Another week and some progress on things

Here it is another week, and I have been trying to make some progress on things so we will see how things go. I haven't been able to make a lot on progress on projects in the last little while but this last week I decided to try and see what I could get done.

I know that it would be great to always have a pre and post picture but sometimes this just doesn't happen, and this blog is one of them. Google is making it difficult for me to show both pre and post pictures if I am don't work on a project in a couple of weeks.

Half the Fun - this is one of the projects that I worked on this week, and it makes me happy to see the progress that I have been able to get done. I ended up adding just over 1,000 stitches in three days on this piece and it makes me feel good. Now to see if I can continue to move this piece forward as it would be nice to see it completed before too long. 

Granny Wrap - here is a project that I just started this week and it is using the yarn that I had thought of using for the Button Box Throw. This is the Granny Wrap, and it is something that is easy to work on and something that I can work on a little bit at a time. I hope to be able to continue to work on this piece as it would be nice to see how this turns out and how large it turns out as I am currently trying to use one type of yarn for this shawl.

Serpentine Pavillion Shawl - I did get a little bit of progress on this shawl. I do enjoy working on this project and hopefully I will be able to get back to making some more progress on it. The cable is pretty easy to do, and it has been nice working on something that is a little bit different. I am going to see if I can at least make a bit more progress on the shawl over the next couple of weeks as it would be nice to see this one completed before too long.

This is one of the patterns from The Shawl Society Season 6 book by Helen Stewart. I do enjoy working on the various shawls that she has and I do have lots of her patterns and that is nice as it will help me use up some of the yarn that I have purchased.

Twelve Days of Christmas - here is the other cross stitch project that got some attention in the last week. I had wanted to get all the borders completed but instead I worked on getting the inside of the 2nd Day of Christmas completed. It was nice to see some progress on this piece so now I have three more borders to complete and 9 days. This project is going to go away for a little bit just so that I have a bit of a break from it.

Other projects - I haven't worked on any other project this past week as I was trying to try and focus on moving what I did work on forward. It felt nice seeing that what I worked on did get the progress on them that I wanted.

This week I am not certain what projects that I will work on, but I do hope to make some progress on what I touch. Moving projects forward does make me happy and now to see how things go. If things go well, I should have some progress to show you next week.

Hope everyone has a good week, and you find some time each day to do what you enjoy.

Progress on projects

Here it is the start of another week so that means it is time to see what I have been able to achieve and deal with the things that have been doing on around us here.

The weather continues to be a roller coaster as we have one day where we are nice and warm and then the next day, we need the long sleeves and a heavier jacket. It makes it difficult to manage everything but at least we have been able to move a lot of things forward even with being cooler during the day.

Peppermint Pressie - here is the first project that I decided to work on as my goal was to try and get it finished so that I am closer to getting the ornaments that I want stitched completed. It does feel good seeing that I have been able to at least continue to move these ornaments forward.

So, this week I was able to get this design completed and it makes me happy to know that I have been able to continue to get things accomplished. This project isn't very large so that means that I am able to continue to move it forward and see it completed before too long. I do love the beads that I am using for the berries because it was to be just one colour for one stitch in each of these sections. It felt like it would be nicer to have some beads on this piece so that is what I decided to do. Both Peppermint Pressie and Festive Fox have the beads and that makes me so much happier. 

Festive Fox - here is a piece that I started this week and have been working on moving it forward. This is the third time I have stitched this piece, and I am looking forward to getting it finished. Being able to see that I have been able to continue to move this piece forward feels good. Once this piece is finished, I will have one more ornament to stitch in this series and it is Peppermint Pressie, so I am getting close to having these ornaments stitched and ready to be finished as ornaments before Christmas 2026.

Vintage ABC's - H - here is the next ornament that I started in this series and it makes me happy to see how much of it I have been able to complete. I haven't been able to focus on this project very much this past week but at least I have been able to make some progress on it so that is what matters. Hopefully this coming week I can continue to move it forward and maybe even get it finished.

Sophie Scarf - this week I decided to try and work on another Sophie Scarf, and it has felt good being that i have been able to at least move this project forward a little bit. This scarf is very easy to work on as long as you remember what row you are on. It is just 8 rows and the only row that is different is the 8th row so something that you can move forward relatively quickly if you can remember to focus on your counting.

I have been enjoying working on this shawl because I know that it doesn't take a long time to get it knit so that is going to be a project that I try and continue to move forward this coming week. Just knowing that this is a project that I don't need to really look at the pattern other than at the beginning, very middle and then the end means I can just pick it up and work on it and see that it is moving forward.

