The year+ project that is the book cover square blanket is nearly complete. All of the individual book cover squares have been made, the math has been mathed to make it a decent sized blanket, and the final borders are being added before I start the process of putting it all together. I will definitely share the finished product, but in the meantime, here’s a teaser of squares made in the final quarter of 2025.

This was such a fun way to record my reading, that I’m repeating the project in 2026! Sort of. Instead of making squares to match the cover of each book, I am going to assign a different color to every month. When I finish reading a book, I’ll crochet a rectangle in the color of the month, and at the end of the year they’ll be randomly selected during the joining process. The hope, if I can manage to pull this off, is to have something resembling a bookshelf. I haven’t seen anything like this before, and I’m completely making it up as I go, but … I feel optimistic. The vision is in my head, and that’s at least half the battle!

In the meantime, I’ve got a little bit more work on this one, but I’m starting to get very excited about the final product. I will have to make a few solid turquoise squares as “spacers” to get a workable number of squares {82 does not a normal blanket make}. It’s hard to tell what the size will be, so chances are good a nice border will be added as well. But the end is so close, y’all! I cannot wait to share the finished blanket soon.

Are you doing anything crafty or creative to track your reading in 2026?
Or maybe you’ve got a more general idea for a fun crafty project this year?