Progress on a few things

Here it is the start of another week and hard to believe that July is almost over. I know for me this month has been flying by and now to see what I have been able to accomplish.

This past week has been one of those weeks without a really focus so that means that there are quite a few projects work on instead of focusing on moving only a couple forward. The weather was also cooler than it has been so that meant being able to focus on things that I normally don't in the summer.

Wishful Thinking - this project did get a bit of attention, and I am finally getting closer to having the border completed. Getting the border completed would be nice and then I could focus on filling in the words and the rest of the design. The border is what is taking so long because there are lots of stitches in it, so getting it done would be great.

I am not certain if I will work on this piece this coming week, but we will see as I haven't put it away so that helps as it is available for some attention.

Star Touched Meadows - February - here is a piece that hasn't had any attention since early June, so I thought it was time for it to at least get a few stitches in on it.

I was able to work on it and my goal was to see if I could complete another colour on the piece and I accomplished that. It is an easy project to work on because as each quadrant is the same so once you do one section you know what you need in the next section.

Of course, this project didn't get a lot of attention as my brain wanted me to work on other things so we will see how things go in the next little while if this piece gets some more attention.

I am not certain what cross stitch is going to be getting the attention this week as there are a few that I would like to pick up and maybe work on but I guess we are going to have wait and see what gets attention and what is going to have to wait for another week.

Granny wrap - grey - here is one project that did get a bit of attention this week as it was a great project to work on while watching some videos. It doesn't look like a lot of progress, but I was able to get just over four rows completed so that was nice. The rows are getting longer so they do take more time to complete but I am enjoying this project and am still figuring out how large this wrap is going to be.

Other projects - this week I can say that I have been working quite a bit on my English Paper Piecing and it makes me happy. I have spent quite a bit of time moving some of those projects forward.

It has felt great seeing projects moved forward and I will write more when I write that blog at the end of the month.

I hope everyone has been having a good summer and you are finding that time to do the things that make you happy. Being able to at least do some things that make you happy is important. If you are dealing with storms or extreme heat, please try and stay safe. Before long we are going to be complaining that it's too cold and there is too much snow.

This week I am not certain what I will be working on as each day I just work on something that makes me happy. I hope to have something to show you next week and until then take care of yourself and I will be posting my English Paper Piecing blog on the 1st of the month and I will then be back next Monday with what else I have worked on this week.

 

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 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.

Close to a finish and progress

Here it is the start of another week so we will see how things go. Just being able to continue to get things done would make me feel a little better about things. Just being able to continue to get things done so we will see how things go.

The weather here is a roller coaster as we have been dealing with warmer weather and then snow and colder weather so that doesn't make me happy. I know that the forecast for this coming week is another roller coaster so it doesn't make me happy so we will see what really happens.

Silver Anniversary - here is the project that I have been working on in the last week. This has been a goal for me to try and continue to get things accomplished so we will see how things go. I know that over this last week I have been able to make some good progress on this piece.

When I picked up this piece this week, I have lots of stitches to complete, but when I put it down today, I only have 312 stitches so it should be a completion before too long. I am so happy to see that I have been able to get this piece so much closer to a finish. I started this piece on February 13th, 2025, and my goal was to get it completed before our Silver Anniversary which is September 14, 2026.

This has been the piece that I have been working on every month since I started on it and it makes me feel a little better. It has been a bit of a challenge to continue to move this piece forward. When I started this piece I figured that I would be getting it completed around the 22nd of July of this year however I am very happy to see that I am going to be getting this piece done ahead of my initial goal.

Hedgerow Shawl - this is the mystery sal that I have been working on and I haven't been able to make a lot of progress on this piece. I hope that over the next couple of weeks I will be able to continue to move this project forward.

All the clues have been released, and I am still working on the 2nd clue so next weekend I should be able to share where I am on this piece, and you will what I have been able to get accomplished. This piece has been a challenge for me and maybe what I needed to do is just take each little bit at a time and not stress about the entire piece because I think that would have helped a lot. 

