A finish, a start and finish and some progress

Here it is the start of another week, and we are back to the cooler weather again. At least we might get some sun this week which will be nice and we should be warming up a bit after today or at least I hope that things are starting to warm up again.

This past week was a busy week as I was trying to get a bunch of things accomplished and I think I might have been able to do that which does make me happy. I do have lots of things that I would like to get done so need to figure out just how to get everything achieved.

Festive Fox - as promised I did get this ornament finished this past week and that makes me feel good. Seeing that I am continuing to move some of the smaller projects forward makes me happy.

This is the second of three times that I will be stitching this piece, and I am happy with how quickly they stitch up when you can focus on it. Of course, I am the type of person that starts it and then puts it down for a while and then I finally work on it until it is finished.

Working on small ornaments does make me happy and I am going to see if I can spend some more time throughout this year working on getting more ornaments stitched up so that I will have a bunch of them ready for our tree.

Antonia Pueyo Sampler Petite - here is a new project that I started on Monday and it was a design by Jan Hicks of Jan Hicks Creates. It was a really nice piece to work on, and I thought it was going to take me longer than it did to stitch it up.

As you have probably figured out, I have also finished this piece and weas able to do that on Saturday. Once I picked this piece up, I couldn't put it down until it was finished. Doing monochromatic designs is something that I do enjoy working on and this one was a joy to do. I did use the recommended DMC colour and that is a very light pink. 

Now to get the next project kitted up and ready to start. I know the next project so hopefully this coming week I can get it started and have something to show you next week.

Button Box Throw - I am continuing to work on getting some more yarn added to the throw. I am going to try and continue to get more balls of yarn added. This past week I only one small ball of yarn added so we will see how things this week. I am thinking that after the next six balls of yarn it might be big enough, but we will wait and see. I will also need to figure out the yarn that I am going to use for the border so that is something else that I need to do.

Other projects - I didn't work on any other project this past week other than to start to kit up my next cross stitch project. This coming week I hope to be able to get a start of it and maybe have something to show next week.

I do have some other projects that I would like to give a bit of attention to so we will have to see how things go. I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy and giving yourself that time to relax. Hope everyone has a good week and hopefully next week I will have some more progress to show you on projects that I have been working on.

A start, a finish and progress

Here it is the start of another week and yes it was a busy week last week with lots of things that needed my attention. The weather here has been once again a week of lots of clouds and cool weather. Hopefully this week we will see some sun as it would be nice to see it as it hasn't been out much since the New Year. I shouldn't complain as we haven't been having the snow like other's are getting.

Unleash the Butterflies - here is the cross stitch project that got lots of my attention this past week. I wanted to see if I could get more of it done and I think I have been able to achieve that. 

What I did this time when I picked it up was worked on the colour with the highest number of stitches left on the piece. It was a nice way to move the piece forward a bit more because it showed me areas that I could work on and at least start to see more of her face come to life.

I hope to be able to work some more on her this week and we will see what I focus on. I haven't decided if I will continue the face or move to a different section to try and get other areas also moved forward.

Snowflake - here is the first small that I worked on this past week. I didn't have a lot completed before this past week but as this piece isn't very large it did work up quickly. 

It is nice having some projects that work up quickly and you can then say I have a finish. I do have more of these snowflakes to work on and I will be working on them when I want that type of stitching. I do have a bunch of different small projects kitted up so that should help me at least see some projects completed this year.

Festive Fox - after I finished the snowflake it was time to start another small project. This time I picked a different project and get it started. Most of the small projects will only be getting a bit of work on them most of the time it means it will take a few days to get any of them completed.

The small project is normally the first cross stitch project I pick up during the day, so it doesn't get a lot of attention as I want to get onto the larger project to see more of it completed. Most days these small projects will only get around 50 or 60 stitches completed but at least I am moving the project forward and that does feel good.

Rainforest Canopy Shawl - here is the knitting project that normally gets some attention and that does feel good. I have been able to continue to move this shawl forward more this past week. I got another lace section completed and am currently up to the last lace section of the piece.

It was nice getting the other lace section completed, and this time without all the issues that I had on the last lace section. We ill see how this lace section goes and hopefully I will be able to get through it early this week and then work on getting the first of the shawl moved forward.

I think it is getting close to figuring out the next project that will get some attention once this shawl is finished. I am not certain when I will get this shawl completed but having the next knitting project figured out would be a good idea.

Other projects - I haven't worked on any other projects and part of that was last week was a busy week and I didn't have lots of time to work on the different things. We will see how this week goes as I think there might be other things that need my attention before I can think of moving any of the other projects forward.

I hope you are finding that bit of time each day to do something you enjoy doing to help you recharge your personal battery. This coming week I hope to continue to move some projects forward, so I have something to show you next week.