15 Minute Challenge a couple of new starts

 I finished the shawl I have been working on but I haven't blocked it yet, should of done it on the weekend but it was pretty cold and wet so it wouldn't have dried.  I did start another shawl the first few rows were a bit complicated and the instructions are in US terms so I have to really think about it and there was lots of unpicking.  

The sofa runner is coming along nicely, now that the pattern has developed its pretty easy to keep track of and will be a reasonably quick project to crochet.  

I have done some more quilting on Springtime Romance, hoping that it may still be worth entering in show, but will have to see if I'm happy with the finished quilting.  

Mo is doing a 2 week intensive at Uni with a Claymation Studio.  Here is her character, it looks pretty spectacular, I had to drop her at Uni today as we didn't think it would survive the trip on the train.  She is painting it now.  She initially wanted to make the clothes from fabric but I think the modelling clay gave her a lot more versatility and it was a medium she was more comfortable with.

Thats it for me well and truly keeping up with 15 minutes each day.  

15 Minute Challenge and Reflecting

This week in my facebook memories a couple of entries came up about times we had struggled with Mo.  They were from 9 years ago, at a time when she was having issues with her back.  Now in hindsight we know that the back issues were a result of her OCD which wasn't diagnosed until she was 14 and was very under weight due to her need to control. 9 years ago she had a number of rituals that she would repeat, one of them was stretching and rubbing her back, so much so she left a mark/bruise and she was having back spasms.  The memories shared that she was doing swimming and she was going to physio a lot and there was quite a number of bad days.

When she was diagnosed things all fell into place about all the rituals she had done over the years, there were lots and they changed over over time, some were quite funny to watch others not so much.   Thankfully I have all but forgotten all the struggles we had.   She can still be very controlling when she is stressed about time, about food, about things being perfect but we don't notice the rituals any more, she probably still has them she just has learnt to hide them better. 

Nimue is all dry now, it took nearly a week and on the weekend I wove all the ends in.  This is the last time I'll show a picture of it I promise.  I've entered it in the Royal Show this year.  I'm pulling springtime romance, I'm not happy with the quiltings but will continue to quilt it and get it all finished and bound.  

I have started a sofa runner and am finishing up a shawl that I started when Mo had her wisdom teeth out.  It is going to be lovely and warm with any luck it will be finished this week.  

I only managed a little bit of cross stitch this week not anything worth showing, but I need to get going on that as well.  

With any luck Kate will be back.  

15 Minute Challenge and CAL all finished

 There was a bit of quilting done this weekend (a very little bit) working on quilting the sashing round the outside of the blocks.  I can't say I am happy with some of the quilting so I'm not sure if it will end up going in the Royal Show.  

I have finished the crochet Cal and blocked it on the weekend.  As its pretty cold here it is going to take a while to dry another couple of days I think.  

I'm working on a shawl at the moment, giving the big projects a bit of a rest for a while.  I yarn arrived for another blanket during the week, which I think I will give to Maestro, maybe for his birthday if I am quick, but I do have a couple of shawls that I want to work on first.

Head to Kate's who has been a bit MIA for a few weeks hopefully work will settle down for her and she will resurface.  

15 Minute Challenge and end of financial year

The last week work has been a bit full on, the end of the financial year is looming and it never was that much of a deal in the past but last year was nuts and this year is a close 2nd but it has only really been the last 2 weeks.  Why of why do people leave this stuff to the last minute.  

I powered ahead with the CAL this week and did a couple of extra rows only about 4 to go unless I add a few more .... still deciding.  Its getting harder to take picture of the whole thing.  I think once its all blocked I will maybe use Mo's bed to spread it out.

There was a little bit of quilting my neck and back are playing up so I kept it to bare minimum but progress was made. 

Only a few stitches were added to my cross stitch.  

Head to Kate's to see how everyone is going.  

15 Minute Challenge and no more Wisdom Teeth

Mo had her wisdom teeth removed on Tuesday.  She was a bit of a basket case leading up to it but as per usual once it was done she was fine.  It was done under a twilight and not general anaesthetic, but  she was still pretty groggy on they way home and we had an interesting conversation.  They did give us some stronger medication to take and I only gave her half of one of the tablets that first night.  She ended up sleeping all the way through with no need for anything else though I made her take Advil and paracetamol for the first 36 hours she decided she didn't want or need it much after that.  She did look like a chipmunk for much of the week but the swelling had pretty much disappeared by yesterday.  

Even though she is pretty much eating normally, I noticed when I came home from work she had talked her boyfriend into making and delivering her a big tray of chocolate pudding (the cake variety with chocolate sauce).  

There has been more progress on the Crochet CAL and I started a shawl while I was in the waiting room on Tuesday.  As I still have some rows to go on the CAL the Shawl will have to wait.  

Cross stitch progress is below. I'm enjoying doing the house with it's lovely blue bricks, they have been quite quick though I need to fill in the blanks.  

Not much quilting progress this week though I did do a couple of hours on Saturday, Sunday was a bit of a bust as we had a bit of a fridge emergency which turned out to be a false alarm.  

Head to Kate's to see how everyone is going.

15 Minute Challenge and a Long Weekend

 It was a public holiday today so we have had a nice restful break.  I did some quilting today, working on the sashing now and have plenty of crochet to go on with tonight with the latest instalment of the CAL being scheduled today.  

I managed to get the required rows finished and did an extra row, the next few rows are a bit complicated but I think I will make them in the next 2 weeks.  The blanket is already bigger than it is supposed to be,  obviously have a looser tension than the pattern designer.  I still have 2 balls of yarn so I am not worrying about running out. 

I'm loving the next cross stitch in the group, it is looking very pretty with brighter colours for this one.  

I went to Fibrefest yesterday and got a lovely stash of yarn.  The plan is to make some wraps from these, I already have patterns for the whirls and looked for something suitable on ravelry last night for the dyed yarn and found a pattern for free which I think will work perfectly.  Once the CAL is finished it will be full steam ahead on some wraps.  

Head to Kate's to see how everyone else is going.  

15 Minute Challenge Wild and Woolly Weather

 We've been rugging up and staying home this last week, its been cold, windy and rainy.  DH has been on tender hooks making sure we don't have any leaks anywhere unsure if the repairs he did after the last big storm will hold.  

So its been good to stitch, crochet and quilt.  I have one more block to quilt on Springtime Romance and then I have to make a decision about how to quilt the sashing I had a few thoughts last night it bed which might work.  

I started on the No 4 Loose Feathers.  This one has a few additional colours in it but I am liking it so far.  

The Crochet Cal is slowly growing I'm hoping that the next few row are a bit simpler so I can get them done but I think I might be pushing it to get the rows finished.  Oh well I will get there eventually i've done pretty well to keep up so far.    

Mo has handed in her main assignment for the cinematography class over the weekend and on Friday she has to display her life drawing sketches for marking, I think she still has one project for animation and she is done for the semester. She told us that the new tablet we bought a few weeks ago is making animation so much easier, at least it was worth it.   Next week she has to have her wisdom teeth out then she has a break from everything for a few weeks.  I think she is pretty much in holiday mode now though.  

Thats it for the week.  Head to Kate's to see how everyone is going.