A finish and a bit of progress

Here it is the start of another week and another busy one for us. The weather here is also hot and humid so that means not a lot of crafting gets done.

This week I hope to be able to find bits of time to do something, but it will depend on how humid it is because trying to knit or stitch doesn't work too well when it's like that out.

Winter is Coming - here is a project that I was able to pick up and work on in the last week. I wanted to see if I could get it finished before the end of June and I did. I am happy with how it turned out and am now looking forward to doing the other three seasons. It was a nice quick stitch which is what I wanted. 

Diagonal Garter Shawl - this project did get a bit of attention this week but not as much as normal. I was busier than I have been and also the weather turned hot and humid and trying to knit something like this doesn't work too well. I worked on it a couple of days but that was about it so it didn't grow too much.

If I can find some time to work on this shawl this week it would be nice but given that the forecast is for hot and humid days, I don't think this will be getting a lot of attention. I do have some other knitting that I could be doing so maybe that is what I will try and do this week if even working on knitting will work. 

Knitting in the summer is always a little harder because you have to work on it when the yarn doesn't stick to your hand and when it is cool enough to have something resting on your legs. 

Other projects - over the weekend I was able to make some progress on my English Paper piecing projects so that has felt good. Now to see how much I can get done before the end of the month so that I might have some really good progress to show.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy. The recharging of the personal batteries is very important. Make sure that you find those few minutes each day to do something for you.

Hopefully I will have some progress to show you on something next week. Until then, have a good week and if you are dealing with the heat and humidity, try and stay cool.

 

A little bit of progress

Where did the week go? I must admit that I am not sure where this last week really went. Yes, I was busy with a lot of things so that is probably why I am not sure where the past week went. 

Winter is Coming - this piece so very little attention this past week but at least I was able to sit and work on it for a little while.

This piece is slowly getting moved forward and maybe this week if things work out well, I might be able to find a bit more time to sit and work on it and get more of it done.

What is nice about this pattern is that it isn't large so just picking it up and working on little bits helps as you can see progress on the entire piece. The right most motif is just about to the top of the design so that will be nice so that will give me a really good idea of the actual size of the project.

Diagonal Garter Shawl - here is the piece that got a lot of attention this past week. I was able to find some knitting time most days so that helps move this shawl forward quite a bit. I have been trying to knit for 30 minutes a day and it is amazing how much you can get done in that amount of time.

I just finished the second ball of yarn for this project so am over halfway through the project which is good. It is something that I have been enjoying working on and it is easy to do. This week, I hope to be able to once again pick this project up most days and see how it goes. I have around 20 more inches to knit before I start the decrease so I will see what I can get done this week. It would be nice to see some really good progress on the shawl and maybe get it closer to a finish.

English Paper Piecing - now this is something that has got some of my attention this past week and hopefully when I write my EPP blog I will have lots of progress to show you. It is making me happy seeing what I have been able to accomplish in June on my projects.

Between my knitting and my motif making and joining that has been what I have been able to spend my crafting time on most of the week. I will see what this week is like because I know that there are things that I would like to get moved forward before the end of next weekend.

Other projects - well I didn't work on any other projects in the last week and a lot of that is because I didn't have a lot of extra time to work on things.

I hope everyone is finding that bit of time for themselves each day. Making sure that you recharge your own personal batteries is very important. I know that when I haven't been able to find the energy to craft, I have at least found those few minutes to sit on the balcony and just try and relax.

I hope everyone has a good week and yes, I will be trying to make progress on some of my projects before I write the next blog. Have a great week and remember that we all need that bit of time for ourselves.

 

A new start and some progress

Here it is the start of another week and of course things have been busy so that means that I haven't had quite as much time to sit and craft. I am trying my best to find bits of time to at least do a little bit of something each day.

Winter is Coming - here is a project that I started this week and am loving how it is turning out. It is going to be a relatively quick to stitch up if I can continue to focus on it.

I have got to the other side of the piece already and I think I have about another 9 or 10 rows of stitching to do to get to the top of the pattern. It is a lot of run and I have been enjoying how quickly it works up. There are four in the series so I would like to see if I can get them all stitched up so that I can change them up on a board that we have near our front door.

Diagonal Garter Shawl - this piece got a bit of attention this week especially when I decided it was time to try and do the 30 minutes of knitting each day again. The good part of this shawl is I have finished the first ball of yarn and now I am working on getting the second ball of yarn done. I think I should be close to having the entire length of the shawl done by the time I finish the second ball of yarn and then there is just the decrease that I will have to do.

This project is a great one to pick up and work on when I am watching a webinar or when I just need those few minutes of recharge between doing some of the other projects that need my attention throughout the day.

I am not sure how quickly I will get this project done because it will depend on how much of it I can do now that the weather is warming up here. I may try and work on it sitting on our balcony because I think that might help me get it done a little faster.

Other projects - I have been trying to work on my English Paper piecing as well this past week and have made a bit of progress on it as well. 

With the weather warming up here and it is getting hot in the apartment I am not sure how much crafting I will be able to get done but I will continue to try and move things forward. I am going to need to figure out which projects will be the ones that also get worked on while sitting on the balcony.

I hope everyone is having a good week and you find that bit of time to do something that you enjoy each day. Next week, I hope to have some more progress to show you on things but that will just depend on how much time I have as this week looks like it is going to be a very busy week.