I currently have some mini bobbles to be completed in clue #2 and am not looking forward to them but we will see how things go.

Button Box Throw - here is the throw that I have been able to move things forward and it is making me feel a little better when I can continue to move this piece forward. It has been nice to see that I can continue to move this piece forward even a little bit at a time. I know that I haven't figured out how large this is going to be and maybe that makes me happy. I currently have three small balls of yarn and then have another 6 balls of yarn around 20 grams each so we will see that the throw looks like when I get all that yarn added, I do need to figure the yarn that I going to be using for the border as well so we will see what I can get done.

Other projects - I can honestly say that I haven't work on any other projects this week and a lot of that is because I have been focusing on getting Silver Anniversary closer to a finish and working on my knitting projects.

I hope everyone is finding a bit of time to focus on something that makes you a little better. It doesn't matter what you are able to do but just spending some time to focus on something that makes you happy is what you need to do.

This week coming I hope that I can get Silver Anniversary completed and we will see how things go moving forward. A bunch of things that I would like to move forward so we will see what I can get accomplished and hopefully I will have something to show you next weekend.

 

Moving projects forward

Here it is the start of another week and yes, the weather looks like it is finally going to be improving or at least that is the forecast. This past week did go by quickly and it was different as I wasn't working on Pandemic like I was doing over the last few weeks.

This past week I wanted to spend some time just working on a couple of projects so that is what I did. Now to see what this week is going to be like as I would like to continue to move things forward.

Silver Anniversary - here is the project that I picked up and work on this past week as I wanted to see if I could get it moved forward a bit. It has been nice to focus on some with a few more colours for a while and see the progress that I was able to make on this piece.

I am going to be trying to get this project completed soon but I don't think it is going to be out this week as I would like to see if I can focus on something else and make progress on it. It is nice trying to focus on a project for a while and not have all the other projects demanding attention at the same time.

This week I will probably continue to work on some of the small ornaments that I have been working on, but I will pull out one of the other projects that I would like to maybe get completed soon as the main project that gets the attention this week.

Peppermint Pressie - here is a small ornament that I have been working on and have had some fun with. It is nice having these small ornaments that I can pick up and work on when I have those few minutes to sit and work on something.

Having a bunch of small projects that I want to get done this year is helping because it gives me some time to just focus on it

Hedgerow Shawl - this is the knitting project that I have been working on this week and I have finally been able to make some progress on it.

I have been taking pictures of this project each week so that I can show you the progress on this shawl once the pattern has been released to the public. I am going to say that this project has been a challenge for me as I have been doing stitches that I haven't done before. Clue #3 has been released so we are getting closer to having the entire pattern to work on. I am no where close to being caught up as I just finished clue #1 on Saturday. Hopefully I will be able to move this project forward some more this week and maybe get it closer to being caught up.

Other projects - I haven't worked on any other projects enough to have something to show. I have been attempting to learn how to do magic loop knitting but that has been going very slowly so nothing to show for that effort yet.

I hope everyone is finding a bit of time to do something that you enjoy doing each day. It doesn't matter what it is or how long you spend doing it. Just being able to spend some time focusing on taking some time for yourself is important. This coming week I hope to be able to work on a different cross stitch project and we will see how it goes. If I can get some stitching time in I should have at least something to show you next week.

 

Making some good progress

Here it is the start of another week, and I am going to stay that it has been a crazy week given the snow that we received last weekend and just trying to dig ourselves out of this mess. We are also dealing with some really cold temperatures so that isn't us at all.

Hopefully things will start to warm up here and we will be able to enjoy some time without feeling like we are going to freeze every time we go outside even just for a few minutes. For me it's been time where I can find some time after getting the work that needs to get completed where I can curl up and work on a project to see how much of it, I can get completed.

Silver Anniversary - here is the project that I picked up this week as I wanted to see how much more of it, I could get done and I am happy with the progress that I was able to achieve. Hopefully I will continue to make some good progress on it each time I pick it up.

I am now at just over 80% completed and that was so rewarding to see that I was able to achieve that this week. What I have also been able to do is making sure that I could continue to move this piece forward and getting rows and columns completed this week was really nice.

