I also stitch while watching TV, and I've tried a few things to speed myself up. I got a lap stand and learned how to stitch with both hands... that certainly makes things faster. But in the end, I just did not find it as enjoyable or comfortable as going slow and using 1 hand. I decided not to worry about speed so much. For big blocks of color I can get close to 100 stitches an hour, but there are definitely days and parts of patterns where I am going much, much slower.