More preemie hats and more progress

Here it is the start of another week, and I have been able to get some crafting done which makes me happy. The weather is also improving, so that makes me feel so much better. I am not someone that enjoys the cold weather so when it is nice out and jackets aren't needed makes it so much nicer.

This last week being able to enjoy some time outside was something that we haven't been able to do much of so far this year. We have been able to spend some time sitting on the balcony and being able to do that after getting work done is so nice. Hopefully, now the warmer weather is here to stay for a few months.

Magic of Books - here is the cross stitch project that got the attention this past week. I decided that I was going to try and move it forward a bit more as it was the second WIPGO call for the month of June. When it's called, I need to add another 500 stitches in on the piece so that isn't bad. Well, it was also called in May, so I hadn't done those stitches, so this past week I picked it up and I was determined to get lots of stitching done on the piece.

Instead of working on the sections that involved a lot of colour changes I decided to work on the colours that had the largest number of stitches left to go, so that is what I did. I ended up getting just over 2,000 stitches completed and I only did three colours and most of those stitches were black. At least, I was able to move this project forward a bit more and I will see when it's called again and how much more progress I can make on it.

Preemie hats - yes, I have continued to work on getting more hats finished as it is almost time to drop this bunch off. This past week I didn't get a lot of hats made but at least I have been able to get some of them done so that is what makes me happy.

One of the preemie hats is small while the other ones are medium, so they have been nice to work on. I do have another hat on the needles right now so that won't take me long to finish it and then it will be added to the pile that will be donated before the end of this month.

Simply curious shawl - I finally picked up this project at the end of the week to see if I could at least make some more progress on it and I did. I am hoping to be able to continue to work on this shawl for a while as I would like to see how quickly I can get it finished.

This shawl is using double knitting weight yarn so it is a little heavier to hold but at least now some of the shawl is resting on my lap while I knit it so that does help some. I have reached just over 25% completed based on stitches so that is nice, and I would like to see how much more of it I can get done in the next week.

Of course, while I am sitting and working on this shawl I am thinking about what will be the next shawl that I start. I have lots of yarns to choose from so it will be what pattern am I going to do and what colour yarn will I pick.

Other projects - I haven't been working on a lot of other things as I have been trying to stay focused and get projects finished instead of bouncing all over this is what I did in the past.

This coming week I know that I will be picking up Mini the Forgotten to work on as I am going to be trying to see how much of it I can get done as it is getting closer to being finished. I know it won't be finished within a couple of weeks, but I would like to have it finished soon.

Being able to take a bit of time to focus on a project that makes me happy is nice and it does help me focus and recharge my personal battery. I hope you continue to find that bit of time to do the same as it does help.

If things go well, I should be able to have some progress on at least a couple of projects to show next week but time will tell. Hopefully everyone has a good week, and I will see you again next week.

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.