I've sort of finished my first full page. All I have left are maybe 4-5 single stitches, which I can't be bothered doing just yet, because they're completely new colours that I haven't used before and its such a hassle looking up what they are and getting them out of my thread box.

I've started on the page above because I already had that printed out. Initially I was going to work according to rows. This page looks good though, nice and clumpy. So I might as well keep going and then go back to my second row of pages.

I need to come up with a solution to keep all the cloth below tucked in nicely. Maybe a clothes pin or something like that. At the moment, I'm just rolling it up and holding it with my left hand but its getting quite annoying. Not to mention very crumply!

Here's my progress:


I always stitch while watching TV and so because our regular updates are going to always sound the same, I thought I'd add reviews of the stuff I watch while I stitch. Lately, I've been catching up on Underbelly.
It's based on the Gangland Wars that happened in Melbourne from 1995-2004. The court cases are still on-going so for a while, this show was not allowed to be shown on Victorian TV. But now it's on TV, however some faces and names are still blurred out due to the ongoing court cases.

I find this series very interesting because the events it depicts happened in real-life and it happened around where I live. One of the murders took place in an Italian cafe just a couple of blocks away from my apartment. I didn't really follow the news at the time, so I'm not sure what exactly happened. So its good following this series to learn about the Gangland Wars. However, there are many familiar names that I did read about in the papers at the time. Apparently, all the characters in the series do look a bit like their real-life counterparts.

Underbelly has a good balance of humour mixed in, which I really like. There's the whole gritty underworld feel to it, but at the same time, the characters are very real. They bungle up and they do stupid things. I don't think I would enjoy it as much if it was just depicted as being serious all the time.

I'm beginning to lose track of who is who in it. Every episode has a murder or a few murders in it. I'm up to Episode 11 out of 13 and there's been more than 20 murders so far. So I'm starting to get confused, especially regarding who is on each side.

I definitely recommend this series. However if you get sick at the sight of blood and gunshot wounds, this might not be the series for you. Like I mentioned, maybe murders per episode. The most heart-wrenching is Jason Moran's as he was gunned down in broad daylight in his car, with his kids watching in the back seat. Through the whole brain splattering on window scene. However, it really is a good series.

In other news, its a new month and so we've updated the prize money contribution. I'll be updating the progress chart soon as well.