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Stitchery in Progress 2025
Monthly Update: End of December 2025 (as usual, click on first image below to see a larger version) My sub list has continued to be a great help... To Do for December:
My goodness I did manage to make a few (well thirty) Chrissymouse cards - they had to be a quick and simple design! Some were made from fabric, others were made from Washi Tape. But I did it, and even managed to post the ones that needed posting, and handed over those that needed doing. (Is that 10 fettling points???) Bless my lovely younger step daughter... Could you make some curtains for Finn's new bedroom please? In time for Christmas please... Not my very best make but they are done and posted, and thank you Grandpa for buying the fabric! (Please could I have TWO fettling points, one for doing them, and one for doing them so quickly...) I remembered I said I was going to try some knitting in 2025, It's been more than 40 years since I did any knitting! Can I remember how to do it?... Better get started then... I looked at the lovely patterns with cable or texture recently bought for Luna and chums... Ahhhhhh! they say intermediate level! Well that's definitely not me!. Better start with something a bit easier!. Thank you MA for offering to help, I almost called you a few times, but knitting at stupid o'clock in the morning, thought it best not to! So next call for help was YouTube to remind me how to do things. It took three attempts to get cast on and knit the first row. I still haven't got the tension right, it will need a lot more practise to get a nice even hem (do knitters call the bottom row the hem?). I didn't remember how tricky the neckline was going to be, or how to pick up edge stitches for the neck-line rib - let's not even talk about my disasterous attempt at making buttonholes... Any way I am pleased I had a go, Luna (or Freddie the Badger) has a new jumper, and eventually I might get another jumper started. One BIG Fettle Those Finishes point please.
I thought that was going to be me done for 2025, then I started thinking about what I want to do next. Yes there are still many things on The List that are patiently waiting. However, life has been a bit up and down recently, sleep during the night is virtually non-existant so I need to do something easy and is quite quick to do. I found a nice little Blackwork in Colour project on the Peppermint Purple website. 'Portugese Sardines' will make a lovely little picture for the kitchen. it comprises seven patterns, each with two colour variations. When finished it will be a colourful reminder of a holiday on the Douro River we had a couple of years ago. I thought I would start it in January, but I had a day free so I found all the fabric and threads, and thought why not just do a little bit, and soon the first little fishy was done. And it cheered me up.
And as a special treat to myself I had a proper tidy up in the Sewing Room and the Cupboard of Chaos to help me think about which projects I want to start in the New Year.
I'm posting this early as we off to London to be with those gorgeous grandgirlies. My final Fettled Finish count, annual summary and gallery can be seen from this link:
Love and Hugs to everyone who reads this. I'll be back in 2026.
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