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.

 

Where did the week go?

Here it is the start of another week, and I am happy to say that things are starting to open up again. We will see how things go moving forward, but there is still a lot of caution in regard to the new restrictions and everything else.

Working for me stays the same as I work from home, so I will continue to do that and will see how things go. I am looking forward to not hearing about Covid as much, but that is still going to be awhile.

I am not sure where the last week went, but I do know that I was busy with a lot of things that took time, so my relax time was very short each day.

Ruskin's Penguins - here is a project that got some attention this past week. I am still working on getting more of the border done, and it is taking quite a bit of time to see progress on it right now. The little areas are a lot of stitches, so even after working on it for a while you don't feel like you have made much progress on it. 

I have just about finished the black on one part of the border, and then I will move onto trying to get more of the black done on the second section of the border. I have decided that I am going to try and work on all the black on the piece and then go back and add the white. I am not sure if that is what I will end up doing, but for now that is my aim.

Let's see what gets done on this piece next, as getting more of the border done would be a good idea.

Turquoise - here is a project that I pulled out because I haven't worked on it for a while. It isn't a very large project, but for some reason I just didn't want to work on it, so I pulled it out this week and decided it was time to try and get it moved forward.

I have now got to the point where I have reached all the corners on the design, so it is just a matter of filling in each of the sections. I would like to continue to work on this piece, as I know that it wouldn't take too long to get it finished if I focused on it.

 I am not sure if I will work on this piece again this week, but I do know that I won't be putting it too far away, as I would like to see it finished before too long.

One of the things that I started to do when I pulled this piece back out was decided to try and finish a colour at a time over the entire design. Each quarter is a repeat, so that means that it is pretty easy to know how much of a colour you have to do. The other thing about trying to complete a colour at a time is that you don't have to keep changing colours of thread, and you can focus on the entire design and not just one little section. The pile of colours is slowly starting to decrease now, and so I will try and continue to work on a colour at a time and maybe that will help me focus on this piece and get it done.

Asymmetrical Lace Knit Shawl - this past week, I decided it was time to start working on another shawl for myself. This pattern is very easy at the beginning because it is just garter stitch with some increases. I am enjoying doing this when I just need something to keep my hands busy, but I don't want to either count rows or stitches. The pattern does have a nice lace design at the other end of the shawl, but before I get to do that I have to finish this section, which so far I have been enjoying.

I hope to continue to work on this piece as just getting all the garter rows and increase done would be nice, but I am not in a hurry either, so I will enjoy the process.

Other projects - I haven't been working on many other craft projects  as I have been busy with a lot of other things.

I hope everyone has a good week, and you continue to find a bit of time each day to do something that you enjoy doing. It helps you recharge your own batteries so that you are ready to face the next day with some energy.

Another week and some progress

Temperature October 14th

Here it is the start of another week and I actually have a bit of progress on a couple of projects which makes me feel good.

Temperature October 20th

Temperature - now here is a project that I have been working on quite a bit because I wanted to get it all caught up.  I can finally say after a couple of months of hard work I have now got all of the piece caught up so that means that I just have a couple of days of temperatures to add to this piece and it will be current.

It feels great seeing that this piece is now up to the 18th of October and now I just need to add the rows from the weekend, which I will do today, and it will be up to date.  The colours are now changing again into the cooler colours so will see what it looks like after this week.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL - October 6th

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL 2018 - this piece finally got a little bit of love on Saturday when I had finished working on Temperature.  I am now going to try and focus some of my stitching time on getting this section finished so that when the November section is posted I am current on the entire design.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL - October 20th

This week I hope that I can find some time to work on this piece as I would really like to see it finished up quickly and then maybe I can see what other project will get some love and attention before the end of the month.  I know that making sure this is done is the first cross stitch priority and then I will see what else I can work on.

Some knitting - I decided in this last week to pick up some knitting as I wanted to see if I could get a couple of shawls knit up quickly.

Asymmetrical knit shawl - October 21st

The first shawl that I started was the Asymmetrical knit shawl by Yarnspiriations.  It uses some new yarn called Caron x Pantone which is a 100g braid of yarn.  I call it a braid because there are five separate small hanks of yarn in this braid. The yarn is a chunky weight yarn and is does feel very nice but having to deal with these little balls of yarn isn't something that I think I will be doing again.  My DH did help wind all the little balls which was great but there were joins in the middle of some of the 20 gram hanks so that meant even more little balls to deal with.  This shawl takes 4 braids of the yarn so instead of having 20 little balls of yarn I think we ended up with 25 or 26 balls which was frustrating. The shawl is working up very quickly which is nice and now to see what it looks like when it is finished. I have completed 3 of the 9 colour sections that I need to complete.  I will continue to work on this shawl a bit more evenings as I would like to get it done quickly.

