December Projects and November Projects 2025: the Crazypatterns Crafting Group / work along / crochet along / knit along / sew along

Dear community,
here is the new thread for your December projects and November projects. Have fun with it. 
You can find all the earlier threads from the crafting group at this link. 

Don’t have time for the craft group right now?

I’ll summarize my work from the past few days here.

I did a little sewing and a lot of knitting

Christmas stars made from fuzzy yarn to hang up


Christmas stars as table decorations



Together, that’s about 50 grams less leftover yarn

Then I’m knitting a triangular shawl for my friend 



And for my grandson, I made a reading pillow out of old jeans



That was fun to make, and he’s repurposed it—he takes it to bed to cuddle with

 

Dear Petra, you’ve been especially hard at work and active lately. Your tissue pouches look lovely. I wouldn’t need one myself, but many others certainly would. And when you’re standing at a booth and can pick out the prettiest pattern, you’re sure to find one. 

I especially like the knitted stars made from fuzzy yarn. I’ve knitted stars like these in a larger size before. But this small and solid-colored, they even work as decorations on a floral arrangement — a lovely idea and beautifully made.

Lately, I’ve been trying to make some time for sewing. In my swap group, I found a pretty fabric (Alpenfleece) with little glittery elves. I used it to sew a little dress for my granddaughter. She got it the other day and didn’t want to take it off. She thought the two pockets were especially cool, but of course she also loved the glitter on the elves’ magic wand. The dress is still a little too big and won’t fit her properly until next fall. But until then, she still likes wearing it.

Best regards, Ina

  

Dear Ina, you always find such pretty fabrics for your granddaughter, and the little ones usually love glitter the most.

The dress looks really comfortable and cozy—just the way it should be for kids. 

I’m back to knitting socks.

Dear Petra, thank you so much for your kind comment.
When it comes to fabrics, the rule of thumb is probably—aside from checking the quality—that they shouldn’t be too colorful or too busy. Kids these days already have very specific ideas about what they like and don’t like. And yes, glitter always works. Luckily, the glitter on my fabric is firmly attached and doesn’t fall off; you can even iron it without any issues.

The inside of the Alpine fleece is really soft against the skin. After trying it on, Lisann didn’t want to take the dress off at all. Since it’s too big for her, I decided to look for the fabric online and sew her the dress again in a smaller size. Luckily, I found it in a store and ordered it. So she’ll get the same little dress again for Christmas, which will then fit her perfectly. The other one can be hung in the closet for a year. You can never have enough of your favorite fabrics.

Best regards, Ina