Progress and 1st finish of the year

Here it is the start of another week and will see how this week goes. I know that last week was busy and hopefully I will be able to focus on things this coming week.

This was the first work week in the new year and there were things that I needed to get done and that was the first thing that I needed to focus on. Of course, there was the crafting things that I also wanted to get done and I was trying to juggle everything but work came first and then there was the time when I could focus on trying to move the various projects forward.

Let Flowers Grow - here is a project that was a bit of a challenge for me. When I starred it I was looking forward to seeing how quickly I could get this piece done and then I ran into a challenge that didn't make me happy and something that took a bit of time to over come. The challenge that I faced was trying to get all of the bumble bees completed because they just seemed to overwhelm me and stop me from working forward on this piece.

After talking through the challenge with my husband we figured out a way that I could work on getting each of the bees stitched and maybe that would help me move this piece forward. There were 29 bumble bees that needed to get stitched and being able to get their bodies completed was the challenge. After figuring out how to stich those three stitches without too much of an issue, things started to move forward.

This last week I focused on getting this piece moved forward and by the end of Saturday I was able to say that I had got the entire piece stitches. It was a challenge that I knew that I could manage just it took a bit of time where I needed to focus and get each section done.

Mini The Forgotten - here is the project that I have wanted to move forward a bit this month. I started this month saying that I was going to get 1,000 stitches done which I was able to get done before the first weekend.

This week I wasn't sure if I was going to work on this piece but then I decided that I wanted to spend some more time seeing if I could make some more progress on it. After finishing Let Flowers Grow, I knew that Mini the Forgotten needed more time so that I could see more progress on the piece. It makes me feel so good seeing that I have been able to focus on moving this piece forward. Hopefully I will be able to continue to get more of this piece done as it makes me happy to see the progress on it.

Yolanda cowl - here is the knitting project that I got the attention in the last week. It hasn't got a lot of attention but at least I have been able to move this piece forward so that makes me happy.

I still have quite a bit of this cowl left to knit but at least I have been able to move it forward and that makes me feel good. Of course, there is still a ways to go on this project but at least I have made some progress. I do need to continue to do the increases, but I don't think it will be long before I can get this project done. 

Other projects - I haven't been able to spend a lot of time working on the other projects that I would like to move forward. Yes, there are things that I would like to focus on but right now I am trying to work on making sure that I can see progress on just a few things each week.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy and to help you recharge your personal battery. This week I am not certain what I am going to work on, but I would like to see some progress on something.

Next week I hope to have something to show you, but we will have to see which projects get the attention over this coming week. Have a good week and I will be back next Monday.