Easy Goes It - October 21st

The other shawl that I started this week is called Easy Goes It and I found it on Ravelry.  It is once again an easy pattern but this one uses fingering weight yarn so even after some knitting it doesn't look like much. For this shawl I am using Woolike by Loops and Threads and am enjoying how it is working up so far.  I am still on the first section of the pattern but so far it is an easy pattern to work on and I hope to work on this a bit at a time.

The Easy Goes It project is currently sitting in my office area and it gets a bit of attention when I am waiting for an answer to a question or a need a 5 minute break from what I am working on.  As the rows are currently short even working on the shawl for 5 minutes means that I can get a couple of rows done.


I have quite a bit of work that now needs my attention so I am going to go and do that and then I will see what I work on this evening.  I hope to find some time to sit and relax and work on at least one project this evening.  I will see what I feel like and what gets the attention and hopefully next week I will have some progress on a couple of projects to show you.

It is now time to get back to work and see what this week is like.  Hope everyone has a great week and I will post an update again next week.

Moving things forward and a finish

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL - June 23

Here it is the beginning of another week and I actually have something to show.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL - June 29

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL - now this is a project that I was determined to work on in June as I wanted to get the May section of it done.  I finally was able to get the section finished on June 29th so that means that I could finally start working on the June/July section.

The June/July section is a big section so that is going to take me some time to get it done but I have at least been able to make a bit of a start on it.  I hope that over the rest of July that I can get close if not finished the section so that I am back being caught up on this piece.

Linen and Threads Mystery SAL - July 2

The other nice thing about this piece is knowing that I have been able to start close to being caught up so hopefully by the end of the I will have a finish either in December or early in January 2019.

Temperature - June 24

Temperature - this piece finally got some attention this week and it made me happy as I was finally able to get the April temperatures finished.  Yes, I am still way behind but I am thinking that now that I have figured out a method of stitching this piece it might go a little quicker or at least I am hoping that it will.

Temperature - July 1

The other thing about this piece is now that I am stitching into May the brighter colours are now starting to appear more often and that makes me feel so much better.  I know that even in May we had a couple of extremely warm days so the brightest colour will be appearing shortly.

I am hoping that in July I will be able to focus on getting this piece also worked on as I would like to see that I am getting closer to being caught up and not two months behind like I am currently.

Pink Shawl - finished

Pink Shawl - this is the project that I have been working on and didn't want to post a picture of until it was finished and gifted to the person.

Pink Shawl - close-up

The shawl was a Bernat pattern that was included on the ball of yarn and it knit up relatively quickly.  I didn't work on it as much as I had hoped when I first started it but I knew that I wanted it finished in June so that meant that after a few days of working around 2,000 stitches a day I was able to have a finish.

The shawl was gifted on Friday and hopefully, the person receiving it will enjoy wearing it.

I will be knitting this shawl again as I have a skein of the yarn in a Teal colour and I would like to get it finished so that I can wear my version of the same shawl when the temperature cools off some.  Right now, the weather is pretty hot and humid here so there isn't any need for a shawl as we are having days of 35C and with a humidex of around 42C and the evenings are still in the 20C's so it is still pretty warm out.


I have a bunch more projects that I would like to work on but right now I am going to be trying to focus on getting Temperature caught up and even the Linen and Threads Mystery SAL caught up.

I have work that needs my attention now so I am thinking that I will stop writing here for this week and see what work I can get done.  I also hope to be able to spend some time this week in the evenings working on a project as I would like to see some more progress on at least one of the designs before the end of next weekend.

Another week of progress

Monarch Butterfly - Dec 7th

Well this week has been a very interesting week for crafting as I was able to find some time most evenings to craft.

The Monarch Butterfly got some attention early in the week as I was hoping to get all the actual stitching done this week but it didn't quite happen but will see if I can the stitching and back stitch done before the end of the year. I am very happy with how it is turning out and am looking forward to seeing what it looks like once all the stitching has been completed.

Monarch Butterfly - Dec 13th

This week I decided that since I was close to finishing the Monarch Butterfly I would work on another project that I started at the beginning of September.  This is a piece based on a drawing by someone we know.  I started the piece on September 2nd and then after realizing that I didn't like it on 22 count fabric doing full crosses and it would look nicer as a petite point.  Well that meant that Wednesday I got a piece of 25 count canvas and restated the design and am happy with how it is looking now.  I only worked on this piece Wednesday night and was able to make a good start on it and am now looking forward to seeing how it looks once I start adding some colour.  This design will be around 7 x 9 inches and is an oval design.

