A finish, a start and progress

Here it is another week has gone by and there have been a lot of different things that needed my attention. The weather here has been a roller coaster of temperatures which has made it difficult for a lot of people.

A lot of people have been dealing with some sort of virus which has seemed to want to hang on for a lot longer than anyone wants it to last. I have been dealing with a cough for the last couple of weeks and it still doesn't want to leave which is now getting very frustrating. Hopefully taking it easy this week will help me feel better.

Now that work is slowing down as a lot of people will be on vacation and companies will be closed for the two weeks of Christmas and New Years it means that I have been able to work on getting a few things moved forward.

Ramsay - here is the third of the three Ramsay's that I have stitched this year. It was a lot of fun getting this one finished and now to just get them made into ornaments. 

My goal for these ornaments is to have them finished by the end of this week so now to work on getting them all done and taking a picture of them. It feels good seeing this one done and now to see what I will work on.

Magic of Books - here is a project that I haven't touched since the beginning of the year. Part of the reason I haven't given it much attention this year is because of the large section of black that needs to be completed. I would like to try and move this project forward again so that means getting that section done.

The good news is that last week I was able to pick this up and work on it for a while and I am starting to see some progress on that large section. Sure, I still have quite a bit of it to go but if I can continue to try and move it forward even a bit at a time, I will be happy. Hopefully before the end of the year I will be able to add some more stitches to this piece as I would like to get more of the black completed so that I can then start working on the rest of the piece.

Garter Stitch Knitted Shrug - here is a new knitting project that I started this last week. The pattern is very easy so that means I can easily pick this up and work on it when I have those few minutes and want something easy to work on. This is going to be a project that I will work on a bit at a time and will see how it goes. I don't have a deadline that I want this completed by, so it makes me happy to have this type of project. I will be working on getting it finished but will see how it goes. It is so different working with worsted weight yarn again after using fingering weight yarn for quite a while.

Other projects - I have been working on a couple of other projects this past week but there isn't enough progress on them to show right now. Hopefully before the end of the year I will be able to show what I have been working on.

I hope everyone is taking that bit of time each day to take some time for yourself and recharge your personal battery. This time of year, can be extremely busy with everything that we need to get done but we need to remember we need to take some time for ourselves as well.

Have a good week and hopefully I will be able to get some projects moved forward this week and I will have something to show you next week.