A new start and some progress

It's hard to believe that it's the start of another week as this last week seemed to fly by. The weather was really nice, and we were able to enjoy some balcony time which was nice. Now we are back to cooler weather so that means more time inside and maybe more crafting time, but we will see how things go. I am happy with the progress that I did make last week even if it isn't as much as I would have liked to get done.

Twelve Days of Christmas - here is a project that I pulled out as I wanted to see if I could at least make some progress on it and I did. Instead of working on just one block I decided I was going to work on getting some of the borders of the blocks completed and then see about working on one of the designs. I ended up getting 6 blocks outlined and then started stitching on design. I do have two blocks totally finished so that means that there are still 10 blocks to go so it was a lot of fun to just focus on moving the outlines forward. 

I think this project is going to be staying out for a while as I would like to see how much progress I can make on it. I started this project in December 2017, so I think it's time for it to get some more love. I have four more borders to complete and then the stitching of all except the 1st and 12th day need to be completed. This week I will see how it goes but it would be nice to start moving this project forward again.
 

Button Box Throw - well this past week I decided that it was time to start another throw with some of the yarn that has been sitting around for a while. I didn't get much progress on it but at least I have been able to at least start another throw. I haven't figured out how large this one is going to be, but I do know that I am going to enjoy working on it especially when it gets onto a circular needle where I can just knit. 

Other projects - I haven't been working on anything else this past week as I was trying to keep a focus on these two projects when I had the time to sit and work on something. This coming week I know that there are some other things that I would like to do so we will see what happens. 

I hope everyone has been enjoying the nicer weather if that is what you are getting. We have taken advantage of it and enjoyed some time sitting outside and seeing how the garden (planter boxes) is growing. Hope everyone has found that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing. This week I hope to be able to find some time to continue to move my cross stitch forward as well as my knitting. If things go well, I hope to have some progress to show you next week. Have a good week and remember taking a bit of time for yourself is important.

A new start and a finish

It is hard to believe that another week has come and gone already. We were busy this last week so that meant that I didn't get as much done as I would have liked but at least I was able to move things forward which was good.

I think our summer weather is finally arriving and that was been nice so now to see if it is going to stay around or are we in for a roller coaster of weather over the next month. I know that we don't want the extremely hot and humid weather just yet but at least some warm weather where sitting outside can be enjoyable.

Star Touched Meadows SAL - February - this past week I decided it was time to pick up and start a project that was part of a stitch along a couple of years ago. The patterns came out monthly and I got the first three months completed (November, December and January) and then I put them down and didn't get the rest of the months completed. I decided it was time to get this series out again and see if I could make some progress on them. They aren't large in size as they are just 77x77 stitchesh but they are full coverage. I started February and am happy with the progress that I was able to make on it. I hope to be able to continue to move this forward as it would be nice to get more of the months completed. We will see how things go and hopefully this will continue to get some attention over the next little while.

Button Box Throw - here is the project that seemed to get most of my attention in the last week. The reason for that was I was on the last colour that I wanted to attach to the throw and then it was the cast off. The final colour didn't take long to get completed but then it was time to do the cast off and that is what took most of the time. I didn't count my stitches but at one point I know that I had around 750 stitches on the needle and that was before I finished the piece. 

Once the cast off was completed I wanted to see what the piece actually looked like given I hadn't seen it other than on the circular needle and only parts of it at a time. I am happy with how it turned out and all of these are scraps that were left over from other projects. It was nice to have it completed and now to finish sewing in all the ends and then block it. We did measure it and it is currently 42" square so it will be a bit bigger than that after I block it. I did enjoy this project and am looking forward to maybe starting another version of this throw in the very near future.

Other projects - I didn't work on any other projects this past week. The weather was nice and we did spend some time sitting outside in the evenings so that meant that I didn't work on anything outside and just enjoyed the relax time. 

I hope you are finding that time where you can relax and do something that makes you happy each day. Knowing that even taking those few minutes each day for yourself is important. Hope everyone has a good week and if things go well, I would like to have some progress on something to show you next week. 

A finish and some progress

This past week went very fast and I must admit that I didn't get as much time to craft as there were other things that required my attention. At least, I was able to make some progress on things and that is what is most important. This week I am not certain what is on our schedule yet but hopefully I can spend some time working on moving some projects forward.

Unleash the Butterflies - here is a project that I have been slowly working on and does get a bit of attention. This past week I was trying to move it forward a little bit, and I think I was able to accomplish that.

It has been nice to have this project around so that when I want to work on a full coverage piece I can pick it up and work on it. The other nice thing about this project is that there aren't lots of colours so being able to focus on it feels good. I am going to try and continue to work on this piece a bit at a time as I would like to see that I have been able to move it forward this year.

Peppermint Pressie - this is the project that did get some attention this past week as I was determined to get it finished. I know that these ornaments don't take a lot of time to get finished up it still means that I need to focus on it so that I can get the piece finished.

When I could sit down and work on this project it didn't take me long to get it moved forward. By the weekend I just had the red and white colours to add so that was nice, and I was able to get it finished up on Saturday. Now what I need to do is figure out how I want to finish them into ornaments. 

Festive Fox and Peppermint Pressie will be finished the same way as I would like to have them matching. I do need to look at my fabrics to see what I have that I can use for the back of the ornaments. 

After finished Peppermint Pressie I thought that there was a third ornament that was similar, so I had to immediately look to see if I had the project. Of course, I had saved this other pattern as well so now I have Special Delivery that is going to be stitched as well so before I finish these into ornaments I am going to stitch the other one so that all three of them will be finished the same way.

Button Box Throw - here is the project that did get quite a bit of attention when I had those few minutes to just sit and focus on something. The really good news is that I have decided that the colour that I just started is going to be the last colour of this throw. It is going to be nice to be able to at least get this project finished. I am not looking forward to sewing in all the ends but at least I should be able to work on them slowly.

I had decided a little while ago that I was going to use the two balls of yarn that I had from one of my shawls as the final two for this project so that is what I am doing. I have added the light green and have just started the medium green ball so that will be the last ball of yarn to be added to this throw. I won't know the actual size of the throw until I cast it off but I think it is going to be large enough for a first throw.

Other projects - I haven't worked on any thing else over the past week and part of that was I didn't have lots of time to focus on getting things achieved. This week I hope to be able to spend some time working on some projects. I might have a new start on a cross stitch project as being able to continue to get things achieved would be great.

I hope everyone has had a good week and you have found that bit of time each day to do something that makes you happy and helps you recharge your personal battery. Knowing that you can find the time even a few minutes each day to do something you enjoy is important. This coming week I hope to be able to spend some time focusing on moving things forward and we will see what I can accomplish. Hope everyone has a good week, and I would like to have some progress on things to show you next week.