Flower and Butterfly - Dec 14th

My shrug that I have been knitting while listening to mp3's is still coming along and is around 18 inches now so it is at least getting there.  I have been listening to mp3's and watching video's while I am studying for an exam.  Being able to knit on something simple means that I don't want to start looking at other things on the computer when I should be focusing on listening to the presentations.

Caron Cakes Shawl - Faerie Cake

On Wednesday we realized that there was one gift that we needed so I went to Michael's and picked up a ball of Caron Cakes - Faerie Cake and decided to work on a shawl to see if I could get it finished by this week. The shawl is very simple and it became the project that I worked on while listening to the mp3's over the weekend.  The shawl is now done so that is making both of us happy because we wanted to give it to someone this week.

Cecilia's Shawl

Now after all the blues and greens that I have been working on I realized that I needed a bit of a change in colour so found some yarn and a pattern for a shawl for me.  The yarn was for a project that I realized I would never make so it needed to be used for something else. I started this shawl last night and am happy with how it is working up.  Yes the design is for a shawl that is not the normal triangle and I am loving it.  I am not sure how long it will take me to get this shawl done but I will see how much of it I can get done between now and the end of the year.

This week looks like it is going to be busy at the beginning of the week and then as Christmas approached work will slow down a little bit.  If work slows down some it means that I may have a bit more time to craft but will see how it goes.

To everyone who celebrates Christmas - Merry Christmas.  If you are a crafter, I hope that Santa makes sure you get the crafting items you wanted.  If you aren't a crafter, I hope you get what you wanted.

My week was pretty good

Caron Cakes - shawl

This past week I was able to find some time to sit and craft and am happy with the progress that I made. 

My first project that I wanted to see finished was the shawl that I was working on using the caron cakes yarn that I picked up.  During the week I was able to work on it and actually get it finished.  The shawl is just over 72 inches long so I figured it was time to end it.

Caron Cakes - shawl - finished

I do have some more yarn still to go so I am making a narrow scarf with it.  I hope to be able to get the scarf done in the next couple of weeks so that all the yarn has been used up quickly.

I have loved using the yarn as it is so nice and soft and I have had some fun working with it as when I am not really watching the yarn it is a nice surprise when the colour has changed and I am onto a different colour.

Monarch - September 21st

After finishing up the shawl I decided it was time to try and get a bit of cross stitch done. I picked up the Monarch Butterfly design and started to work on it as I figured it would be nice to see some more progress on this design before the end of the month.

Monarch - September 30th

The Monarch Butterfly got one evening worth of work done on it this week so that did make me happy as I was able to see some progress on the outside of the design. This is one of the designs that I am hoping to have finished soon as I am really enjoying how it is turning out. I am going to try and finish at least connecting all the sides of the design so that I will just have the flower and butterfly to finish up.

This weekend we decided that we were going to have a day where we just did some of the things that we have wanted to do and something we haven't done in quite a while. So each of us decided that we were doing to spend one day doing something that wasn't work related to start to recharge our personal batteries.  It felt wonderful having a day like that and yesterday was it.

Salmon Rose - September 7th

My project was to see if I can make some progress on the Salmon Rose that I have been working on. This design was started last year and didn't get any attention for over a year until I pulled it back out at the beginning of September.  Yesterday I enjoyed watching the Blue Jay game and then the preseason hockey game so it gave me some time where I could just sit and stitch. 

Salmon Rose - October 2nd

I am very happy with the progress that I was able to make and am looking forward to seeing how much more of this piece I can get worked on over the next little while. I am how just over half finished the rose and once all the stitching is done I am going to figure out where some of the back stitch needs to go.  That will be after all the other stitching is done and I can sit back and look at the completed piece versus the picture and see where I think some outlining is needed.

Until then I have some work that needs to get done so I am off to do that and will see which evenings I will be able to find some time to craft. Next weekend is a long weekend so that means hopefully I will be able to find some additional time to craft and enjoy the time.

Crazy week

Monarch Butterfly - September 18th

 I really have no idea where this last week has gone but I do know that I have another crazy week ahead of me so will see how things go.

Last night I was able to find one evening where I was able to pull out the cross-stitch and work on it for a while.  The Monarch Butterfly is slowing starting to take shape and I am happy with how it has been coming along.  I am hoping that this week I will find some time to put a few more stitches in the piece as I am looking forward to seeing it done.

