A finish and some good progress

Here it is another week has gone by, and this month seems to be just flying by. The weather here has been very hot and humid, but the last few days were a lot nicer and could spend some time sitting outside. I have been able to move projects forward this last week and am happy about that.

Mini the Forgotten - here is the project that was close to a finish when I last wrote my blog. On Monday, I was lucky and was able to spend some time focusing on this piece because it was so close to a finish.

Before the end of the day, I was able to take it off the scroll frame and that this picture of it. It felt wonderful having this piece finished and now I will be pulling out another project to take its place.

Here are some facts about Mini the Forgotten.

• Started: December 21, 2019
• Completed: July 14, 2025
• Project Size: 250 x 247
• Number of stitches: 61,750

I am very happy to have this project finished and am looking forward to getting it framed so that I can have it up on my wall. 

I have figured out the project that is going to take its place but I don't think I will be working on it until August just so I have a bit of change of colour.

Pandemic - after finishing Mini the Forgotten it was time to pull out a project that work on it for a little bit. This is another project that I would like to get finished but I don't think it will be this year however getting stitches in on it will help.

As this project is just one colour it seems to go so much faster as you are not having to change colour but there is a lot of detail in each section, so they take quite a while to get them done. I am going to try and work on this piece for another week and then it will go back into the WIPGO rotation, and we will see what happens after that.

Cranberry Fizz - once the weather cooled down a couple of degrees and the humidity wasn't so bad I was able to start another shawl and am happy with the progress that I have been able to make on it so far.  I love how this is turning out and I don't think it will be long before it is onto the circular needle so that I can work on getting it finished. The yarn that I am using has a little bit of shimmer in it so that adds a little bit to the shawl.

This week I am going to try and get more of this shawl done as it is always nice when you can see a shawl come to live and get finished quickly. 

Other projects - given how hot and humid it has been out I haven't worked on any other projects as I have been trying to stay focused. I would like to work on my English Paper Piecing for a little while this week, but we will have to see how things go. 

This week I have a few things that I need to get completed and I will see what I can get accomplished on my projects. I hope to be able to see some good progress on both my knitting and cross stitch but only time will tell. Finding that time to recharge your personal battery everyday is important so that you can be there to help those around you.

A finish and close to a finish

Here it is the start of another week and hopefully I will be able to get a few things achieved. The weather has gone back up to where it is hot and humid and it's difficult to do much. We are currently in the middle of a heat warning with temperatures being too hot for much.

Mini the Forgotten - here is the cross stitch piece that I have been working on this past week. To say that has been my focus all week is the truth as I have been trying to get it closer to a finish. This past week I decided to try and see how close I could get it to finished if not finished. Well, 591 stitches left to go and then this piece will be finished.

I am loving how this piece is turning out and must admit that I am going to be both happy and sad when it's finished. I will be happy to have a finish because of how long it has taken me to get it done. The sad, is because I have enjoyed working on this piece. The goal for this week is to get this piece finished so that I can then pick up another project that I haven't worked on for a couple of years.

I am looking forward to having this piece completed and if things go well, I should have a finish later today. I started this piece December 2019, and it will be finished July 2025.

Spindrift Shawl - of course, I was able to get a bit of knitting done early in the week and this shawl was what got a little bit of attention.

Looking at the pictures it looks like two different shawls but of course, it depends on the lighting each time I take a picture of this. The finished picture is closer to the colour of it. It feels good seeing another shawl finished other than the blocking which I will do when it isn't quite so humid out.

I have decided on the next shawl that will get my attention, but it needs to be a little less humid out before I can enjoy working on my knitting very much.

Other projects - I have done a little bit of knitting on the balcony project that I have on the go, but the weather has prevented much progress at all. Hopefully once it is a little cooler, I will be able to enjoy moving projects forward again. 

I hope everyone is staying cool if you are in the middle of a heat wave. Remember to stay hydrated as it is important to do that as well. 

This week I will be working on getting Mini the Forgotten completed and then I will see what else I can accomplish. I will be back next week with at least one finish and hopefully progress on some other projects.


 

Another page finish, some progress and a new start

Here it is the start of another week and hopefully a week that starts of cooler than last week. It is nice that we are getting into the summer weather, but I don't like it when we are dealing with a humidex of 119F. This isn't something that we normally deal with. It is now getting into the 95F humidex so that is something that we have had a deal with frequently.

Mini The Forgotten - here is the project that I have been focusing on and it has now been two weeks where I have been trying to make some good progress on this piece.  It makes me extremely happy to see to the progress that I have been able to make in the last week.

I know that I have been able to make a lot of progress on this piece in the last week, and I have now been able to finish another page, so that is good. I now have two pages to go before this piece is finished and the 2nd page is very narrow, so I will be working on the two of them at the same time. It does feel good being able to see that I am getting a lot closer to a finish and right now I have just over 3,800 stitches left to go, and we will see how things go.

I am putting this piece away for a week to make sure that I don't burn myself out before getting a finish. It would be great to spend the next two weeks working on this piece, but I also know that I need to take a break to ensure that I can then focus on moving this piece to the finish and then getting the next project ready to be another focus piece. 

Spindrift Shawl - here is a new project that I started this week as I needed another shawl project that could be my focus. I am happy with the progress that I have been able to make because I haven't been able working on it a lot and have already reached the 30% complete.

I hope that through the next week I can continue to get more of this shawl done because it has been a lot of fun to work on. It is a simple pattern which is great, and I hope to be able to continue to get the rest of this shawl completed. 

Other projects - I have been able to pick up and work on my EPP for a little while this past week which is great and now to see how things go. I know that being able to continue to work on projects makes me happy.

This week I will be pulling out a different cross stitch project to see if I can get some stitching done on it. It is one of the WIPGO calls for July, so I need to work on it for a while. If things go well, I should be able to make a bit more progress on this piece and then I can pull out Mini the Forgotten next week and work on it until it's completed.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something for yourself. It can make a big difference how you handle other things. Hopefully I will be back next week with some progress on a couple of projects. Have a good week and if you are in Canada, Happy Canada on July 1st.

 

Some good progress

Here it is another Monday morning, and I am going to say it is way too hot right now to try and function. Instead of warming up to a nice temperature it has gone way overboard, and it is extremely hot here. The weather is now making it difficult to function or do anything so that is making it hard. At least before the weather decided to get this hot, I was able to make some progress on a few things.

Mini the Forgotten - here is the project that got quite a bit of attention this last week. I was trying to focus on moving this project forward and closer to a finish and I must admit that I think that I was able to do that. Of course, some of the areas that needed work weren't too big so that did help quite a bit. The first thing that I had to do was complete a section that had some metallic thread in it so that was the first focus and then it was time to try and move the entire project forward some more.

It does feel good seeing how much I was able to get completed this last week because it means that I have moved this project closer to a finish and that is nice. I have three pages to finish now and hopefully that means before too long I will have this piece finished.

If the weather lets up a bit I am going to continue to work on this piece through this week as I would like to see how much more of it, I can get done. 

Simply Curious Shawl - I have been trying to work on this project a bit, but it is one of those projects that does take some time to do and given it is a heavier weight yarn it is also something that you don't want to work on when it's really hot out.

When the weather cools down a little bit I think I will try and add a few more rows to this piece as I would like to see it finished before too long. I know that being able to at least work on it a bit at a time would be good so we will see how that goes.

Gradient Shawl - I have decided that while it is hot out, I needed something that I would work on while sitting on the balcony, so I started another Gradient Shawl but this time I am using some variegated yarn that I had already. The nice thing about this project is I don't have to think about what row I am on because it is a simple project to pick up and work on.

I don't know how quickly I will get this done but at least I was able to get a start on it before it got extremely hot out and hopefully it will continue to grow once, I can make some more progress on it.

Other projects - I haven't worked on any other projects this past week as my main focus was on moving my cross stitch forward. Just being able to see that I have made some good progress is nice and hopefully before long I will have a finish.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing. If you are dealing with the extreme heat and humidity, I hope you are able to stay cool and remember to drink lots of water.

More progress and some preemie hats

Here it is the start of another week and hopefully the weather will improve, and we won't have as much rain as we did last week.  This last week I was able to spend some time working on my crafting and it felt good.

Mini The Forgotten - here is the cross stitch project that got some attention this past week. I am happy with the progress that I was able to make on it. I have continued to focus mostly on the sections before her wings as I would like to see that section completed. 

I am slowly moving this project forward and right now most of what I need to do before I work on the wings, and the back section is to add some glitter thread to two sections. I have added some of it but there is still more to go so hopefully when I pick this piece up again, I will be able to get more of that done. 

When I put it down this time, I have reached 85% completed, which is nice and have just over 9,200 stitches left to go. It is still going to take me some time to get this finished but I am getting closer to having it done. I am looking forward to seeing this piece finished so we will see when I pick it up again.

