not many colours means not too many symbols to keep track of. I don't think I have much frogging to do on this one, although the bat needs a little TLC to make it look a bit better. That will happen when it comes out again. 

I hope you've all had a good couple days of stitching!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #72 - Mother of the Ocean by The Primitive Hare

Another Primitive Hare today, and another nice chart. I'm fairly happy to stitch these despite not being electronic since they are pretty large and the instructions are clear. I love this one, so fun with the whale and I decided on a different fabric to sort of tie in both ocean and sky. The chart looks like this:

 And I didn't get much of a start, all black so far as well. The whale is a few different grays, some of them WDW, so I'm debating on if I'll do that or not. For now I stuck with DMC 310. 

Mother of the Ocean by The Primitive Hare

stitched 2 over 2 on 28ct Iolite by Chromatic Alchemy

with DMC 310 so far

This will be a fun one, and really not too much stitching, most of which is block stitching, so once I get back to it hopefully it will stitch up quickly. I just need to decided on the WDW or not and go from there. There might be another specialty thread in this one as well, so we'll wait till it comes out again to decide what to do. For now, it's back in the banker's box again!

I hope you've all had good weekends! I was away and didn't get any stitching done, but did get some knitting in. 

Happy Stitching,

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #71 - Harriet Tubman by The Primitive Hare

Time for another start with only a few colours. So, remember, this won't take as long because there's less colour changes. :)

Of course, there's still a lot of stitching to do! 

I think this is my first Primitive Hare chart. It won't be the last, there's another one coming up next in a similar style. So far I'm happy with the chart, even though it's paper and generally I'd prefer Pattern Keeper if possible. It's very big though, A4 I think, so it's easy to see all of the symbols. 

I managed a couple days of stitching on this one and 3 different colours of brown. There's several still to go though!

Harriet Tubman by The Primitive Hare

stitched 2 over 2 on 28ct Vellum by Chromatic Alchemy

with DMC as charted

In case you're not familiar with Harriet Tubman and her important work with the Underground Railroad to help slaves fleeing from the US, there's more info here on Wikipedia. 

I'll be glad to get back to this one and get it framed and up on the wall somewhere. Possibly at work so more people can see it? We'll see. The finish will need to come first. 

I hope you've all had some good stitching days!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #70 - Haunted Library by Lola Crow

Of course charts can't travel alone, even when they're purchased online, so I had to pick up another couple charts from the Lola Crow site. If you like gothic style, there's a lot of options. I went with this one:

I didn't see this one during the SAL, but it is very fun. Lots of nods to different authors and gothic tropes, etc. It's going to be another massive project, but it does go into Pattern Keeper, so that helps. With her charts, because of the backstitch you have to use their legacy import instead of the newer one.

I found some fun fabric for this one and stitched over a couple days to get about 500 stitches in:

Haunted Library by Lola Crow

stitched 2 over 2 on 32ct unnamed fabric by BeStitchMe

with DMC as charted

This is going to be another epic stitch with lots of colours, etc. I think this is a good start to get it placed well on the fabric and it will come out again at some point. 

For next year, I've been looking at how Flosstubers use their wheels to select projects and I might do that. Possibly a wheel for unfinished SAL, which I'd add this one to since it was a SAL, another wheel for full coverage, and then a wheel for the rest? Possibly just 3 projects in a week to work on as much as I can, with a goal for the full coverage of at least 1000 stitches. 

Anyway, that's still some time away, but I've been considering how to get everything worked on since I'll have a lot of new WIPs now. Suggestions always welcome!

I hope it's been a good stitching weekend for everyone. 

Happy Stitching!

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #69 - Museum After Midnight SAL by Lola Crow

Okay, I caved. I've seen a few Flosstubers stitching this one and I decided I needed to get it after I saw the dimetrodon! My favourite early dinosaur! Here's what it looks like so far, it's not quite complete. 

I've been disappointed by some SALs in the past, but this one is looking better and better, so I'm hopeful and love enough of it that I will finish it at some point. 

I managed about 600 stitches into this one so far:

Museum After Midnight SAL by Lola Crow

stitched 2 over 1 on 14 count Aida

with DMC as charted

Not a huge start, but it's a start! And I'm looking forward to getting back to it. 

I hope you've all had good stitching weeks. 

Happy Stitching!

Tiffstitch

2026 Year of 100 Starts: Start #68 - Delivering Tricks by Country Spirit Collection

I really don't remember where I picked this chart up. It could be from one of the LNS's that closed in Vermont, or it could be from a destash. It's definitely a fun one though:

And the first, and possibly only chart I'll be stitching by this designer. It may be the only one I have. It is a paper chart, but is well marked and easy to stitch from. 

I had taken this with me while I was on a small vacation at my parents, but didn't actually get any stitching done there. So this was started just last night. I debated a bit on colours, etc., but then decided to just put a full thread length of black into it. Here's what it looks like now:

Delivering Tricks by Country Spirits Collection

stitched 2 over 2 on 28ct gray evenweave

with DMC 310 so far

The chart calls for Weeks Dye Works threads, so I might pull out some of them for some parts of it, but haven't yet. The black is technically supposed to be Onyx, but I think if I use DMC 310 and try some specialty threads for the rest, that will help those threads stand out a bit better. That's my idea at least. 

It will be good to get back to this one. Probably just a few days of stitching would see it completed, so that would be fun. I'm going to have a lot of these kind next year I think. "just a few days", but those will add up!

I hope it's been nice weather where you're at, although let's all hope for rain out Clare's way. It's been almost 2 months with no rain there!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch