Progress and a new shawl start

Here it is the start of another week, and hopefully the weather will start to improve, and we will get rid of some of the snow that we have had lately. 

Of course, there is still a lot of work that needs to get done each week and I am now continuing to try and find that time each day to work on one of my crafts so that I can slowly start to see progress on things.

Mini The Forgotten - here is the cross stitch project that was my focus for the last week. I was determined to see if I could make some more progress on this piece as I am enjoying how it is turning out.

This past week I wasn't sure if I was going to get another page finished on the pattern, but by the time I put it down yesterday I had done just that. I have now completed 6 of the 12 pages and that is making me feel so much better about this project. It makes me happy to see the progress that I have made on this project so far this year and I hope to be able to continue to move it forward. 

This project is going to be put down for a little while and I will see which project I pick up and work on this coming week. I know that working through some of my big projects is making me feel good so we will see what I can accomplish this week.

Ex-boyfriends shawl - here is a new start that I had this past week. I had picked up this yarn a couple of weeks ago and wanted to try and get something make with it. The colour isn't showing up as it is a teal colour yarn which I love teal. The problem with this yarn is it's very fluffy to handle so working on a shawl was a bit of a challenge. I had found another pattern that I wanted to make with it only to discover that this yarn to too soft and slippery for that pattern, so I needed to look at something different. 

This pattern is written for fingering weight yarn but all I did was use a bigger knitting needle and it seems to be turning out the way I would like it to look. I hope to be able to work on this more this coming week as it is a simple project when I can just focus on knitting.

Other projects - I have been able to pick up and work on my English Paper Piecing and that has started to make me happy. I am seeing some progress on one project which is good, and I will write about that at the beginning of March.

It is hard to believe that February is almost over but at least that means that spring should be here soon or at least that is what we can wish. I know that I have been feeling how long winter seems to have been this year and maybe that is because of all the grey days we are having.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing. Being able to set aside those bits of time each day is very important as it helps recharge your personal battery and it also helps you do something for yourself. 

Hopefully next week I will have something to show you as I would like to see if I can get some more progress done on the shawl and I also want to work on a cross stitch project and see how that goes.