Serpentine Pavillion Shawl - this is the project that I had hoped to be able to move forward quite a bit this week, but I only was able to achieve just one more cable section completed. I understand that I was focusing on some of the other projects so know that just being able to continue to move the other projects forward does help. 

This coming week I would like to see that I have been able to move this project forward because know that it is getting closer to a finish would make me happy. I thought I would have been further along than I am, but I am not being to stress about it, and I know that this week I will try and see how much of it I can get done.

Other projects - well, I have picked up my EPP projects and am happy with the progress that I have been able to make this last week. I might not achieve a lot of goals but at least I am finally seeing some progress on at least one of my projects. I am looking forward to being able to show my progress on my EPP projects at the end of the month.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that helps you recharge your personal battery. It doesn't matter what it is as long as you can sit and do something that you enjoy. For me my crafting is my time to recharge so being able to move the various projects forward makes me feel good.

This coming week there are a few things that I need to get done and then I will see what crafting I can get done. I have a few little goals that I would like to achieve but I am not going to post them here because I don't want the pressure that I would feel to achieve them.

If things go well this coming week, I should have some more progress to show you next Monday. I am haven't figured out the projects that will get my attention, but I do know that I am going to work on moving things closer to a finish. Have a good week and remember do something each day that makes you happy.

More starts and at least one finish and some progress

Here it is the start of another week, and we did enjoy a couple of days of warmer weather but then the rain and cooler weather decided to come back.

I have been trying to continue to move a bunch of projects forward so we will see how things go in the next week. I would like to continue to move a bunch of things forward so we will see how things go.

Post Office - Mill Hill - here is a project that I decided to try to try and move forward a little bit this week. When I first picked this piece up, I added one thread just to get a bit of a start.

This week I decided to see if I could at least, make some progress on this piece and I picked it up for one day and my goal was to just see how much of it I could get done. I am happy with the progress and hopefully I will be able to continue to move this piece forward but I am not certain how quickly I will be able to move things forward, so we will see how things go. It would be nice to see that I have been able to continue to move this piece forward.

Vintage ABC's ornaments - A - here is a project that I decided that I wanted to work on and it was so nice to see that I was able to pick up this piece and also get it completed. 

This isn't a very large piece, so that makes me feel a little better about things. Just seeing that I have been able to continue to get at least one of the pieces completed. I know that being able to continue to get things achieved so we will see how things go. I am currently trying to figure out how to get all the 26 letters completed so now to figure out how I am going to get all these pieces completed.

I am going to try and see how to move these pieces completed and we will see how things go. I think I have an idea of how to get these pieces done but we will see how things go.

Stained Glass Orca - this is another project that I started this week, and I know that it is going to take quite a bit of time to move it forward. I am someone that love Orca's so when I saw this pattern on a FlossTube video I needed to stop the video and immediately went and checked out the pattern and of course I purchased it. I know that it isn't going to be a project that get a lot of progress quickly, but I know it is something that I am going to be working on over the next while.

Serpentine Pavillion Shawl - here is a project that I purchased a bundle of pattern from Helen Stewart without knowing what the patterns were going to be like.

This is the first of six patterns that are going to be released under the Shawl Society #6, and it didn't take me long before I figured out the yarn that I wanted to use for this project. It is something that I am going to be working so we will see how things go. Of course, this project has cable in it and that is something that I have always found a challenge but this time I decided to use a different cable needle with a bend in it and it seems to be working a little better.

It makes me feel good seeing that I have been able to move this project forward and I hope that through the next few days I can continue to get this project closed to a finish instead of just a new start.

Sophie Scarf - this is a project that I decided to start with some of the yarn that was leftover from the Hedgerow Shawl. I figured it would be great to see if I could at least get another project completed with some of the yarn that was left. This is a very simple scarf that isn't going to be very large but at least I have been able to get it to just over the 50% completed and that makes me feel good.

Button Box Throw - this is a project that I continue to move on as it makes me happy when I can see some progress on it. This week I was able to get one section completed and have also started to work on another section so that makes me happy.

This is a project that I pick up and work on when I just need to work on something but don't need to complete a row or any other part of a pattern. I would like to see if I can continue to get things achieved so we will see how things go moving forward.

Other projects - I didn't work on any other project this week and given the number of projects I did work on I'm not surprised. 

This coming week I hope to be able to focus on moving some of these projects forward and we will see how it goes. I know that I have been enjoying working on the smaller cross stitch projects so we will see what happens this week. I am going to see if I can get more of the scarf and shawl done over the coming week so we will see how it goes.

Finding that bit of time each day to do something that you love is very important. Being able to recharge your personal battery helps you deal with everything going on around you a little easier. I hope everyone has a good week and you do things that you enjoy. If things go well, I should have some progress to show you next week on at least a couple of these projects.