Monday, May 18, 2026

A quick week and some progress

It is hard to believe but another week has come and gone already. Some weeks seem to just fly by, and this last week is one of those weeks. When I look at things that got accomplished, I know that I worked on things, but the week did seem to go by very quickly. Now to see how this week goes as I would like to see if I can move a few things forward.

Festive Fox - here is the project that got some attention as I knew that I wanted to get it finished quickly. I now have three of these ornaments ready to be finished and have one more of the Peppermint Pressie to get stitched.

This ornament doesn't take too long once you sit down and focus on it so that was nice. It has been fun seeing how they look part way through and then once I have added the speciality stitches and the beads.

The beads aren't called for but there is supposed to be a different colour red in the mid of each of those flowers and I decided that I would put the bead in the middle instead. I am happy how they have turned out and am looking forward to making these into ornaments. Before I make the ornaments, I will get Peppermint Pressie stitched up so that all 6 of the ornaments can be made at the same time.




Vintage ABC's - H - here is the other ornament that I worked on this past week. I thought it might have been finished this week but instead of working on this I decided to work on some of my knitting projects.

It is nice working on these ornaments because with only the three colours of floss in them you are actually work on finished off each colour and that is what I did on this piece. I would like to see if I can pick this piece back up this coming week and see how much of it I can get done. I just have the second holly leave and the H to stitch and they are both in green so I should be able to get it done if I focus on it for a little while.

Button Box Throw - here is a project that did get quite a bit of attention this past week. It is slowly getting closer to where I will be happy with the size and decide to say it's finished. I do have some more yarn that I want to add to this throw before then, but it has been fun working on it. 

This project is something that I can work on when I have those few minutes as I don't have to remember what row I am on or even need to finish a round. I can just pick this piece up and work on it when I have those bits of time. I have also found that I can work on this throw in the car because of how easy it is.

Sophie Scarf - this is the project that I gave myself a goal of having it finished before the end of the weekend. There were a couple of reasons why I wanted this scarf finished. The first reason was, it isn't a hard project to work on and something that I knew if I focused on it I would get it done. The second reason was, the remained of this yarn is going to be going into the Button Box Throw so I wanted to make sure that I had the yarn ready when it's needed. I know that I finished the scarf before I needed the yarn but at least now it's ready when I get to where this yarn will be added.

This scarf isn't hard to make as long as you remember which row you are on because every 8th row you need to either increase or decrease. I try to ensure that I have at least enough time to get 8 rows completed each time I pick this up so it isn't something that I can just work on when I just have a couple of minutes. I now have two of these scarves made and am happy that I have been able to make them.



Other projects - I didn't work on any other projects this past week, but I do know that there are quite a few that would like some attention before too long. Knowing that I am getting some of the current projects completed or at least moved forward makes me feel a lot better. 

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing so you can recharge your personal battery. This week I am not certain what is going to be getting the attention, but I do know that there will be progress on at least something.

Hope everyone has a good week and if you are dealing with the crazy weather that we are currently having please stay safe and I will be back next week with some progress on things.
 

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