Monarch Butterfly - September 21st

Besides working on the butterfly I was able to find a bit of time to work on the Caron Cakes shawl that I restarted last weekend.  The picture of the Pineapple Shawl is the shawl that I started at the end of Shawl as soon as I got the yarn.  After getting so far on the shawl I realized that the colouring wasn't going to work too well so it was time to make some major decisions on the project.  The decision was do I continue working on the shawl and hope it works out so that I will wear it or take it out and make something that I know I would wear?

Pineapple Shawl - Caron Cakes

The decision wasn't really that hard because when I thought about each pineapple being maybe two to three colours I decided I wouldn't be happy with that so it was time to take the shawl out and figure out something else to make with the yarn.

Caron Cakes - Cake Pop

The yarn has wonderful colours it in and I wanted each of the colours to show up so I started a very simple wrap for myself.  The wrap/shawl is a basic double crochet and chain pattern.  I made it wide enough that it will cover my arms and shoulders and then started to crochet.  I have finished one ball of the yarn and am loving how soft it is.  The yarn does have 20% wool in it and that may be part of the reason why it is so soft.

Caron Cakes - Simple Shawl - September 25th

The shawl with being simple means that I can pick it up when I have a few minutes to add a few more stitches.  The pineapple shawl meant that I always had to have a pattern with me so it wasn't something that I could work on for even 10 or so minutes and see some results.  The shawl is giving me a project that I can work on when I have those few minutes.

This week looks like it is going to be another crazy day so will see how much crafting time that I can find.  I hope to even find those few minutes each day when I can add a couple more rows onto the shawl.

The weather has cooled down so that is also nice because it makes crocheting so much easier as the yarn isn't hot to hold.   Now to see what projects get the attention this week when I have the time to work on something.

Week results

Schlock with gun - April 19th

This past week I have been able to spend some time stitching and am very happy with the progress that I have been especially on Schlock. 

I know that right now he is looking a little funny considering I have been working on one colour at a time.  By working this way it means that some of the shading looks extremely funny but that won't be for long.  I did get quite a bit done and that is even after I (well my husband helped) frogged one colour that I had completed last week.  Of course when do I discover the issue but only after I had finished all the sections requiring the one colour. 

Schlock with gun - April 26th

I guess being stressed and trying to stitch really don't go together too well and that proved it.  I was able to get all the areas restitched and even got a bit more accomplished so that did make me feel a little better.

Now as for the princess I decided that if I wanted to get it completed quickly I would be better to be doing it on 18th aida so I restarted it this week.  I am hoping that this piece will hang in a little girl's bedroom once it is done so figured it would also be a little bigger as well. 

Princess - April 26th

I didn't pick up a cross-stitch piece at all this weekend as I decided to give my hands a bit of a rest and do some knitting. I had a shawl that I have been working on for a while so figured it was time that I sat down and did a little bit of work on it so that is what I did Friday evening.

As I was knitting I was thinking about another shawl pattern that I had and wanted to figure out what colour I would make the next shawl out of.  I got it down to three colours that I had and they were indigo, rose and light blue.  I kept looking at the three colours and I couldn't decided especially between the two blues which one I wanted to use for the shawl.  Now this is where the problem begins.

Merino lace weight yarn - windstorm by Dye-Version

I decided that I would take the three colours and the pattern over to my husband and get his opinion on which colour I should use.  The problem was I took the pattern and when he looked at the pattern his comment was "it would really look nice in a variegated/hand-dyed yarn".  See the problem was not one of the yarns that I was holding fit that definition.  I was trying to stitch my project from my stash and not have to purchase a yarn for it.  Now the thing was that Saturday there was a Knitter's Frolic being held not far from us so that meant that I had something to look for while I was there.  Yes, my husband drove me and went in with me so that we could look at the different hand dyed yarns and see if there was anything that I liked.  Of course, there was a lot of different ones that I liked but I needed to make sure I would love the shawl once it was done.  After walking around the show twice I found two different colours that I liked so now the decision.  I asked my husband which one he liked after handing him the two I had seen and he helped me decide on the lighter of the two versions of the yarn, so I got it.

The yarn of course isn't in a skein but a hank so once we got home from our other running around I got the wool winder out and we set out to at least get one of the hanks wound so that I could start the shawl on Saturday. 

The good news is I started the shawl on Saturday and have been making some really good progress on it already.  The bad news is I didn't take a picture of the shawl yet so that is going to have to wait until I get the camera and the shawl in the same location.  The yarn in the picture is the yarn that I am using for the shawl and I am loving how it is turning out so far.

Well it is Monday morning and I have a lot of work that I need to get done today so I better get working on it.

