A finish and lots of progress

Here it is the start of another week and yes, another week of a lot of cloudy skies around here. The month of March seems to be flying by so quickly and now to see what the weather is going to be like for the rest of this month. 

Silver Anniversary - here is the project that I was very close to a finish last time I wrote a post and on Monday of last week I was able to get the piece finished. It is so nice having this piece completed and now I hope to have it framed before our 25th wedding anniversary in September.  

It was nice to see this piece completed and that meant it was time for me to figure out the next project that was going to be a focus piece. It didn't take me long to figure that out.

Junos Garden - this is the piece that I have been working on and yes, it's the next one that I would like to see completed. As I am doing this as a monochromatic piece it is working up fairly quickly because there isn't an issue of working some stitches and then having to change colours.

Last time I posted I had the middle section of the piece completed so I knew that if I could focus on it for a while I might be able to get the outside of the piece moved forward. 

What I didn't think about was how quickly I might be able to get quite a bit of the outside section completed.  With a bit of luck, I should be able to have piece completed within the next couple of days.

It has been really nice working on this piece and yes it was a focus this past week. I just have to complete the two side borders, and it will be done and that should be relatively easy as there are just over 400 stitches left to go.

Once this piece is finished, it will be time to figure out the next project that I am going to try and focus on and move it closer to a finish as well. I think I have the project figured out but we will see what happens once Junos Garden is out of the hoop.

Button Box Throw - here is the scrappy throw that I have been working on and it has been lots of fun to knit. I am slowly working through all the scrap balls of yarn that I have so we will see what this looks like when it's finished.

I am not certain the size this is going to be when it's finished but it has been a lot of fun working on it. This is the project that I pick up and work on when I have those few minutes. I don't have to worry about completing a row or round, I can just knit and then put it down easily.

Hedgerow Shawl - I can finally show you the shawl that I have been working on for the last while. The entire pattern has now been released, and I can show you where I am on the project. This project has been an interesting one to work on and it has been a bit of a challenge sometimes as well. I have learned some new stitches which has been nice and getting more experience working with different colours.

There is still quite a bit of work to go on this shawl, and I have just finished the second out of four clues. I am enjoying working on this piece and am looking forward to seeing it completed. This is a project that takes some focus so it isn't something that I can pick up when watching videos or doing webinars. That means it only gets attention when I can sit and work on it without the various distractions.

Other projects - I haven't been working on any other projects this past week and given how much attention Junos Garden got I am not surprised. We will see what happens this coming week as I know that I have a virtual conference to attention Wednesday morning, and then most of Thursday.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy. For me, being able to set some time aside each day to do some of my crafting has helped me be able to focus on some of the other things that I need to get done.

If things go well this week, I hope to have some progress to show you next Monday. I know that I will be trying to get Junos Garden completed early this week and then we will see what I work on after that. Hope everyone has a good week, and I will post again next Monday.