This week I was able to complete three rows and three columns and that was great. It is showing me that just being able to focus on areas of this piece helped get it moved forward. I am not certain how much longer it is going to take me to finish this project, but I must admit that I am now seeing that before long this piece will be completed and that is what makes me happy.

Argyle Sweater - here is the project that gets bits of attention when I have those few minutes to pick up something and see what I can get done. It isn't a big piece so that helps as well and just seeing that I can get colours completed on this piece has been good. I have now finished two of the four colours, and I am looking forward to seeing how much more of this piece I can get completed.

Being able to continue to move this piece forward even a little bit at a time is great and we will see when it is completed. I am not pressuring me to finish this piece quickly because it is nice to just work on it when I have those few minutes where I just want to work on something.

I would like to see if spending a bit of time over the next week or so could help me get this ornament completed. There is no pressure or not deadline and that is what makes this project so much fun to work on.

Talisman Shawl - here is the knitting project that I have been working on as I would like to see how much of it I can get completed in the next little while. I do have reasons for wanting this project moved forward quickly so we will have to see how it goes.

I haven't figure out what size that I will be making with this yarn because there are three sizes and it will depend on how big the shawl is when I have finished up using the first ball of yarn. I haven't figured out if it is going to be the medium or large shawl but at least, I know that I have enough yarn to make a shawl that I am happy with. 

Hedgerow Mystery Knit Along - for those of you that have been falling me for a while you may have realized that I really enjoy working on knit patterns by Helen Stewart (link to pattern). So, in the last couple of weeks Helen let everyone know that there was going to be a Mystery Knit Along and it didn't take me long to purchase the pattern so that I could immediately start it when the pattern is released. All I know is the amount of yarn that I need as well as the shape of the project and rest of it will start to come alive on February 12th. If you are interested in joining me making this shawl, I have attached the link for the pattern and just a heads up the price of the pattern will go up on February 12th.  

I haven't figured out the yarn that I am going to be using yet for this piece but hopefully by the time I post next week you will see the colours that I picked but we aren't going to see any progress on this shawl until the final pattern is released by Helen Stewart in March of this year.

Other projects - well, I haven't been able to work on any of the other projects that I have on the go because I have been trying to focus on getting things completed. I am trying to stay focused on the projects that I currently am working on, but we will have to see how things go in the next little while.

I hope everyone has a good week and you are able to focus on your projects no matter what they are. Being able to focus on things that make us happy is extremely important. I know that I try each day to ensure that I spend a bit of time making sure that I do something that makes me happy and helps recharge my personal battery.

Progress and a new start

Here it is the start of a new week and the start of a new year as well. It is hard to believe that it is already 2026. I hope everyone had a good holiday season if you celebrate. It was nice having some time to relax but it is now time to get back to work and back to getting things accomplished.

This past week seemed to go back very quickly but at least it was a week where I was able to spend some time focusing on moving a couple of my crafting projects forward. It is going to be very interesting to see what 2026 is like for me regarding my crafting. I have some things I would like to see finished so we will see when they happen.

Silver Anniversary - as it was the last week of December, it was time to pull out Silver Anniversary to see how much progress I could make on it.

I am working hard at moving this project forward and it is just a matter of time before I will be able to see a bigger section of this piece completed. This past week I decided to try and focus on getting the top rows of the piece completed so that I can move the q-snap and get the bottom of the piece to where I can stitch on it. It is nice to see that I have at least got three rows of the piece completed and I will continue to work on it each month so that I can get it finished before our silver anniversary.

By the time I put this piece down I had got to the 70% completed mark so that was a nice milestone and now to see how much I can get completed when I pull it out at the end of this month. I hope to be able to see some more good progress next time I work on it.

Snowflake - here is a New Year New Start and this is going to be one of hopefully many ornaments that I can get made this year. It is a nice and easy piece to work on, and I am currently just doing around 50 stitches a day so yes, it is going to take a bit of time to get it done but I have been enjoying it. 