Preemie hats - this past week I was able to focus on some knitting, and I was able to get a few preemie hats finished. The green hat was one that I had on the go before the start of the week, but the remainder of the hats were knit this week. 

These hats don't take very long to make so that is nice. It has been a lot of fun working on these hats because it is using up part balls of sports weight yarn that I have had. I hope to be able to get a few more hats made before it's time to do a drop off. 

Other projects - I haven't worked on any other projects this past week as I have been focusing on getting the cross stitch and knitting done. 

This week I am going to be trying to do a little bit of English Paper Piecing as I haven't been able to get any done yet this month. 

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing. It feels so good when you can spend that bit of time focusing on recharging your personal battery. If things go well this week, I hope to have more to show you next week. 

 

Moving projects forward

It is hard to believe it is the start of another week so that means it is time to see what I worked on over the last week. A lot of other things happened this last week, so I didn't have as much time to work on projects, but I did make progress.

Mini Magic of Books - this project was the second WIPGO project for April, so I was able to pick it up and work on it a little bit. I didn't get as many stitches in on this piece as I normally wanted to do but at least I moved it forward.

My goal with WIPGO is 500 stitches when it is called so getting just over 600 stitches in on the piece was good. Hopefully next time this project is called it will get more attention, and it will be moved forward more. Even getting the stitches in that I did make me feel better because now this piece is finally starting to get moved forward again.

Mini the Forgotten - as last week was a little rough, I decided to pick up a project that is making me happy so over the weekend that is exactly what I did. Mini the Forgotten once again get a bit of attention even after just working on it for a week. I am so looking forward to seeing this piece completed and it makes me happy when I work on it.

I am continuing to work on the upper left corner of the piece and slowly trying to get it done. What I have been trying to do is work on completing one colour at a time in this section. It is amazing seeing how much the piece changes when I only spend a couple of days on it. I am not certain when I will pick this piece up again, but I do know that it is scheduled to get a week of attention of May so at least I will see it next month.

I am working hard at moving this piece forward as I would like to see it finished before the end of the year so that means that I need to focus on it. Having this as a focus piece for this year is making me happy because I have already seen some good progress on it and hope to get more progress on it before long.

This week I know that Silver Anniversary will be coming out for some attention so we will see how that goes. I do have a minimum goal for that piece so hopefully I can get it achieved.

Gradient Shawl - of course, I have been doing some knitting most days and it is nice to see that I am making progress on this shawl. This shawl has 6 shades of teal in it and as of last night I have start joined the last ball of yarn into it and it makes me happy to see that I am now getting slower to the end of the shawl.

This project has been really enjoyable to work on and in some ways, I will be sad to see it finished because of how much I have enjoyed working on it. I do look forward to being able to wear this shawl because it is going to be a piece that I can wear quite often when I want to wrap up in something comfortable. I did make this shawl a nice size because I wanted to have something that I could wear when I needed something to cover my shoulders.

It is going to be interesting to see how long it takes to get the remaining ball of yarn used because the rows are now around 400 stitches so that does take a bit of time to get a row done. This week I will continue to work on the shawl, and we will see what it looks like next Monday.

Other projects - this past week I did work on my English Paper Piecing a little bit so that was nice and now to see what I can do this coming week. Of course, I have things that I need to get completed besides by crafting so we will see how things go.

This week I know that I have my shawl to work on as well as my Silver Anniversary cross stitch project so we will see what progress I can make on them. I am not certain what else will get any attention as I normally just let it happen as the week goes along.

I hope everyone as a good week, and you find that bit of time each day to do something that makes me happy. It doesn't matter what it is as long as you do a little bit of something for yourself. If things go well, I should be back next Monday with some more progress on things.

Moving two projects forward

Here it is the start of another week and hopefully I will once again be able to make some progress on things. The weather is supposed to be warming up as well this week so that would be nice.

Mini the Forgotten - here is the cross stitch project that got my attention this last week. I picked it up on Monday with a goal of seeing some good progress on it before the end of the weekend and that I did.

Now that I only have four pages to complete on this piece, I am trying hard to get as much stitching in on this piece as I can. This past week I worked on one colour on the two pages for 5 days before that colour was finished and I started working on a different colour. So, this week I only added two colours to this section of the design, but I am happy with how much I was able to get done.

This project is going to be put down for a little bit as I do want to add some stitches into the second WIPGO project that was called for April. I hope that I can get those stitches in quickly and maybe I will pick this up again as I am looking forward to seeing this piece finished.

