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.