This year, I am going to be trying to work on some more smalls because it would be nice to have some ornaments for our Christmas tree for next year. I have kitted up a few different ornaments so we will see which ones get completed during this year.

Rainforest Canopy Shawl - here is the knitting piece that got the attention this past week. I had hoped to get more of it finished this past week, but the lace section seems to not like me, so I find it a bit of a challenge to get it done. Hopefully the next lace section that I come to will go a little smoother than the last couple of sections. The pattern itself isn't difficult it is just making sure that you check what you are stitching. I have also figured out that while I am working on the lace section, I need to count the stitches on the needle after each row to ensure that I haven't made a mistake.

I would like to see more of this shawl completed this week so we will see how it goes. I am getting close to another lace section so we will see how this goes. It would be nice to get this shawl closer to a finish, but we will have to wait and see.

Other projects - I didn't work on any other crafting projects this last week other than to continue to work on getting some of the small ornaments and projects ready to stitch. It has been nice seeing that I will have projects ready to go when I want to work on something small.

This year I know that I have three larger projects that I would like to see completed and then I will continue to work on moving some of the other projects that I have on the go closer to a finish. One of those projects hasn't got a lot of attention in the last couple of years so it is time that it gets the attention and hopefully maybe even a finish.

This coming week is going to be a little busier for me at work so not sure what crafting I will get done but I know that I will be ensuring that I at least get a bit of time each day to relax and recharge and that will be with my crafting. Have a good week and hopefully I will have some progress to show you next week.

A finish, a new start and some progress

Here it is the start of another week, and I must admit that this past week has been a little crazy as I have been trying to get a lot of things done. Being able to see that I have been able to move projects forward has been nice so now to see what I was able to accomplish.

Work also required some of my time so that means that I wasn't able to just hide and work on my crafting but that was ok because I did see some good progress on a bunch of things before the end of the week. Being able to balance both work and crafting has felt great so now to see what the next couple of weeks is going to be like as I am starting to see a bunch of things on my calendar.

Silver Anniversary - this week I was able to add some more stitches to this piece, and it makes me feel good seeing that I have been able to move this project forward. Of course, I would have liked to get more of it done but we will see what I can get done next week.

This piece has been fun to work on and I have slowly been able to move it forward a bit at a time. Something that I was able to achieve this week was reaching the top right corner of the piece. It was nice to be able to achieve that and now to see if I can continue to work on this piece over the next few months. I have reached the 60% completed on this piece and that makes me happy because it shows that working on it one week a month has meant that I have been able to get a lot of it finished.

Little Meg Shawl - large version - here is the knitting project that I started my week working on because I was at the point that I just needed to work on the cast off to get this piece off the needles. Given there were over 570 stitches on this piece the cast off wasn't going to be something that I could do quickly, so I just decided to work on it for a couple of days and by then I was able to say that I got it finished. 

I am so happy with how this piece turned out and I know that I need to get it blocked to see what it really looks like. It was nice getting this piece off the needles because you know what happens when one project is finished.

Something that I was doing while finished off this project was figuring out which shawl was going to be the next one of my needles. The next project was something that I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out but I have been having fun working on it and am looking forward to seeing it off the needles before too long.

Memories of Juneau - this pattern did call for a five bundle of yarn, but I decided that I was just going to work on it using one skein of yarn. The run part of this project is the pattern is Memories of Juneau which is in Alaska and the yarn that I am using was dyed in Newfoundland so that is both sides of the continent and that made it a little more run to work on.

This project reminds me of the Ex-boyfriend shawl, and the only difference is you can add eyelet rows whenever you want to add them. I have decided to add them every ten increases (every 20 rows) so that makes it a lot of fun to work on. 

I have been able to make some good progress on this shawl given I only started it on Wednesday, and I haven't worked on it each day. I am currently at 90 stitches on the needle, and I am not certain how many stitches I will get completed before it's time to cast off this project.

Other projects - I have been trying my best to just focus on getting projects finished or at least focused on and that has made me feel so much better. I know that there are a bunch of things that I would like to accomplish over the next couple of weeks so that means that I need to work on getting things accomplished.

