It is hard to believe that another week has come and gone. I am sitting here and thinking what did I get done this week, but I know that there are quite a few things that I was able to accomplish which is good. I think a lot of us deal with those weeks that we aren't sure where the days went, but when we can sit back and think through everything, we can see what happened during the week.
Pandemic - here is the cross stitch project that got another week of attention and I am so very happy that it did. Besides adding quite a few stitches to the piece this last week, I was able to also say that I have completed two more pages on the pattern, so now we are sitting with just 5 more pages to go. It feels so good to be able to say that I have now less than 17,000 stitches to go on this piece and I hope to be able to continue to move it forward to get more of it completed before the end of this year. I might not get pages finished but I will be working on at least getting this piece a lot closer to a finish.
Something else that I have started to do this past couple of days is to try and work on adding some of the backstitch to the piece at the same time I am working on adding the full crosses to the piece. It means that I should be able to see a bit more detail added to the project when I am just stitching and moving the overall project forward. I know that there is still quite a bit of backstitch to go after I finish the piece because I haven't been doing a lot of it while I have working on the piece.
This piece is now going to go away for a couple of weeks as I would like to see if I can move a couple of other pieces forward a bit before the end of the year. There are still about 6 weeks left in the year so now to figure out what I will be working on during these weeks. I think I have it scheduled out but we will see what happens.
Little Meg Shawl - large version - here is the knitting project that has been getting quite a bit of attention this past week as I have been trying to get the shawl closer to a finish. As I said last week the rows do take quite a while to get completed so that means having to pick up this piece when I have some time to get even a row or two finished.
This week I tried to pick up the shawl every day and work on it as I wanted to see how close to the cast off edge I could get to before the end of the week. Well, with some hard work and determination I was able to get the shawl to the cast off edge yesterday. Now what I need to do is spend some time working on the cast off as it will be taking some time given there are 573 stitches on the needle.
It does feel good seeing that I have been able to get the shawl to the point that I should have it off the needles within the next couple of days. Once it is off the needles it will mean sewing in the ends and then blocking it so that it will be ready to wear before too long.
Now that this project will be finished soon it is time to figure out what the next project is going to be. I hope to be able to get that figured out quickly so that I can get the ball of yarn wand so that it is ready for when the needle becomes available. I will also need to figure out the yarn that I want to use for this next project and then I will be ready to go as soon as I can.
Toque - this week I decided that I needed to get this toque off the needles and finished so I finally did it yesterday. Maybe knowing that I wanted to show a finished item today helped me get it finished. It didn't take me long to get it done and now I have enough yarn left from making this toque to make another one so I am going to be looking to see what happen I will use this time.
Toques are a great project when you just want to have something smaller to work on especially when you only have a few minutes to pick up and work on something. I am going to be trying to have a toque on the needles through the winter because it will help me have something to donate next year as well as ensure that I am making progress on using some of the worsted weight yarn that I have acquired over the last few years.
Other projects - this past week I was able to get a few more motifs made for my Scrap throw but other than that I have been focusing on getting progress on both Pandemic and Little Meg Shawl. It has been nice trying to focus on the various projects because I now see progress on things instead of bouncing all over and not seeing much progress on anything.
I hope everyone has a good week and you are able to find those bits of time each day to do something that you enjoy. This week I will be trying to finish up the Little Meg Shawl and picking up a different cross stitch project to move it forward. Next week, I hope to be able to show you some progress on at least a couple of projects.
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