Some finishes, a start and some progress

Here it is the start of another week and time to look back and see what I was able to accomplish over the last week. I know that the weather this week is getting warmer so that is great. 

This past week I was able to get some stitching in and that made me happy. I hope to be able to get more things moved forward in the next couple of weeks.

Joy - Red Sweater - here is the first small project that got some attention this past week. It was the project that was closest to a finish, so it was time to work on it.

Once I picked up this project, I knew it wouldn't take me long to get it finished and I was right. It is nice being able to have some small projects to work on because it helps me feel good seeing that I can work on something for a while and then it's finished. I still have to finish this piece into an ornament but at least the stitching is completed.

Christmas Toque - this is a project that I started a couple of weeks ago with just one thread into it and I hoped that I could focus on it for a while and get another quick finish. It feels great when you can work on something and it doesn't take you very long to see how the piece is going to turn out. I should have picked a little darker fabric considering all the white in this piece, but I didn't. I will be using darker fabric for some of the other designs.

I have lots of these projects that I want to work on so we will see how many more of these I can get done over the next few weeks. I hope to finish some of the smalls into pillows and other ones into ornaments. I will wait and see what I do when I have more of the small projects finished.

Festive Fox - this is a project that I started this week as I wanted to make sure that I could get this piece done quickly. It is one that is a lot of fun to work on, and it doesn't take too long when you can focus on it. I hope to have this project finished before too long.

The Festive Fox and Peppermint Pressie are such cute ornaments that I can't want to get them finished into the ornaments. Hopefully by the time I finish these I will have 3 sets of the two ornaments. Of course, that means that I need to stitch some more of each design.

Hedgerow Shawl - now this is the knitting project that I have been trying to focus on as I wanted to get it off the needles by the end of the week. I didn't have a lot more knitting to do but the rows were long and they took some time. By the time I got to the end of knitting the rows I had almost 500 stitches on the needle, so it took a while to get across each row. I was determined to get this shawl off the needles, so I continued to work on it.

Friday afternoon, I got to the point where I could start the cast off and I knew it was going to take some time to do it. I was determined to get this shawl off the needles before Saturday evening, and I was able to accomplish that. The knitting is all completed and now what is left is to sew in all the ends and there are lots and then block it before I can wear the shawl. I am happy with how the shawl turned out and yes, it was a challenge, but I am happy that I knit this project.

Button Box Throw - here is the scrap throw that I have been working on, and I have been enjoying seeing the different colours of yarn get added into it. I still haven't decided how big I am going to make this throw. Right now, I am working on a 40 inch circular needle so still have room as I also have a 60 inch circular needle that I could always change it too.

Once I finished the Hedgerow Shawl, I started to add the grey yarn into the Button Box Throw and that felt good. I didn't have much of the grey left, so it was perfect to just add into the scrap throw.

Other projects - I didn't work on any other projects this week as I think I worked on enough projects. Work on smaller cross stitch projects has felt good. I still have lots of small cross stitch projects to work on, but I think this coming week I might work on something a little bit larger, but we will see how the week goes.

I hope everyone finds that time each day to do something that you enjoy. It does make a difference when you can do something that you love to do even for a few minutes each day.

This coming week I hope to work on the Button Box Throw some more so that I can continue to add different yarns to it. I know the cross stitch project that I hope to work on and then we will see what else happens. 

Hope everyone has a good week and hopefully I will have some progress to show you next week.
 

Startitis was real and making progress

Here it is the start of another week, and I must admit that the last week was a little different for me. The weather is finally starting to warm up a bit, and things are starting to feel a little more organized, so it felt good.

Button Box Throw - here is the project that didn't get much attention at all last week as I was busy doing some other projects. I am still loving how this is turning out and still have no idea how large it is going to be when I finish it. After I finish the ball of yarn that I was currently working with I think I have six more balls of yarn to add to it. It is a lot of fun to work on and hopefully this week it will get a bit more attention so that I can see at least a couple of colours added to it.

Hedgerow Shawl Knit-along - here is the shawl that did get some more attention in the last week as I was determined to at least get it closer to a finish. I am really looking forward to getting this shawl off the needles and finished so that I can see what it looks like.

This past week I was able to spend some time working on moving the shawl forward and am now on the last section which is the border so hopefully before long I will have this off the needles. I had hoped to get it finished last week but as you will see shortly, I had some major distractions which meant that knitting didn't get quite as much attention as I had wanted to give it.

This coming week I hope to be able to give the Hedgerow Shawl enough attention to get it off the needles and maybe even get some of the ends sewn in as there lots of ends still to weave in.

Startitis - now to explain the next part of the blog because this isn't like me normally, but things happen sometimes and you just don't know what you want to work on and a bunch of things call your name and things happen.

For me this past week was looking at a bunch of my smaller projects and not knowing what I really wanted to start first. I also had a project that was close to a finish so that was also something that I wanted to consider so I let things happen and now that I have looked at what happened I think I am going to be busy for a little while trying to get some things finished.

Peppermint Pressie - here is an ornament that I started in late February, and I didn't think it would take me as long as it did to get it finished. It wouldn't take me long to finish if I actually picked it up and worked on it, but I left it sitting for a month before it came back and I finally was able to finish the piece. When I put it down, I just had the squirrel and the border completed.

The candy cane and the berries and leaves needed to be completed so it was time to focus on getting that done. I am happy with how this piece turned out and I am looking forward to finishing it into an ornament that will hang on my tree this year.

Christmas Toque - so it was time to pick up another project and put one thread into it. This project is rather small so shouldn't take long to complete once it gets some more attention.  I would like to get this ornament completed quickly but again it got one thread into it and then the starting of projects continued.

Post Office - Christmas Village - I have wanted to stitch the Mill Hill Christmas Village for quite some time, and I finally put a thread into the first one. The kit comes with perforated paper, but I decided to do mine on fabric, so it gives me a few more options on how I am going to finish all these pieces. I have 12 stores/houses to stitch so at least I have finally started them, and we will see how long it takes to get even the first one finished.

Snowflake - this project started out with one thread into it but by the time the end of the weekend rolled around I was able to say that I had a finish.

This snowflake was a lot of fun to stitch, and I love how it turned out. I am thinking that I might add some beads to it but we will see what happens when I go to finish it. I love the monochromatic pieces because they seem to work on so quickly because you don't have to think about changing colours, you can just stitch.

I now have 2 of the snowflakes now stitches out of 10 so now to see when the next snowflake gets some attention because I know it didn't get started this past week.

Joy - Red Sweater - this was yet another piece that was started with just one thread into it. Once I finished the snowflake I figured it was time to pick up this piece and maybe get more of it completed. 

It is a lot of fun working on this piece as besides doing the trees, I am making a sweater which is something that I am really enjoying doing. I am not certain when this piece will get completed but I hope it is the one that I can focus on and get it completed soon.

Other projects - no other projects got worked on this past week and I am thankful for that. I am surprised at how many things I started so now I need to focus on moving these projects from one thread into them to finishes.

This coming week I am not certain what will get attention other than the Hedgerow Shawl and at least one cross stitch project. It was fun starting all those projects in the past week and hopefully I can continue to turn the starts into finishes quickly.

I hope you find a bit of time each day to do something that brings you joy. For me, my crafting brings me joy, and it is also a means of sitting down and relaxing and recharging my personal battery. Hope everyone has a good week and let's see what I can get finished or at least moved closer to a finish this coming week.