Gradient Shawl - this shawl did get quite a bit of attention this past week as I have been trying to move it forward again. My first goal this last week was to get all the yarn knit back into the shawl that I had to take out and then see how much more of the shawl I could get done. It does feel good because I have now started the fourth colour.

I am going to continue to work on this shawl as I am also looking forward to getting this finished before too long. It is a fun project to work on because it is easy to do but the rows are getting rather long, so it does take a while to get across the row. Including the ball of yarn that I have on the go I have three more balls to add so it is going to take me a while yet before it's finished.

Other projects - this past week I have been able to pick up and work on my English Paper Piecing a bit, so I have started to see some progress on one of those projects as well.

This week I hope to be able to continue to work on my shawl and I will see how much I can get done on the other WIPGO project.  I would like to see if I can get Mini the Forgotten out for when a day or two to try and move it a little closer to a finish.

I hope everyone has a good week and you find time to do something that you enjoy. If things go well this week, I hope to have some progress to show you on my projects again next week. It is also Easter this coming Sunday, and I hope everyone as a good long weekend.

 

Two more page finishes and a new shawl start

Here it is the start of another week, and I have to admit that I am not sure where this last week has gone. I know that things that been busy around here so that might explain why I am not certain where the time as gone.

The weather is finally starting to improve which is nice, but I am still not going to say that winter is over yet because we could still get another storm. At least the sun is shining which makes both of us a little happier so that is what is most important.

This past week I have been able to spend some time crafting so that is also good. I am also happy with the progress that I have been able to make on things so that is also nice.

Mini The Forgotten - this is the project that came back out to get some attention in the last week and it was nice to have it back out. I do have it scheduled for at least one week a month when it hasn't been called for WIPGO. This month it once again got two weeks of attention, and I am happy about that because I have been able to make some good progress on it.

In the last week I was able to finish another two pages on this piece which means I now only have the top four pages to go, and I have already started to make progress on it which feels great.

Being able to spend at least a week at a time on this project is showing me that I can make some good progress on it when I can sit and focus on it. Now to see how much stitching I will be able to get done in April on it. I do know that it is coming out at least for one week as I want to make some good progress on at least one of the colours that I still have lots of stitches to do. For now, this project is going to be put down but I know that April isn't that far away so it will come out for more attention and hopefully quite a few more stitches.

Gradient Shawl - something that I realized in the last week was I wasn't happy with the knitting projects that was working on. Yes, I was moving them forward which was good, but they didn't encourage me to pick them up and work on them. This is when after a bit of a discussion with my hubby, he pointed out that I didn't have something fun to work on, so I needed that. Well, the next morning after pulling out a bunch of yarn I decided it was time to start another shawl and have some fun. This shawl is going to be a gradient shawl as I have 6 - 40-gram balls of yarn so I am going to work on this shawl until all the yarn is done. Right now, I am still working on the first ball of yarn, so I have no idea how large this is going to be, but of course, it is using a bunch of shades of teal,so I am happy with it. 

This coming week I hope to be able to at least get this first ball of yarn finished and start the next colour so that I can start to see what it is going to look like. Of course, this isn't going to be a project that I can pick up and work on for a few minutes at a time but at least I have the scarf in the round to work on when I have that time.

Other projects - this week I haven't picked up any of the other projects that I have on the go so now to figure out when I am going to pick up my English Paper Piecing as I would like to see some progress on it before the end of the month.

I everyone is finding that few minutes each day to do something that you enjoy. It doesn't matter what it is as long as you have those few minutes to relax and get your personal battery recharged. This week I am not certain how much time I will have to work on my projects, but I hope to spend a bit of time making progress on something. Will be back next week with hopefully some progress on my shawl and on a cross stitch project.

 

Some good progress

Here it is the start of another week and of course there are things that need my attention. The weather is warming up which is nice so that means that spring will hopefully be arriving soon. 

This past week I was able to spend some working on my projects and having a focus has been nice because it is helping me get things moved forward and see progress on some of my projects.

Mini The Forgotten - here is the cross stitch project that was my focus for the last week. It was one of my WIPGO calls for March, so I picked it up and was able to focus on moving it forward a bit.

I am very happy with the progress that I was able to get on it because I am getting closer to have another row of pages done and that makes me happy. I hope to be able to get the rest of this row of pages done before long and then I will only have four pages left to go on it. Yesterday, I was looking at the picture of where it was at the beginning of January, and I was amazed at how much I have been able to get done on it.

This project is now going away for this week as I have another project that was called for WIPGO so I will give it some attention and see how it goes.

