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Year of Projects: Week 1

    I did a tiny bit of crafting on the 31st.  I needed to finish the handmade for the Hot Beverages swap and get it in the mail.  All I needed to do was embroider on the roses to the mug rug and I had put if off for a month.  The embroidery was actually pretty simple and straight forward.  Here's how it turned out.

Pattern: Beverage of Choice


    My knitting really tapered off at the end of the year when the reading bug hit me head on.  That's okay, I'm really enjoying reading again.  I hope I can keep it up so there probably won't be a lot of crafting posts this year.  I did make a 2025 wrap up video of all my projects I'll see if I can get it to embed correctly in the blog.  I can never seem to get it to work correctly.



That's it for me, short and sweet.  Hope everyone had a good New Year.  Happy crafting.
-Q

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  1. Lucy BowenJanuary 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM

    The mug rug is lovely and reading is great when you get the chance, so enjoy it while you are in the mood 😊

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  2. MaureenHDJanuary 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM

    Glad you are enjoying reading. For me it's audiobooks. Still makes me chuckle to remember in the early days of Kindles that my library thought ebooks will be only a small part of their checkouts. Sadly for me is that my vocabulary is probably taking a hit since I no longer see words but mainly hear them. You made lots of beautiful projects in 2025.

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  3. BeckiJanuary 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM

    The roses on the mug rug are very sweet. I've been getting back into reading and I'm seeing the dilemma ahead - do I read or do I do handcrafts? If I listen to audio books I find my mind drifts - and I love having a book in my hands and reading the words. "I understand you" is what I'm trying to say. ;^)

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM

    The little video is a nice way of reflecting on what you made in 2025. I have knitted some of those same patterns so that is always nice to recognise something and get inspired by some other items. Liz (highlandheffalump)

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