Crafts - January 2026

[smallhobbit]

I've done plenty of cross stitch this month, some started last month for early January birthdays, others only stitched this month.

Birthday cards: 



   



A birthday present for a friend:



Valentine's card for J, together with the February SAL for our calendar:

   

As part of a Christmas present I was given an embroider yourself tea towel.  Here are the first two corners:

   

And lastly, my jumper is progressing:

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. The 3 birds cross stitch was for my son, who likes birds, especially robins, and he also likes to turn my cross stitch cards into bookmarks, which this one is perfect for. Yes, it's a sloth - I have a character called Sloth (as he is a sloth) in a Sherlock Holmes AU series.
I always use knit-on casting on, I've tried the thumb method, but for me it was a looser cast on. But I'm not phased by casting on that number of stitches, since a lot of jumpers require it, although I do have to count them several times to make sure I've got the right number at the end. I'm delighted that the pattern has really helped you with your knitting - it's so good when a craft seems to be working well.