A start, a finish and some progress

Here it is the start of another week, and I can say that I have at least been able to spend a bit of time working on things. It feels good being able to see some progress on things.

The weather here has been a little crazy as it is warm for a couple of days and then it gets cool again. It has meant that being able to get out and enjoy some of the days has been good. Most of the leaves have now been blown off the trees so there isn't much colour to enjoy but at least the weather has been good.

Let Flowers Grow - this past week I picked up and work on this piece for a while and am happy with the progress that I have been able to make on it.

I have been bouncing around on the stitching of this piece as I am trying to work on completing some of the colours so that I have placements for other parts of the design. It has been fun working on the different areas because some are very easy, and other sections do take some focus.

The tree on the right didn't get finished as I was leaving that for when I just need some simple stitching as it is just fill in with one colour. I am also going to be working on getting more of the little items stitched because that will help me see that I am moving this project forward.

Little Meg Shawl - this last week I decided to focus on trying to get the shawl finished that I had been working on. I finished the shawl on Tuesday, and it still needs to be blocked but at least it is finished.

The shawl was a lot of fun to work on and it was easy in some ways but also had some challenges that I did enjoy doing. The version I knit was the small version and I looked at the pattern and thought about it and wondered what the large version would be like.

I looked through my yarn that I have for shawls and on Wednesday I started the large version of the Little Meg Shawl and am happy with the progress that I have been able to make on it. This shawl is going to take me longer to do knit because of course I end up with more rows and more stitches, but I am thinking that I just need to try this pattern out.

Other projects - I didn't work on any other projects in the last week as I have been busy doing other things that have required my attention.

If things go well this week, I hope to be able to make some progress on both my cross stitch and my knitting. Taking some time to recharge my personal batteries has been very important so that I can get everything done that I need to do and be there for others around me. 

I hope everyone has a good week and you take that bit of time for yourself each day. Remember to tell those around you that you love them.