Week update

New shawl

I don't have a lot to show this morning and there are a couple of reasons for that.

One, I haven't had a lot of time this past week to actually sit and craft so that means that I don't have a progress update.  I didn't get to work on Omi's rose or Blackbird at all this week so nothing major to show.

Second reason, the crafting time that I did have was working on the project that is for the Art Show in April.  I will show it once it is ready to go to the Art Show.

The picture is of a shawl that I have been working on a little bit at a time.  It is using fine yarn so even when I spend a couple of hours on it there really isn't a lot to show.  The shawl is about 18 inches wides and right now I would say it's about 24 inches long if that.  I have been working on this on and off especially when I have just a few minutes to do something.  Also this project has gone with us into the car when we are going some running around.  I love being a passenger as it means that I can get some crafting done while in the car.

This week I am not sure what I am going to be able to get accomplished but I do hope that next week there will a little more to show.  Of course I want to get the project completed for the Art Show that is what I am spending most of my crafting time doing but hopefully will be able to find a bit of crafting time to make a bit of progress on one of the other projects.

Today is a very white day outside as we got around 11 cm of snow over night.  The police are advising people that if you don't have to drive it's a good idea to not drive as the roads are very slippery.  This is one of the days that I am really glad that I can just turn on my computer and work from home and not have to deal with the weather outside.

Now it is time for me to get the work done that needs to be completed today and then I think I will curl up later and try and craft a bit.

This and that

Baby hats in progress

The best way of explaining what I have been working on the last little while is a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

Triangle shawl with glitter

As you can see I have been having some fun knitting which is great.  Now to get a few of the knit projects finished.  I have been working on some baby hats so a friend can take them to a hospital in Sudbury for me.  A lot of my knitting of these hats has been while sitting on our balcony so I haven't felt like sewing hats together so I have been putting the finished hats onto a stitch holder so they are now waiting to be sewn together.  Of course sewing hats together don't take long to do but it just me in the right mood to actually sit and sew them together.

Now the second project that I have been working on is a triangle shawl in basic garter stitch.  I know that the picture isn't the best but it is rather difficult to take a picture of a shawl that is still on the needles. This is another project that I have been working on while sitting outside in the evenings and on the weekend.  I still have two balls of this yarn left so will see how big the shawl ends up.  Currently there is around 330 stitches on my needle so am thinking if I get to 400 stitches I will be happy and then it will be time to cast it off even if there is yarn left.

I am still working on granny squares for an afghan and that is coming along pretty good.  I think I have five more squares to make before I can put the afghan together.  The other issue with putting the afghan together is you have to have a day when it isn't hot and humid out.  I really don't want to be holding an afghan on my legs when it is 28C+ out so that will mean the afghan may have to wait for a while to be assembled.

So, yes I am still working on things it is just that I am working on a bunch of projects so am not really getting much completed right now.  I do want to get some of the items completed very soon because just seeing the hats on the stitch holder is starting to bother me so need to get them sewn up.

Well time now to go and work on something for a while.  Maybe I will work on a baby hat.

Time to show

mystery stitching

 So I can finally show you what I have been working on for the last little while.  It has been a lot of fun working on both of these projects and last night there were given to someone.

The first one is a shawl that actually won't be given to the person it was made for until Friday but I can now show it as the person currently isn't on the internet too much.  Also I don't think this person reads my blog so that is also another reason why I can show it.

Shawl - completed

This shawl was a lot of fun to work on as I used fine yarn with sequins on it.  The final shawl is bigger than the pattern originally called for because I wanted it bigger.  The pattern was one that I got this spring at Knitter's Frolic so have now used one of the patterns from there.  The shawl has a button hole or loop made right into the shawl so that you can slide the other side of the shawl into it to keep it in place.

I hope that the person will enjoy it as I really enjoyed making it over the last month.

diagonal scarf - completed

Now the second item was received by the person last night and she was very excited when she got it.  I loved working on this scarf as it was simple garter stitch but increasing at one end of a row and decreasing at the other end made the scarf end up on a diagonal.  This project was quick to make up as the pattern said it would take 10 hours to do and I think I did it in just around 9 hours.  I have already started another scarf like this as I love how quick they work up and they are something that I can work on a bit at a time.  I also was able to get more of this yarn so have a couple of different scarves on the go right now.

I have also got back to working on my cross-stitch so that is making me feel good.  I hadn't really worked on any of those projects for almost a month so glad I was able to get back to working on them over the last couple of days.  Now to see how much of those I can get done over the next little while.  The update on the cross-stitch will be another post once I have something to really show.

Now it is time to get some work done so tonight I can spend relaxing and working on a project.