Big Update

 Oof, I am very behind in making a post. First up, completed as of 2 weekends ago:

All the cross stitching on the linen is now done! And that's where it's stayed for 2 weeks. I was working on this so intently for so long, that this felt like a good stopping point to shift focus.

And success! The Anacapa wrap is knit! It still needs to be blocked and all my ends woven in, but functionally, this is complete. That was last week's achievement.

For this week, I've picked the Papillon project back up, now with a size larger thread:

If nothing else, it's going much faster! Taking out what I had already done with the darning stitch and getting this in was the result of a couple evenings watching the Olympics. I am now on the trickiest part: figuring out the most effective way of getting the tail in, around all the decorative gaps.

And I wouldn't be me if I didn't have a new knitting piece already in line to work on:

The start of the Square Space scarf, which I think was a Knit Picks pattern. I've had the yarn and pattern for several years now; it's intended for my housemate but got put on pause when I needed to unwind the blue yarn. In my first attempt, it over-twisted and tightened up too much that it actually wasn't at the same gauge with the red yarn anymore. So I finally tore that out, let both skeins relax, and finally rewound. Fortunately I hadn't gotten much further than what I've redone here. This will be my new travel project, and I intend to take it on my upcoming trip. But it's double-knitting, and coordinating the two skeins and determining what, if any, markers I want and other tools, etc....It's just tricky enough that I want to have it established before packing up and heading out. This way, I should know exactly what I'll need with me.

And finally, the last thing I've worked on. This is actually my second attempt; I had it mostly finished but didn't like my tension. This attempt is still a little tight in areas, but overall is much smoother. This was a kit provided by one of my mom's guilds--she loves the look of beads and beaded pieces, but despises working with beads herself. I, however, love beads and beading, and am happy to work on those pieces on her behalf. And this is a darling little charm, I loved the pattern and selected bead colors.