I hope everyone has had a good week and you have been able to spend a bit of time each day doing something that makes you happy. There have been days for me that I haven't had a lot of time to accomplish anything, but I do make sure that I at least take a few minutes to do something that makes me happy.

This coming week I hope to be able to continue to move some of my projects forward and we will see what I have to show you next week. I do know that I will have a different cross stitch project to work on and then I will see much more of the Memories of Juneau I am able to get done.
 

Moving projects forward again

It is hard to believe that another week has come and gone. I know that we have been busy so that might be one of the reasons why this week seems to have gone by so quickly. Hopefully this coming week I will be able to find some time to do some more crafting as I know that looking at the planner, the beginning of the week has quite a few things that need my attention. We will see how things go and hopefully there will be some more progress to show next week. 

Of course, I am going to be trying to at least move my projects forward a bit again this week so we will see what happens. I do know that seeing even bits of progress on the projects makes me feel good, so that is once again the goal for this coming week.

Silver Anniversary - here is the project that got the attention this week. I wanted to see if I could continue to move it forward and I think I was able to accomplish that. I decided to try and work on filling in a section, and I made some progress on it.

My goal this past week was to try and at least get the diamonds completed in one section of the piece and I got that accomplished and then it was to start filling in all the little triangles that needed to be completed. I got all of the diamonds completed and some of the triangles done but there is still a ways to go before this section is totally filled in. I figured trying to focus on a section instead of bouncing all over like I have been doing might be a good idea.

This project will now go away until closer to the end of November when I will pull it out again. Giving this project one week a month has meant that I have been able to see some good progress on it without getting tired of working on it.

Toque - this week I made a bit of progress on the toque that I have been working on. I need to get this to 10 inches before I do the decrease so that means that I still have a bit more knitting to go. It has been nice to have a project that doesn't have lot of stitches on the needle.

We will see how much of this project I can get accomplished this coming week. I would like to be able to get this project completed as there is still a lot of worsted weight yarn that needs some attention. Being able to spend some time working on toques has been nice as they are something that is very easy to piece up and work on.

I am going to look at the different toque patterns that I have so that I don't end up working on the same pattern all the time. Hopefully by the time I have done these hats I will have a variety of styles.

Little Meg Shawl - large version - here is the other knitting project that I have been working on. It doesn't look like I did a lot but there were quite a few rows added to this project. I am now at almost 400 stitches on the needle so that means it takes quite a bit of time to even get a couple of rows completed. 

I know that this shawl is going to take a bit longer to complete as I need to reach around 580 stitches on the needle before it is completed. I am enjoying working on the shawl, but it does take quite a while to do so not a shawl that I am going to be making again for a while.

I am of course thinking about the next shawl project that I would like to do so that means figuring out the yarn and the pattern that will be the next one. The next project will be a bit of time before it gets started but at least figuring out the next one would be nice.

Other projects - I did pick up and work on a crocheted afghan that I have been working on a while. I didn't take a picture of it as I only got a bit of a round completed. Maybe this week I will see if I can spend a bit more time working on it. I don't crochet as much any longer as it has bothered my wrists.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing. For me, I know that even spending 15 minutes doing something that I enjoy helps a lot. Now to see what I can get accomplished this week as I know that I have quite a few things on my plate that I need to get done. Have a good week and hope to have some progress to show you next week.

 

Progress, a finish and a start

Here it is the start of another week, and it is going to be a busy week for us as we are working at a Security Conference on Wednesday and Thursday. This means that we are going to be trying to get all our work done quickly this week.

This past week has also been different so I haven't been able to spend quite as much time working on my crafting, but I at least was able to make some progress on the projects that I did work on so that makes me feel good. I will see what I can get done this week given how busy I am going to be.

Silver Anniversary - this past week was the week where I pulled out and worked on this project. Given how busy we were I am happy with the progress that I was able to make on it. It was nice having a project that was easy to pick up and stitch on because I could focus on getting either one of the diamonds stitches or some of the fill in completed so that was nice. 

