Needle minders 2025

And here is a wrap up of Needle minders for 2025 😊

December look back

 December has been a challenging month, when you associate a month like December with trauma it's hard not to be triggered when the songs start playing and the adverts and posts on every single platform scream about it

I could actually feel my body sigh with relief on boxing day. Still there have been highlights. My annual advent calendars from beautiful Jacky

I treated myself to this, I do love a bit of brutalised. There is a lot from Aberdeen in here which is lovely 

Awwww there is a lovely new lady in the selkies swimming group Giacci, she sent me this from her Christmas cracker 

The boys had fun opening their calendars 😊

I did have some lovely gifts on Christmas day these were from Jacky

The tea is brilliant!

I asked Mark for these mugs they are from my favourite wallpaper designer, I'll never be able to afford her wallpaper but this will do!

Christmas day itself was lovely  i managed downstairs had done fizz, some lovely gammon and watched the big telly 😊

One of the highlights of this year has been standing on the balcony, I love it, today the last day of December has been frosty but bright

And thats it, thats a wrap for 2025

2025 end of year fettle post!

Well 2025 has been productive! What have I done?

Ticked off in 2nd half of 2025

Woodland embroidery

Pouch for Ruth

Diamond art from Irene

Valentines teddy bears from Curly life

Satsuma street sal

Zero effs by Innocent Bones 

Ticked off in first half of 2025

Tea cup cross stitch

Sashiko Snowmen

Temperature embroideries 2024

The pictures below are slightly out of order, blogger being a pain in the backside again 🤦‍♀️ but you get the jist😉

Thanks again to Archie the Wonderdog for hosting and keeping us on track 

December furtle

There is a cross stitch with a swear word on it further down please dont read on if easily offended 😊

So! December has been productive! I worked hard to catch up on my pages read embroidery tracker, I had a good few months to catch up on but managed to squeek in for December 30th, this will be my first finish of 2026!

I also cracked on with the Floral Alphabet Sampler from Pretty Fabrics and Trims , I've satin stitched all the initials first (the most boring bit 😉) so now im doing the more interesting bit, the flowers

This was such a joy to stitch, Holiday House from Satsuma Street, I didn't keep up with the schedule but I got it done in time for Christmas, it just love the colours so much

My final (and a bit sweary) finish for 2025, i love this so much, pattern by Innocent Bones, i think it sums up my feelings about 2025 🤣🤣🤣

Once again at huge thanks to Archie the Wonderdog for hosting the furtle and the fettle, its been a joy and this year a wonderful anchor for me

Zero effs (swear words in post, dont read if easily offended)

 I do love the patterns from innocent bones, I've had this one a while so was keen to get started o on it! This is my last finish of 2025!

As ever theming my needle minder tonmy project 

Really loving how it's shaping up

Almost there!!!

Done!!!!

Storygraph challenges 2025

2025 was the year I really got into Storygraph. The challenges have been great and so good at giving me something to focus on. I started off with Agatha Christie Miss Marple, so much fun

Reading the decades was quitr a challenge, some decades were really hard to find books on kindle for

audio books were really easy!

build your own mystery was fun a bit challenging in parts

Christmas was mostly easy but difficult in places

12 books of Christmas was easy thats all i read in December!

Well it's fair to say I smashed my readings goals but then the trick is to set your goals achievable!