Have you woven your first new year pin-loom weavie yet? It may serve as a starting point to your “spend more creative time and spend it wisely” resolution for the New Year 2025.
So that you can keep such a New Year resolution, how about a “no-stress 2025 patchwork project”!
What’s a “No-Stress 2025 Patchwork Project”?
Here are a few “rules” …
- Just start to weave … no need to decide what your project will be.
- Any loom(s), any yarn(s) are fine.
- When you feel like it, weave a piece or more and put them together (but even the putting-together-right-away is optional).
- I recommend that you store your progress in a project bag or place for easy access.
At the end of the year you will have “something” … this may be just the one piece that you’re going to make today, and if that’s all you got then you can call it your 2025 coaster project and be proud of your accomplishment.
If you have a few pieces or pieces of different shapes, attach them to a premade blanket, and there is your patchwork blanket.
If you have many pieces in a plethora of colors and yarns … put them together into a blanket, a shawl, a ruana, a pillow, a table runner …
In short, anything goes, as long as you are enjoying it and are doing it without being stressed. You can only fail this resolution if you don’t start it!
I made two sample starter pieces, a Zoom loom square and an Original TURTLE R hexagon, using Paintbox Simply Aran (209 Soft Fudge) which comes close to the new Pantone color of the year 2025 Mocha Mousse. But remember, your starter piece can be ANYTHING pin-loom woven.
I decorated my square and hexagon with an embroidered year number, but it is perfectly ok to keep yours blank (or sew on a charm) and put your work into a zip-lock bag labeled “2025 no-stress patchwork project”.
Share your progress on social media and see what others are up to. I recommend using hashtag #NoStressPinLoomWeaving2025.
If “no-stress” and “patchwork” are not your thing, I will share a couple of more ideas over the next few days for alternative projects that will carry you through the year, so watch out for those posts.
Let’s add a little bit fun with a TINY GIVEAWAY!
We have winners! Congratulations to Joan Washburn, Linda, Linda Thompson, Connie Nichol, and Amelie. The winners have been notified via email.
I got these 2025 charms for crafting projects. I won’t need them all, so I decided to share some of them with you to decorate your 2025 project. I will send the winners one charm attached to a greeting card, which means that anyone who can receive a greeting card via USPS Postal Service can participate. I will give away 5 charms, either gold or silver colored, your choice. All you need to do is leave a comment below this post, mentioning your preference, “gold” or “silver”, by the end of Saturday, January 4th (midnight CST). If there are more comments than charms, Mr. Random will help to decide the winners. I will update this blog on Sunday morning with the winning names.
