May WIPocalypse

I'm a little late because I was waiting for the May part of the Blackwork SAL; and then I had to stitch it, and then I wanted to finish some other stuff...that last part didn't all work out, but at least I am here now before May is quite over!
The question this month is Where do you love to shop for stash?, and sadly, my answer hasn't changed all that much over the last years...I love shopping for stash in real stores, but I don't really get to do that unless I'm traveling. We have a few yarn shops in town, but not really anything stitchy. Online, there are a lot of awesome stores, but the two I want to mention are https://www.lakesideneedlecraft.co.uk/ - most of you probably know it by know, but Kate is absolutely awesome and has an amazing selection of crafty goods. And then there is https://www.unconventionalxstitch.com/ - Jody has graduated from Etsy and launched her own website, complete with a discount system for repeat customers. I do love her patterns!

Now for my ongoing SALs...I did stitch the May parts for the Blackwork and Mamluk SAL, and loved both of them:

 

And I worked on the Temperature SAL too. This is caught up to last weekend - I think this week might have had a couple yellow days, and I am excited to add them soon:

 

Looks good, right? What doesn't look so good is my WIP count...I just made it back to 49 (+0), where I started, by finishing Early Morning Santa, Ambarussa, the Spring SAL and the Crocodile, but starting the Hippo, the Panda (next one in the lineup - I started it despite still needing to sew the Hippo together) and a new little cross stitch for a friend's birthday. Maybe I'll get a little more done in June, but I already have at least two new starts lined up, so I better get cracking!

Last but not least, our lovely WIPocalypse-master Measi has called another focus challenge for June and July - stitch every day on a project of your choice. I'll continue focusing on the Mermaid, working on her everyday for both months (or until she's finished, but somehow I don't see that happening so soon!). Here she is right now - page 2 finished, page 1 is still missing three shells in the border, and I made a decent start on page 3. I hope to have at least three pages finished by the end of July!