2026 Projects at the Ready, Hitler, New Years.

 

2025 is coming to an end, so I was organizing some of my project bags for the afghans I'll work on in 2026.  As some of you know, we leave Ohio for the winter, so I need my yarn goods organized to go take with me.  If you've visited my blog before you know I always name the afghans.  My daughter suggested Red Stone for this one.  Rarely are the squares I work with the same size, as they were made by so many different people, some are knitted, some are crocheted.  I don't remember what color yarn I tossed in this project bag to size and join these squares, so it will be a bit of a surprise when I open the bag.  Normally I take a picture with the yarn I plan to work with.

This one I've named Popuri.  I've included blue, yellow, green, and dark red/marron in this project bag, but once I start working on it we'll see how much of what I use..  

Most of these squares are knitted corner to corner/mitered...so for lack of a better name, I'm currently calling it Mitered.  But, if you have a suggestion with the colors in it, please sing out..........in tune of course!  I've added burgundy and gray yarn to this project bag.

I'm totally without an idea for a name for this one, so please give me some ideas.  From the time I had put this project bag together til the other day when I was double checking everything, the mint green yarn was no longer in the bag.  Perhaps I nabbed it for a previous project?  I can't say I remember.

Calling this Peppermint/Spearmint?  This project is a bit unusual, in that the squares are all the same size, probably made from the same person except the for right 2nd row on the top.  Again, I didn't photograph this with the yarn to work with, so will see what I end up with.

Lots of sizes in this primarily purple group of squares.  Purple Rain?  Purple People Eater?  What are your thoughts.

I only have this labeled currently as Everything.........surely one of you has a much better idea for a name?

#8 is a project bag with blue and green squares.  I must have lost the picture I took when I designed it, so this will be a true surprise to me.  Darling Daughter suggested Sea Glass perhaps for the name.  I had written Marine on the bag.  Will see what it looks like when I start working on it.

Because we still have to laugh in these crazy times, a few meme's I thought you might enjoy.

I'm 94% through this book, "Hitler's First Hundred Days" by Peter Fritzsche.  It's taken me a while, not an easy read.......and not a light read.  With Darling Daughter being home and Holiday Celebrations this has been peacemeal.  As I often say, the people we need to read this book, to see what's happening in our country right now; won't be the people to read it.  <sigh>

Let's hope 2026 is a good year, a better year.  I know it's been a tough year for most of us.  If you're traveling for the holiday, please be safe.