Scarf in the round - I did pick up and work on my scarf this week and I am loving having a project like this that I can just pick up and work on when I have those few minutes. It is a lot of fun having a project like this because it sits near my desk and then I have those few minutes I can pick it up and add a few stitches and then put it down again.

I don't have any idea when this project is going to be finished but that doesn't bother me because I am happy having a project that I can work on like this and at the end I will have a scarf that I will be happy to have.

This coming week I will see how much more of it I can get done as I am thinking that I will have bits of time where I can pick it up and work on. We will see what it looks like next Monday as being able to move it forward a bit more this week will make me happy.

Ex-boyfriend shawl - here is the shawl that did get a bit of attention this past week, so I am slowly moving it forward. It is a challenge working with the yarn that I picked for this shawl, but I am finding a way to get move of the shawl done.

I wasn't sure how to motive myself to pick up this shawl, so I decided to try and work on it for 30 minutes at a time. That doesn't seem like a long time, and it isn't, but I am finally starting to move this shawl forward again which is good. I am going to see how it goes this week because I am not certain if it will get 30 minutes each day but at least I am going to try and do it some days to continue to move it forward. The feel of the shawl is so nice and soft because of the yarn that I am using it is just not as nice to work with as I had hoped.

Other projects - I have been working on a couple of other projects, but they aren't far enough along to show them yet. Maybe after this week I will have something to show but will have to wait and see how it goes.

I know that this week I should have some time to work on my stitching a bit so we will see what progress I can make on the different projects. I hope to continue to move both knitting projects forward again because that would be nice to see some progress on both. There is going to be a different cross stitch project for this week and hopefully I will make some progress on it. 

If things go well, I should have some projects to show you next week with some progress on them. Finding that time each day to recharge my personal battery has been important. I hope you are also finding that bit of time to recharge your personal battery as well.

Have a good week and I will be back next week to show you what I have been able to get done.

 

Progress and a new shawl start

Here it is the start of another week, and hopefully the weather will start to improve, and we will get rid of some of the snow that we have had lately. 

Of course, there is still a lot of work that needs to get done each week and I am now continuing to try and find that time each day to work on one of my crafts so that I can slowly start to see progress on things.

Mini The Forgotten - here is the cross stitch project that was my focus for the last week. I was determined to see if I could make some more progress on this piece as I am enjoying how it is turning out.

This past week I wasn't sure if I was going to get another page finished on the pattern, but by the time I put it down yesterday I had done just that. I have now completed 6 of the 12 pages and that is making me feel so much better about this project. It makes me happy to see the progress that I have made on this project so far this year and I hope to be able to continue to move it forward. 

This project is going to be put down for a little while and I will see which project I pick up and work on this coming week. I know that working through some of my big projects is making me feel good so we will see what I can accomplish this week.

Ex-boyfriends shawl - here is a new start that I had this past week. I had picked up this yarn a couple of weeks ago and wanted to try and get something make with it. The colour isn't showing up as it is a teal colour yarn which I love teal. The problem with this yarn is it's very fluffy to handle so working on a shawl was a bit of a challenge. I had found another pattern that I wanted to make with it only to discover that this yarn to too soft and slippery for that pattern, so I needed to look at something different. 

This pattern is written for fingering weight yarn but all I did was use a bigger knitting needle and it seems to be turning out the way I would like it to look. I hope to be able to work on this more this coming week as it is a simple project when I can just focus on knitting.

Other projects - I have been able to pick up and work on my English Paper Piecing and that has started to make me happy. I am seeing some progress on one project which is good, and I will write about that at the beginning of March.

It is hard to believe that February is almost over but at least that means that spring should be here soon or at least that is what we can wish. I know that I have been feeling how long winter seems to have been this year and maybe that is because of all the grey days we are having.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing. Being able to set aside those bits of time each day is very important as it helps recharge your personal battery and it also helps you do something for yourself. 

Hopefully next week I will have something to show you as I would like to see if I can get some more progress done on the shawl and I also want to work on a cross stitch project and see how that goes.

Moving projects forward

Here it is the start of another week, and it is interesting to see what projects I worked on in the last week. Of course, there was also work things that needs my attention, so I did spend some time working on those things before was able to focus on moving some of my crafting forward.

This week was a focus week so there aren't a lot of projects to talk about. I decided to try and only work on one cross stitch and one knitting project. 

Mini The Forgotten - here is the cross stitch project that I picked up and worked on this past week and I am very happy with the progress that I was able to make on it.

