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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Craft On: Tiny Knits and End of Year Re-Cap

The bluebird sweater is almost finished! Life has kind of gotten in the way of my knitting a lot, but I am almost finished with the second sleeve, and then can weave in ends and block it. I have basically a third of two pairs of baby socks knit, too. My goal is to have all of these projects finished in a couple days.

Last week, I was able to start up my weekly sit and stitch again, and while I may have bored them by showing a lot of my pictures and videos from Saudi Arabia, it was wonderful to have those ladies here again and stitch and talk with them.

A funny aside, I visited my primary care person and she prescribed more prayer and knitting for my elevated cortisol levels and inflammation. I thought that was kind of great. It gives me a reason to sit by the fire and knit more, as I pray for our family, friends, neighbors, and the world. She has me on some medicine and supplements, as well, but she cares about her patients as whole persons. Since January is just a hard month for me, anyway, I am doing the best I can to accomplish what needs to be done and still take time to rest and recuperate.

I sort of finished Love and Saffron. I was so annoyed with how cavalierly the author dealt with abortion in the story (especially given the circumstances and time in history), so I basically skimmed the rest of the book. It appears that she killed off one of the main characters before she had a chance to really finish the story. Perhaps this was on purpose, as life does end in inconvenient ways and times, but it really seemed more like she couldn't figure out how to resolve the story, and so had a deathbed letter that would solve everything. I won't be reading more in this series.

In contrast, I adored My Mexico City Kitchen, her views on not soaking dry beans or salting them while cooking notwithstanding, and finished it. Though I do want to purchase it, I'm trying not to buy things that aren't necessary at the moment, so it sits in my saved for later cart.

Oh! I never did my end of year wrap up for my craft projects and books! Now that I have things that should go in my sidebar for this year, I should do that. Let me do that here.

2025 Finished Projects (knit, crochet, or sewn)

2025 Books (including read aloud books, but not picture books/story books) All in all, it isn't as much as I wish I could finish or read, but it isn't bad, either. On top of that, I enjoyed every project I made, and nearly ever book I read, which is fantastic.


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