A Year of Projects Update - week 44

How can it be May already?
This week has flown by but I have done a fair bit.
I started and completed another soap Mitt.

It's knit in a stash cotton and is a pattern by Jooles at Sew Sweet Violet.
I have made lots of progress on Stonecrop. 

I have bound off the body and am now making my way down the sleeves.  I try to knit my sleeves two at a time so it is difficult to photo at the moment.
I have also would the first ball of yarn for a skirt that I want to start.  I will have to swatch for this!  I never swatch but I want this to fit my waist so swatching  it will have to be it.
I had fully intended to do some sewing this week but I  have not done this
 However,  I have got myself ready! I may try to get some done after 'school' one day this week.
I have been out in the garden - I  planted more potatoes, beetroot and carrots today.  I also want to tidy up the patio this week.
We go on a walk every day.  We do have a lovely sized garden, but it is really nice to get out and walk properly.  So we go down the road every day where there is a nature reserve and  nice wide paths so we can stay 2 meters away from anyone.  Today we went for a different walk and it was lovely.
I have also started Me Made May.  I often wear something me made most days but I shall try to document it again this year.  Here are the first three days!

I hope everyone has a good and safe week.

A Year of Projects Update - week 43

I completely missed last week.  I lost track of time and by the time I  realised it was too late!
Anyway I am good this week.   We have been back homeschooling and me remote teaching so it is easier to track time.
I haven't done a whole  lot of knitting and I'm not totally sure why but that is not the end of the world.
I have made great progress on Stonecrop.

I am using John Arbon devonia and am just finishing the waistband then the sleeves to do.
I haven't done any sewing but the weather is not looking as nice at the end of next week so I'm hoping the break out the machine then.
Because the weather has been lovely, both me and my husband have spent some time in the garden.  He has built a veg bed.

I have planted out lots of seeds into the greenhouse.

Early this week I  hope to get out and sort the patio.
I have also been doing a lot of cooking and baking.  We had a lovely salmon, quinoa and black bean dish in the week and Mexican meatballs today.
Also baked both an orange and a chocolate cake today - no pics of these but take my word for it!
It's quite a quiet week at school this coming week but I  have lots of marking and we are starting to prepare our year 11s for their A levels - so I will be kept busy.
Hope everyone has a good week and stays safe.

A Year of Projects Update - week 41

Week 41/week 4 of lockdown and I have completely lost track of time!
I am writing this on Monday as I forgot yesterday.
Ihave two (almost) finished objects today.
Firstly I finished Like a Cloud.  I knit this in a combination of lace yarn from Blacker  yarn and a  mohair from Homespun Wonders. 

It is genuinely like a cloud!  I need to block it but then will have some modelled shots.
I also started and finished a project from Jooles at Sew Sweet Violet - this is her soap mitt.  I have finished one as you can see and I  want to do at least one more so I can alternate!

I have also started back on my Stonecrop and making some progress,  but it is pretty slow going

There isn't a lot of other news - I made a chocolate Easter cake

And dug over a patch of the garden!