The big move

After 3 months of stitching in the same spot, I've finally come to the time when I can move the fabric on the Q-snaps. It isn't a big move, but any move is better than none. For the past two weeks, my stitching has felt very much like catch up time, in order to lessen the gap between Eel and I. The unfortunate thing is, just as I catch up slightly, I'm probably going to be off on my next holiday (I'm going to Bali in two weeks).

It's been a pretty busy week, a friend came down from Melbourne for work, and I've been taking him around, mainly out to eat, so not as much HAED time as I would like. The upcoming two weeks are going to be chaos as well, we've just gotten two new projects for work, and the deadlines are in two weeks for both of them!

Yesterday, Eel and I were discussing our HAED. She's thinks that I stitch much faster than she does, whereas I said that perhaps I stitch more than she does, which is why I've been able to lessen the gap from 3k to about 2k. We agreed to stitch big blocks, and we would time ourselves to one hour, and then count how many stitches we completed. Of course, stuff just had to go wrong, my threads kept knotting up and I had to flip my cloth constantly to untangle it. Anyway, I got up to about 135 stitches in an hour. Of course, this is for big patches of the same colour, and not the one stitch ones!

So, here's my progress, the darker patch of gray is the part I did last night for the one hour test.

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Prize Money Contributions

EeL's Contributions: AUD$471.63 (USD 415.69)

sAe's Contributions: RM$1681.51 (USD 494.56) (updated Apr)

Total Contributions: USD$816.12

(As of October 2009)

Competition Rules

Competition Begins: 1st May 2008
Competition Ends: Chinese New Year 2013

Goal: Complete a HAED design by the time allotted.

Designs chosen are to be of approximately the same sizes. Contestants are free to change their design half way, however it must also be of the similar size to the original design chosen.

Each month, each contestant will deposit USD$20 into a separate bank account.

Every fortnight, each contestant has to update this blog with updated progress pictures.

Prize Money:

If only one contestant completes her design by the deadline, she gets the total amount of money saved by both contestants.

If neither designs are complete, the entire sum of money is to be donated to a charity that is agreed upon by both contestants.

If both complete it on time, the money is divided in the following manner:

60% of the total goes to the contestant who completes* her design first within the deadline.

40% of the total goes to the contestant who completes* her design last within the deadline.

* For EeL, completion means full completion. For Sae, completion for the 60% winner total is 210,400 stitches, with the remainder stitches to be completed by the deadline.