It is always interesting when I am working on a piece that I don't feel like I have made much progress until I can look at it here when I am writing this. I can see how much I was able to accomplished, even when I was just putting in a few stitches at a time when I could pick this project up.

I am working hard to make sure that I can get this project completed in time for our 25th anniversary and right now I think I should be able to get it done in time and even have time to get it framed.

This project is now going away until closer to the end of October but that is fine with me. I might get a few stitches on this piece before then, but I will show a picture of it when I can focus on it again. It is time for another project to come back out and get some love and attention.

Elfish Shawl - this was the knitting project that I was working on, and it was a nice piece to have to pick up and focus on. At the beginning of the week, I figured it wouldn't be taking me long to get this shawl finished as it did work up quickly which was nice.

The pattern is easy so that meant that I knew where I was each time I picked up this project to move it forward. The good new is I was able to get this piece finished and it is now sitting waiting to be blocked. I finished casting off the piece and immediately sewed in the ends so that I could say it was finished.

Of course, when one knitting project is finished it is time to figure out what the next project was going to be, and it didn't take me long to get a new one started.

Little Meg Shawl - large - this is the project that I got started this weekend and so far, I have been enjoying working on it most of the time. Of course, I have had to pull back a couple of rows due to counting errors but hopefully things will go smoother this week and I will see how much of this shawl I can get completed.

Other projects - I haven't focused on any other projects this past week as I didn't have the time or energy to do that. I have a feeling that this week is going to be about the same as last week so I will just be happy to see what I can get accomplished. It might now be as much as I normally do but I will try and at least make progress on something.

I hope everyone has a good week and you find even those few minutes each day to take time for yourself. It is so important to make sure that we are taking those few minutes to recharge our personal batteries so that we can be there for others around us. Hopefully I will have a bit of progress to show you next week, but we will see what happens.

 

Progress and a finish

Here it is the start of another week so that means it is time to see what I was able to work on in the last week. The weather has been cooler so that has meant more time to be able to focus on getting things achieved.

It has felt good having the cooler weather because it has made getting work done a little easier as I have been able to focus on things. It also meant that I was able to pick up my projects and make some good progress on them as well.

Silver Anniversary - here is the project that I pulled out to work on this past week. I have been trying to get this project out at least one week a month most months since I started it. It has felt good because I have been able to continue to get more progress completed on it. I hope to be able to continue to give it a week a month as I think doing that will help me get it finished before our Silver Anniversary.

This past week I decided to try and get to the top edge of the piece so that I could figure out the actual size and I was able to do that. Being able to focus on moving the piece forward was good and I made sure to work on trying to get the left edge of the piece completed so now the first two columns are totally completed. I will see what area I work on next time I pick it up, but it might be the top section so that I can move the entire piece towards the right.

Now that this piece been given it's one week for August, it is time to put it away and pull out my first WIPGO project and see how I can do on that. For September I will be only pulling out one WIPGO project as it was called twice so this project should get quite a bit of attention or at least I hope it moves forward quite well.

Floating Shawl - this was my knitting project as I was trying to move it forward and maybe even get it finished in this last week. When I originally picked up this piece, I figured it would take me between three and four weeks to get it finished given the size of it.

The good news is it didn't take me even three weeks to get this shawl off the needles and waiting to be blocked. It took me 19 days to complete this shawl, and I am extremely happy with how it turned out. Being able to see the size of the shawl was nice and I know that once it is blocked it is going to look so much nicer.

Now that we have the cooler weather, I am going to be blocking a few shawls so that I can start wearing them and I can't wait to do just that.

Other projects - well I haven't spent a lot of time working on other projects as I have been trying to focus on moving these projects forward. 

Of course, my EPP did get a little bit of attention, but I will write that post shortly. Just being able to focus on getting a couple of projects moved forward each week makes me feel so much better because it shows I can get things done when I focus on them.

I hope everyone has had a good week and you are finding time to do things you enjoy. This coming week I will see what progress as I can make on my projects as it looks like it is time to figure out the next knitting project that I would like to do.