The goal for this project was to get at least 500 stitches on it was it is one of my WIPGO calls for February. Of course, I was able to get the 500 stitches done without an issue, so I decided to continue to work on it for the rest of the week. By the time I put it down I had completed over 1,600 stitches and I finished another page on the project. 

It feels so good working on this piece and seeing the progress that I am able to make on it. It is now going to be put down for at least this next week as I have the other WIPGO project that I need to work on as well as I have a new start coming up as well.

Turkish Delight Shawl - I have been trying to get some knitting done each day and that means that this shawl did get some attention, and I am happy with where it is right now. I am currently working on the last lace section of the pattern and then I have one more garter section and then the shawl is finished.

I was able to focus on this knitting a little more this week and that helped me at least get the rows done that I wanted to do. Seeing how much I could get done this last week made me happy because now I am seeing that with some effort, I should be able to get this shawl done before long. It is different working with double weight yarn because most of the shawls that I have been knitting use fingering weight yarn, so the overall project ends up a lot lighter.

I do have the next project already figured out that I want to work on so that means that I better continue to focus on this shawl so that I can get it finished. We will see when it gets completed but I hope it will be soon.

Other projects - this past week there were no other projects worked on as I just focused on these two and it felt good. I do need to pick up my English Paper Piecing soon because it hasn't got any attention yet this month. 

This coming week I do have a new cross stitch project start so that is going to be fun but I still need to pick the fabric and get it ready so that is something else on the list for this week. I am also going to try and get the 500 stitches in on the other WIPGO project, so it is going to be a busy week ahead.

I hope everyone continues to find that bit of time each day to do something for yourself and recharge your personal battery. It doesn't matter what you do as long as you take a few minutes for yourself.

Hopefully this week I will be able to get everything done that I would like to do, and I will have some progress to show you next week.

Progress and an older project comes back out

Here it is the start of another week and hopefully I will be able to make some good progress on things that I need to spend time working on. The month of January seems to be flying by so quickly.

It does feel good to say that I have been able to make some progress on a few things in the last week and I pulled out a project that I haven't worked on since 2020. Of course, there are so many projects calling for some attention but I am trying to limit what gets the attention, and what needs to just wait it's turn to get the attention that it deserves.

I continue to have the focus on some of the rather large projects, but I am also trying to get projects completed that have been on the go for a long time.

Mini The Forgotten - this project has continued to get the attention, and I am loving the progress that I have been able to make on it this month. Parts of me doesn't want to put it away for a little while as I have been enjoying it so much. It isn't going to be going away for very long, but I think it is time for me to work on another one of the large projects and see what I can get done on it. 

I do know that if I don't pull this back out this month it will be coming back out in February so that I can see how much of it I can get done. I am now looking forward to seeing how much of it I can get done this year.

2019 Mystery stitch-a-long - here is the project that I have finally pulled back out as I would like to see if I can move it forward some. It hasn't got any attention since December 2020 so now it is time to pull it out and see if I can get it closer to a finish. 

Of course, there are a lot of reasons why this piece was put away for a while but now I would like to see it completed. The nice part about this project is there are only three colours in the pattern, so it isn't too hard to work on. I am going to be trying to continue to focus on this piece so that I can finish all the butterflies and get it finished.

It did make me happy when I took the picture last night to see that I have completed three butterflies and am looking forward to working on getting more of them completed. Well, these butterflies aren't totally completed as I still need to stitch the antennas, but I will do that when I get a couple more of them stitch.

Currently, I am thinking this is going to be one of the projects that I work on this week, but we will have to see how it goes.

Turkish Delight Shawl - here is the new knitting project that I started last Friday. I hadn't been knitting very much since the beginning of the year so I figured maybe starting something new would help. Once again, this shawl pattern is by Helen Stewart, but it is using double weight yarn which is different for me. 

The shawl is working up pretty quickly and I am looking forward to picking it up again and see how much more of it I can get done this coming week. The pattern itself is pretty easy which is nice, and the lace section is a lot of fun to knit as well.

Other projects - no other project has got any attention this past week as I have tried to continue to stay focused on just working on only a few projects each week. I love having a knitting project as a focus as well as one or two cross stitch projects. It is nice seeing the progress that I have been able to make on the projects and I will see what I have to show next week.

I hope everyone continues to find that little bit of time each day to do something for yourself and recharge your personal battery. This week I know that I will be trying to work on my knitting as well as the 2019 Mystery stitch-a-long as it would be nice to see more progress on both of them. 

Have a good week and if things go well, I might have soma progress on at least a couple of projects to show you next Monday.